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Sunday, October 17, 2027

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Isaiah 53:10-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22
Second reading: Hebrews 4:14-16
Gospel: Mark 10:35-45 or 10:42-45

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: Isaiah 53:10-11

Douay-Rheims: Isaias 53:10-11

¹⁰And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a long-lived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand. ¹¹Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 32:4-5, 18-20, 22 (Psalm 33 at Mass)

⁴For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done with faithfulness. ⁵He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

¹⁸Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and on them that hope in his mercy. ¹⁹To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine. ²⁰Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and protector.

²²Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in thee.

Second reading: Hebrews 4:14-16

Douay-Rheims: Hebrews 4:14-16

¹⁴Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession. ¹⁵For we have not a high priest, who can not have compassion on our infirmities: but one tempted in all things like as we are, without sin. ¹⁶Let us go therefore with confidence to the throne of grace: that we may obtain mercy, and find grace in seasonable aid.

Gospel: Mark 10:35-45 or 10:42-45

Douay-Rheims: Mark 10:35-45

³⁵And James and John the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying: Master, we desire that whatsoever we shall ask, thou wouldst do it for us: ³⁶But he said to them: What would you that I should do for you? ³⁷And they said: Grant to us, that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. ³⁸And Jesus said to them: You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the chalice that I drink of: or be baptized with the baptism wherewith I am baptized? ³⁹But they said to him: We can. And Jesus saith to them: You shall indeed drink of the chalice that I drink of: and with the baptism wherewith I am baptized, you shall be baptized. ⁴⁰But to sit on my right hand, or on my left, is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared. ⁴¹And the ten hearing it, began to be much displeased at James and John.

The shorter form begins at verse 42.

⁴²But Jesus calling them, saith to them: You know that they who seem to rule over the Gentiles, lord it over them: and their princes have power over them. ⁴³But it is not so among you: but whosoever will be greater, shall be your minister. ⁴⁴And whosoever will be first among you, shall be the servant of all. ⁴⁵For the Son of man also is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.

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.

October 2027

October 2027
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	2, The Holy Guardian Angels, liturgical color white
3, Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	4, Saint Francis of Assisi, liturgical color white	5, Tuesday of the twenty-seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	6, Wednesday of the twenty-seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	7, Our Lady of the Rosary, liturgical color white	8, Friday of the twenty-seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	9, Saturday of the twenty-seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
10, Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	11, Monday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	12, Tuesday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	13, Wednesday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	14, Thursday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	15, Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	16, Saturday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
17, Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green, this page	18, Saint Luke, Evangelist, liturgical color red	19, Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs, liturgical color red	20, Wednesday of the twenty-ninth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	21, Thursday of the twenty-ninth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	22, Friday of the twenty-ninth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	23, Saturday of the twenty-ninth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
24, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	25, Monday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	26, Tuesday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	27, Wednesday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	28, Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles, liturgical color red	29, Friday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	30, Saturday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
31, Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green

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A word for the day

If thou wouldst profit by thy reading, read humbly, simply, honestly, and not desiring to win a character for learning.

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 5. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Glorious Mysteries, prayed on Wednesday and Sunday.

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