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Thursday, September 30, 2027

Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church

The liturgical day

Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church

Memorial
Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: White

The Mass readings

First reading: Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11
Gospel: Luke 10:1-12

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: Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12

Douay-Rheims: 2 Esdras 8:1-12

¹And the seventh month came: and the children of Israel were in their cities. And all the people were gathered together as one man to the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. ²Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month. ³And he read it plainly in the street that was before the water gate, from the morning until midday, before the men, and the women, and all those that could understand: and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book. ⁴And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made to speak upon, and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left, Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and Mosollam. ⁵And Esdras opened the book before all the people: for he was above all the people: and when he had opened it, all the people stood. ⁶And Esdras blessed the Lord the great God: and all the people answered, Amen, amen: lifting up their hands: and they bowed down, and adored God with their faces to the ground. ⁷Now Josue, and Bani, and Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Sephtai, Odia, Maasia, Celtia, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, the Levites, made silence among the people to hear the law: and the people stood in their place. ⁸And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly to be understood: and they understood when it was read. ⁹And Nehemias (he is Athersatha) and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites who interpreted to all the people, said: This is a holy day to the Lord our God: do not mourn, nor weep: for all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. ¹⁰And he said to them: Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves: because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of the Lord is our strength. ¹¹And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful. ¹²So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had taught them.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 18:8-11 (Psalm 19 at Mass)

⁸The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones. ⁹The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes. ¹⁰The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves. ¹¹More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

Gospel: Luke 10:1-12

Douay-Rheims: Luke 10:1-12

¹And after these things the Lord appointed also other seventy-two: and he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself was to come. ²And he said to them: The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send labourers into his harvest. ³Go: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves. ⁴Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes; and salute no man by the way. ⁵Into whatsoever house you enter, first say: Peace be to this house. ⁶And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you. ⁷And in the same house, remain, eating and drinking such things as they have: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house. ⁸And into what city soever you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you. ⁹And heal the sick that are therein, and say to them: The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. ¹⁰But into whatsoever city you enter, and they receive you not, going forth into the streets thereof, say: ¹¹Even the very dust of your city that cleaveth to us, we wipe off against you. Yet know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand. ¹²I say to you, it shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom, than for that city.

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
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, this page

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Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the ChurchMemorial. Died in 420.

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I had rather feel contrition than be skilful in the definition thereof.

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

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