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Tuesday, August 10, 2027

Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr

The liturgical day

Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr

Feast
Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Red

The Mass readings

First reading: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9
Gospel: John 12:24-26

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: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10

Douay-Rheims: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10

⁶Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings, shall also reap blessings. ⁷Every one as he hath determined in his heart, not with sadness, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. ⁸And God is able to make all grace abound in you; that ye always, having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work, ⁹As it is written: He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever. ¹⁰And he that ministereth seed to the sower, will both give you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and increase the growth of the fruits of your justice:

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 111:1-2, 5-9 (Psalm 112 at Mass)

¹Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments. ²His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

⁵Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment: ⁶Because he shall not be moved for ever. ⁷The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: he shall not fear the evil hearing. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord: ⁸His heart is strengthened, he shall not be moved until he look over his enemies. ⁹He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.

Gospel: John 12:24-26

Douay-Rheims: John 12:24-26

²⁴Amen, amen I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, ²⁵Itself remaineth alone. But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, keepeth it unto life eternal. ²⁶If any man minister to me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my minister be. If any man minister to me, him will my Father honour.

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.

August 2027

August 2027
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1, Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	2, Monday of the eighteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	3, Tuesday of the eighteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	4, Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest, liturgical color white	5, Thursday of the eighteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	6, The Transfiguration of the Lord, liturgical color white	7, Saturday of the eighteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
8, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	9, Monday of the nineteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	10, Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, liturgical color red, this page	11, Saint Clare, Virgin, liturgical color white	12, Thursday of the nineteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	13, Friday of the nineteenth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	14, Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr, liturgical color red
15, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, liturgical color white, Solemnity	16, Monday of the twentieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	17, Tuesday of the twentieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	18, Wednesday of the twentieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	19, Thursday of the twentieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	20, Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	21, Saint Pius X, Pope, liturgical color white
22, Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	23, Monday of the twenty-first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	24, Saint Bartholomew, Apostle, liturgical color red	25, Wednesday of the twenty-first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	26, Thursday of the twenty-first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	27, Saint Monica, liturgical color white	28, Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white
29, Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	30, Monday of the twenty-second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	31, Tuesday of the twenty-second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green

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

Saint of the day

Saint Lawrence, Deacon and MartyrFeast. Died in 258.

A word for the day

For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man dear to God.

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 1. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Sorrowful Mysteries, prayed on Tuesday and Friday.

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