Thursday, April 8, 2027
Thursday of the second week of Easter
The liturgical day
Thursday of the second week of Easter
- Easter Time
- Liturgical color: White
The Mass readings
- First reading
- Acts 5:27-33
- Responsorial Psalm
- Psalm 34:2 and 9, 17-18, 19-20
- Gospel
- John 3:31-36
Read today's Mass readings on the USCCB site
The readings open on the USCCB website. They follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the United States, a different translation from the Douay-Rheims we use on this site. Desert Road Catholic is not affiliated with the USCCB.
First reading: Acts 5:27-33
Douay-Rheims: Acts 5:27-33
27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28Saying: Commanding we commanded you, that you should not teach in this name; and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us. 29But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men. 30The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom you put to death, hanging him upon a tree. 31Him hath God exalted with his right hand, to be Prince and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins. 32And we are witnesses of these things and the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to all that obey him. 33When they had heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they thought to put them to death.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 34:2 and 9, 17-18, 19-20
Douay-Rheims: Psalm 33:2, 9, 17-20 (Psalm 34 at Mass)
2I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth.
9O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him.
17But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 18The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles. 19The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit. 20Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.
Gospel: John 3:31-36
Douay-Rheims: John 3:31-36
31He that cometh from above, is above all. He that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh. He that cometh from heaven, is above all. 32And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth: and no man receiveth his testimony. 33He that hath received his testimony, hath set to his seal that God is true. 34For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for God doth not give the Spirit by measure. 35The Father loveth the Son: and he hath given all things into his hand. 36He that believeth in the Son, hath life everlasting; but he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
The same passages in the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), the translation we use on this site. The words read at Mass come from the Lectionary for Mass and differ. Where a reading begins or ends partway through a verse, the whole verse is shown. For the official text, open the readings on the USCCB site.
April 2027
Key
- White
- SolSolemnity
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A word for the day
Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it.
The Rosary today
The Luminous Mysteries, prayed on Thursday.
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