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Saturday, September 18, 2027

Saturday of the twenty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Saturday of the twenty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: 1 Timothy 6:13-16
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5
Gospel: Luke 8:4-15

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 6:13-16

Douay-Rheims: 1 Timothy 6:13-16

¹³I charge thee before God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate, a good confession, ¹⁴That thou keep the commandment without spot, blameless, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵Which in his times he shall shew who is the Blessed and only Mighty, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; ¹⁶Who only hath immortality, and inhabiteth light inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 99:2-5 (Psalm 100 at Mass)

²Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: serve ye the Lord with gladness. Come in before his presence with exceeding great joy. ³Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. ⁴Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and give glory to him. Praise ye his name: ⁵For the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth to generation and generation.

Gospel: Luke 8:4-15

Douay-Rheims: Luke 8:4-15

⁴And when a very great multitude was gathered together, and hastened out of the cities unto him, he spoke by a similitude. ⁵The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. ⁶And other some fell upon a rock: and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. ⁷And other some fell among thorns, and the thorns growing up with it, choked it. ⁸And other some fell upon good ground; and being sprung up, yielded fruit a hundredfold. Saying these things, he cried out: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. ⁹And his disciples asked him what this parable might be. ¹⁰To whom he said: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables, that seeing they may not see, and hearing may not understand. ¹¹Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. ¹²And they by the way side are they that hear; then the devil cometh, and taketh the word out of their heart, lest believing they should be saved. ¹³Now they upon the rock, are they who when they hear, receive the word with joy: and these have no roots; for they believe for a while, and in time of temptation, they fall away. ¹⁴And that which fell among thorns, are they who have heard, and going their way, are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and yield no fruit. ¹⁵But that on the good ground, are they who in a good and perfect heart, hearing the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit in patience.

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	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, this page
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

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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