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Saturday, December 11, 2027

Saturday of the second week of Advent

The liturgical day

Saturday of the second week of Advent

Advent
Liturgical color: Violet

The Mass readings

First reading: Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19
Gospel: Matthew 17:9a, 10-13

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.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 79:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 (Psalm 80 at Mass)

²Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth ³Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.

¹⁵Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard: ¹⁶And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.

¹⁸Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself. ¹⁹And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will call upon thy name.

Gospel: Matthew 17:9a, 10-13

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 17:9-13

⁹And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead. ¹⁰And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elias must come first? ¹¹But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things. ¹²But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them. ¹³Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John the Baptist.

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	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, this page
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

Violet
White
Rose
Red
ObligHoly day of obligation (also a solemnity)

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

Saint of the day

Saint Damasus I, PopeOptional memorial. Died in 384.

A word for the day

It is better to be unknown and take heed to oneself than to neglect oneself and work wonders.

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 20. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Joyful Mysteries, prayed on Monday and Saturday.

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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.