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Saturday, September 11, 2027

Saturday of the twenty-third week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Saturday of the twenty-third week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: 1 Timothy 1:15-17
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5 and 6-7
Gospel: Luke 6:43-49

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 Timothy 1:15-17

Douay-Rheims: 1 Timothy 1:15-17

¹⁵A faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. ¹⁶But for this cause have I obtained mercy: that in me first Christ Jesus might shew forth all patience, for the information of them that shall believe in him unto life everlasting. ¹⁷Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5 and 6-7

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 112:1-7 (Psalm 113 at Mass)

¹Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord. ²Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever. ³From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise. ⁴The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens. ⁵Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: ⁶And looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth? ⁷Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

Gospel: Luke 6:43-49

Douay-Rheims: Luke 6:43-49

⁴³For there is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit; nor an evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit. ⁴⁴For every tree is known by its fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns; nor from a bramble bush do they gather the grape. ⁴⁵A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. ⁴⁶And why call you me, Lord, Lord; and do not the things which I say? ⁴⁷Every one that cometh to me, and heareth my words, and doth them, I will shew you to whom he is like. ⁴⁸He is like to a man building a house, who digged deep, and laid the foundation upon a rock. And when a flood came, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and it could not shake it; for it was founded on a rock. ⁴⁹But he that heareth, and doth not, is like to a man building his house upon the earth without a foundation: against which the stream beat vehemently, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.

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

A word for the day

There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of God?

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 2. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

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