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Monday, September 6, 2027

Monday of the twenty-third week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Monday of the twenty-third week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Colossians 1:24–2:3
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 62:6-7, 9
Gospel: Luke 6:6-11

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: Colossians 1:24–2:3

Douay-Rheims: Colossians 1:24-29; 2:1-3

^1:24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church: ²⁵Whereof I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given me towards you, that I may fulfill the word of God: ²⁶The mystery which hath been hidden from ages and generations, but now is manifested to his saints, ²⁷To whom God would make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ, in you the hope of glory. ²⁸Whom we preach, admonishing every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. ²⁹Wherein also I labour, striving according to his working which he worketh in me in power.

^2:1For I would have you know, what manner of care I have for you and for them that are at Laodicea, and whosoever have not seen my face in the flesh: ²That their hearts may be comforted, being instructed in charity, and unto all riches of fulness of understanding, unto the knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus: ³In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 62:6-7, 9

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 61:6-7, 9 (Psalm 62 at Mass)

⁶But be thou, O my soul, subject to God: for from him is my patience. ⁷For he is my God and my saviour: he is my helper, I shall not be moved.

⁹Trust in him, all ye congregation of people: pour out your hearts before him. God is our helper for ever.

Gospel: Luke 6:6-11

Douay-Rheims: Luke 6:6-11

⁶And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue, and taught. And there was a man, whose right hand was withered. ⁷And the scribes and Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against him. ⁸But he knew their thoughts; and said to the man who had the withered hand: Arise, and stand forth in the midst. And rising he stood forth. ⁹Then Jesus said to them: I ask you, if it be lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy? ¹⁰And looking round about on them all, he said to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored. ¹¹And they were filled with madness; and they talked one with another, what they might do to Jesus.

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.

September 2027

September 2027
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1, Wednesday of the twenty-second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	2, Thursday of the twenty-second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	3, Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	4, Saturday of the twenty-second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
5, Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	6, Monday of the twenty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green, this page	7, Tuesday of the twenty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	8, The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, liturgical color white	9, Saint Peter Claver, Priest, liturgical color white	10, Friday of the twenty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	11, Saturday of the twenty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
12, Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	13, Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	14, The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, liturgical color red	15, Our Lady of Sorrows, liturgical color white	16, Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs, liturgical color red	17, Friday of the twenty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	18, Saturday of the twenty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
19, Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	20, Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, Paul Chŏng Ha-sang and Companions, Martyrs, liturgical color red	21, Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, liturgical color red	22, Wednesday of the twenty-fifth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	23, Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest, liturgical color white	24, Friday of the twenty-fifth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	25, Saturday of the twenty-fifth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
26, Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	27, Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest, liturgical color white	28, Tuesday of the twenty-sixth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	29, Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels, liturgical color white	30, Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white

Green
White
Red

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.

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 19. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

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