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Wednesday, October 27, 2027

Wednesday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Wednesday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Romans 8:26-30
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 13:4-5, 6
Gospel: Luke 13:22-30

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: Romans 8:26-30

Douay-Rheims: Romans 8:26-30

²⁶Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity. For we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit himself asketh for us with unspeakable groanings. ²⁷And he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what the Spirit desireth; because he asketh for the saints according to God. ²⁸And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. ²⁹For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son; that he might be the firstborn amongst many brethren. ³⁰And whom he predestinated, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 13:4-5, 6

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 12:4-6 (Psalm 13 at Mass)

⁴Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death: ⁵Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved: ⁶But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea I will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

Gospel: Luke 13:22-30

Douay-Rheims: Luke 13:22-30

²²And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem. ²³And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them: ²⁴Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able. ²⁵But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are. ²⁶Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. ²⁷And he shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. ²⁸There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. ²⁹And there shall come from the east and the west, and the north and the south; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. ³⁰And behold, they are last that shall be first; and they are first that shall be last.

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

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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Calendar computed with romcal (MIT License). Reading citations from the Catholic Readings API (MIT License), with gaps checked against the USCCB pages. Douay-Rheims text courtesy of eBible.org.