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Tuesday, December 14, 2027

Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church

The liturgical day

Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church

Memorial
Advent
Liturgical color: White

The Mass readings

First reading: Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-18, 19 and 23
Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32

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: Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13

Douay-Rheims: Sophonias 3:1-2, 9-13

¹Woe to the provoking, and redeemed city, the dove. ²She hath not hearkened to the voice, neither hath she received discipline: she hath not trusted in the Lord, she drew not near to her God.

⁹Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder. ¹⁰From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, shall my suppliants the children of my dispersed people bring me an offering. ¹¹In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proud boasters, and thou shalt no more be lifted up because of my holy mountain. ¹²And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord. ¹³The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and shall lie down, and there shall be none to make them afraid.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-18, 19 and 23

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 33:2-3, 6-7, 17-19, 23 (Psalm 34 at Mass)

²I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth. ³In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear and rejoice.

⁶Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded. ⁷This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.

¹⁷But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. ¹⁸The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles. ¹⁹The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.

²³The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall offend.

Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 21:28-32

²⁸But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work today in my vineyard. ²⁹And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went. ³⁰And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering, said: I go, Sir; and he went not. ³¹Which of the two did the father’s will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you. ³²For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.

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
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, this page	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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Saint of the day

Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the ChurchMemorial. Died in 1591.

A word for the day

Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it.

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I, q. 1, a. 8, reply to objection 2. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Sorrowful Mysteries, prayed on Tuesday and Friday.

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