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Wednesday, September 8, 2027

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The liturgical day

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Feast
Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: White

The Mass readings

First reading: Micah 5:1-4a
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 13:6ab, 6c
Gospel: Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23

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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: Micah 5:1-4a

Douay-Rheims: Micheas 5:2-5

²AND THOU, BETHLEHEM Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Juda: out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity. ³Therefore will he give them up even till the time wherein she that travaileth shall bring forth: and the remnant of his brethren shall be converted to the children of Israel. ⁴And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the height of the name of the Lord his God: and they shall be converted, for now shall he be magnified even to the ends of the earth. ⁵And this man shall be our peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall set his foot in our houses: and we shall raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 13:6ab, 6c

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 12:6 (Psalm 13 at Mass)

⁶But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea I will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

Gospel: Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23

¹The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: ²Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Judas and his brethren. ³And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram. ⁴And Aram begot Aminadab. And Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon. ⁵And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse. ⁶And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias. ⁷And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot Asa. ⁸And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram begot Ozias. ⁹And Ozias begot Joatham. And Joatham begot Achaz. And Achaz begot Ezechias. ¹⁰And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manasses begot Amon. And Amon begot Josias. ¹¹And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon. ¹²And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel. And Salathiel begot Zorobabel. ¹³And Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud begot Eliacim. And Eliacim begot Azor. ¹⁴And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim begot Eliud. ¹⁵And Eliud begot Eleazar. And Eleazar begot Mathan. And Mathan begot Jacob. ¹⁶And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

¹⁸Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. ¹⁹Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately. ²⁰But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost. ²¹And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS. For he shall save his people from their sins. ²²Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: ²³Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

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	7, Tuesday of the twenty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	8, The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, liturgical color white, this page	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

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A word for the day

Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.

Saint Augustine, Confessions, Book I, 1. Translated by E. B. Pusey. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

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