A desert road at first light, a pillar of golden light rising from the mesa.

Tuesday, August 31, 2027

Tuesday of the twenty-second week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Tuesday of the twenty-second week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
Gospel: Luke 4:31-37

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: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11

Douay-Rheims: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11

¹But of the times and moments, brethren, you need not, that we should write to you; ²For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall so come, as a thief in the night. ³For when they shall say, peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape. ⁴But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. ⁵For all you are the children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. ⁶Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch, and be sober.

⁹For God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰Who died for us; that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him. ¹¹For which cause comfort one another; and edify one another, as you also do.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 26:1, 4, 13-14 (Psalm 27 at Mass)

¹The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

⁴One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

¹³I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. ¹⁴Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

Gospel: Luke 4:31-37

Douay-Rheims: Luke 4:31-37

³¹And he went down into Capharnaum, a city of Galilee, and there he taught them on the sabbath days. ³²And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his speech was with power. ³³And in the synagogue there was a man who had an unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴Saying: Let us alone, what have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God. ³⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold thy peace, and go out of him. And when the devil had thrown him into the midst, he went out of him, and hurt him not at all. ³⁶And there came fear upon all, and they talked among themselves, saying: What word is this, for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they go out? ³⁷And the fame of him was published into every place of the country.

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	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, this page

Green
White
Red
SolSolemnity

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

A word for the day

I had rather feel contrition than be skilful in the definition thereof.

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.

Pray the Sorrowful Mysteries About the Sorrowful Mysteries

Keep this day

Add this day to your calendar

Or follow every day in your calendar app: subscribe to the daily calendar (calendar file).

This calendar follows the General Roman Calendar for the United States. Some feasts are kept on other days in some provinces and dioceses, so check your parish calendar.

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.