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Friday, December 3, 2027

Saint Francis Xavier, Priest

The liturgical day

Saint Francis Xavier, Priest

Memorial
Advent
Liturgical color: White

The Mass readings

First reading: Isaiah 29:17-24
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31

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 29:17-24

Douay-Rheims: Isaias 29:17-24

¹⁷Is it not yet a very little while, and Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest? ¹⁸And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see. ¹⁹And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. ²⁰For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity: ²¹That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just. ²²Therefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Jacob, he that redeemed Abraham: Jacob shall not now be confounded, neither shall his countenance now be ashamed: ²³But when he shall see his children, the work of my hands in the midst of him sanctifying my name, and they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall glorify the God of Israel: ²⁴And they that erred in spirit, shall know understanding, and they that murmured, shall learn the law.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 26:1, 4, 13-14 (Psalm 27 at Mass)

¹The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

⁴One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

¹³I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. ¹⁴Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 9:27-31

²⁷And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David. ²⁸And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus saith to them, Do you believe, that I can do this unto you? They say to him, Yea, Lord. ²⁹Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it done unto you. ³⁰And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know this. ³¹But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.

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.

December 2027

December 2027
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1, Wednesday of the first week of Advent, liturgical color violet	2, Thursday of the first week of Advent, liturgical color violet	3, Saint Francis Xavier, Priest, liturgical color white, this page	4, Saturday of the first week of Advent, liturgical color violet
5, Second Sunday of Advent, liturgical color violet	6, Monday of the second week of Advent, liturgical color violet	7, Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	8, The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patroness of the USA, liturgical color white, Holy day of obligation (also a solemnity)	9, Thursday of the second week of Advent, liturgical color violet	10, Friday of the second week of Advent, liturgical color violet	11, Saturday of the second week of Advent, liturgical color violet
12, Third Sunday of Advent, liturgical color rose or violet	13, Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr, liturgical color red	14, Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	15, Wednesday of the third week of Advent, liturgical color violet	16, Thursday of the third week of Advent, liturgical color violet	17, December 17, liturgical color violet	18, December 18, liturgical color violet
19, Fourth Sunday of Advent, liturgical color violet	20, December 20, liturgical color violet	21, December 21, liturgical color violet	22, December 22, liturgical color violet	23, December 23, liturgical color violet	24, December 24, liturgical color violet	25, The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas), liturgical color white, Holy day of obligation (also a solemnity)
26, The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, liturgical color white	27, Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist, liturgical color white	28, The Holy Innocents, Martyrs, liturgical color red	29, Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord, liturgical color white	30, Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord, liturgical color white	31, Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord, liturgical color white

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ObligHoly day of obligation (also a solemnity)

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Saint of the day

Saint Francis Xavier, PriestMemorial. Died in 1552.

A word for the day

To love is to wish good to someone.

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I-II, q. 26, a. 4. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Aquinas is quoting Aristotle (Rhetoric II, 4). Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Sorrowful Mysteries, prayed on Tuesday and Friday.

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