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Thursday, May 27, 2027

Thursday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Thursday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Sirach 42:15-25
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
Gospel: Mark 10:46-52

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.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 32:2-9 (Psalm 33 at Mass)

²Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings. ³Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto him with a loud noise. ⁴For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done with faithfulness. ⁵He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord. ⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth: ⁷Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel; laying up the depths in storehouses. ⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all the inhabitants of the world be in awe of him. ⁹For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.

Gospel: Mark 10:46-52

Douay-Rheims: Mark 10:46-52

⁴⁶And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho, with his disciples, and a very great multitude, Bartimeus the blind man, the son of Timeus, sat by the way side begging. ⁴⁷Who when he had heard, that it was Jesus of Nazareth, began to cry out, and to say: Jesus son of David, have mercy on me. ⁴⁸And many rebuked him, that he might hold his peace; but he cried a great deal the more: Son of David, have mercy on me. ⁴⁹And Jesus, standing still, commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying to him: Be of better comfort: arise, he calleth thee. ⁵⁰Who casting off his garment leaped up, and came to him. ⁵¹And Jesus answering, said to him: What wilt thou that I should do to thee? And the blind man said to him: Rabboni, that I may see. ⁵²And Jesus saith to him: Go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he saw, and followed him in the way.

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.

May 2027

May 2027
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1, Saturday of the fifth week of Easter, liturgical color white
2, Sixth Sunday of Easter, liturgical color white	3, Saints Philip and James, Apostles, liturgical color red	4, Tuesday of the sixth week of Easter, liturgical color white	5, Wednesday of the sixth week of Easter, liturgical color white	6, Thursday of the sixth week of Easter, liturgical color white	7, Friday of the sixth week of Easter, liturgical color white	8, Saturday of the sixth week of Easter, liturgical color white
9, The Ascension of the Lord, liturgical color white, Solemnity	10, Monday of the seventh week of Easter, liturgical color white	11, Tuesday of the seventh week of Easter, liturgical color white	12, Wednesday of the seventh week of Easter, liturgical color white	13, Thursday of the seventh week of Easter, liturgical color white	14, Saint Matthias, Apostle, liturgical color red	15, Saturday of the seventh week of Easter, liturgical color white
16, Pentecost Sunday, liturgical color red, Solemnity	17, Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, liturgical color white	18, Tuesday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	19, Wednesday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	20, Thursday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	21, Friday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	22, Saturday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
23, The Most Holy Trinity, liturgical color white, Solemnity	24, Monday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	25, Tuesday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	26, Saint Philip Neri, Priest, liturgical color white	27, Thursday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green, this page	28, Friday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	29, Saturday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
30, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, liturgical color white, Solemnity	31, The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, liturgical color white

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Saint of the day

Saint Augustine of Canterbury, BishopOptional memorial. Died in 604.

A word for the day

To love is to wish good to someone.

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I-II, q. 26, a. 4. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Aquinas is quoting Aristotle (Rhetoric II, 4). Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Luminous Mysteries, prayed on Thursday.

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