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Monday, September 13, 2027

Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

The liturgical day

Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Memorial
Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: White

The Mass readings

First reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-8
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 28:2, 7, 8-9
Gospel: Luke 7:1-10

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 2:1-8

Douay-Rheims: 1 Timothy 2:1-8

¹I desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men: ²For kings, and for all that are in high station: that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all piety and chastity. ³For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, ⁴Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵For there is one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus: ⁶Who gave himself a redemption for all, a testimony in due times. ⁷Whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle, (I say the truth, I lie not,) a doctor of the Gentiles in faith and truth. ⁸I will therefore that men pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger and contention.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 28:2, 7, 8-9

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 27:2, 7-9 (Psalm 28 at Mass)

²Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

⁷The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to him. ⁸The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the salvation of his anointed. ⁹Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever.

Gospel: Luke 7:1-10

Douay-Rheims: Luke 7:1-10

¹And when he had finished all his words in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capharnaum. ²And the servant of a certain centurion, who was dear to him, being sick, was ready to die. ³And when he had heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the ancients of the Jews, desiring him to come and heal his servant. ⁴And when they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying to him: He is worthy that thou shouldest do this for him. ⁵For he loveth our nation; and he hath built us a synagogue. ⁶And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent his friends to him, saying: Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof. ⁷For which cause neither did I think myself worthy to come to thee; but say the word, and my servant shall be healed. ⁸For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers: and I say to one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it. ⁹Which Jesus hearing, marvelled: and turning about to the multitude that followed him, he said: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith, not even in Israel. ¹⁰And they who were sent, being returned to the house, found the servant whole who had been sick.

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
12, Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	13, Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white, this page	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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Saint of the day

Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the ChurchMemorial. Died in 407.

A word for the day

Leave vain things to vain men, and mind thou the things which God hath commanded thee.

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 20. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

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