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Wednesday, July 28, 2027

Wednesday of the seventeenth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Wednesday of the seventeenth week of Ordinary Time

  • Ordinary Time
  • Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading
Exodus 34:29-35
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 99:5, 6, 7, 9
Gospel
Matthew 13:44-46

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: Exodus 34:29-35

Douay-Rheims: Exodus 34:29-35

29And when Moses came down from the mount Sinai, he held the two tables of the testimony, and he knew not that his face was horned from the conversation of the Lord. 30And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near. 31And being called by him, they returned, both Aaron and the rulers of the congregation. And after that he spoke to them. 32And all the children of Israel came to him: and he gave them in commandment all that he had heard of the Lord in mount Sinai. 33And having done speaking, he put a veil upon his face. 34But when he went in to the Lord, and spoke with him, he took it away until he came forth, and then he spoke to the children of Israel all things that had been commanded him. 35And they saw that the face of Moses when he came out was horned, but he covered his face again, if at any time he spoke to them.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 99:5, 6, 7, 9

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 98:5-7, 9 (Psalm 99 at Mass)

5Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore his footstool, for it is holy. 6Moses and Aaron among his priests: and Samuel among them that call upon his name. They called upon the Lord, and he heard them: 7He spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud. They kept his testimonies, and the commandment which he gave them.

9Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain: for the Lord our God is holy.

Gospel: Matthew 13:44-46

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 13:44-46

44The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 45Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls. 46Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it.

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.

July 2027

July 2027
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1, Thursday of the thirteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green2, Friday of the thirteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green3, Saint Thomas, Apostle, liturgical color red
4, Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green5, Monday of the fourteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green6, Tuesday of the fourteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green7, Wednesday of the fourteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green8, Thursday of the fourteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green9, Friday of the fourteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green10, Saturday of the fourteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
11, Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green12, Monday of the fifteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green13, Tuesday of the fifteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green14, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin, liturgical color white15, Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white16, Friday of the fifteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green17, Saturday of the fifteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
18, Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green19, Monday of the sixteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green20, Tuesday of the sixteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green21, Wednesday of the sixteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green22, Saint Mary Magdalene, liturgical color white23, Friday of the sixteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green24, Saturday of the sixteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
25, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green26, Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, liturgical color white27, Tuesday of the seventeenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green28, Wednesday of the seventeenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green, this page29, Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus, liturgical color white30, Friday of the seventeenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green31, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest, liturgical color white

Key

  • Green
  • Red
  • White

The dot shows the liturgical color of the day. Fridays outside Lent carry no marker.

A word for the day

For man proposeth, but God disposeth.

The Rosary today

The Glorious Mysteries, prayed on Wednesday and Sunday.

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Calendar computed with romcal (MIT License). Reading citations from the Catholic Readings API (MIT License), with gaps checked against the USCCB pages. Douay-Rheims text courtesy of eBible.org.