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title: "Mass Readings for January 1, 2027 (Friday) · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/01/
description: "January 1, 2027: Mary, the Holy Mother of God, Year B, white. Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

Mary, the Holy Mother of God · Solemnity

# Mass Readings *for Friday, January 1, 2027*

On Friday, January 1, 2027, the Church in the United States celebrates the solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Year B); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 2:16-21.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

White

- **Celebration**: Mary, the Holy Mother of God
- **Season**: Christmas Time
- **Rank**: Solemnity
- **Sunday cycle**: Year B
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Numbers 6:22-27

Read in the CPDV: [Numbers 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/numbers/6/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 67 (66 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/66/)

### Second Reading: Galatians 4:4-7

- 4 But when the fullness of time arrived, God sent his Son, formed from a woman, formed under the law,
- 5 so that he might redeem those who were under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption of sons.
- 6 Therefore, because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out: “Abba, Father.”
- 7 And so now he is not a servant, but a son. But if he is a son, then he is also an heir, through God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Galatians 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/galatians/4/)

### Alleluia: Hebrews 1:1-2

Read in the CPDV: [Hebrews 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/hebrews/1/)

### Gospel: Luke 2:16-21

- 16 And they went quickly. And they found Mary and Joseph; and the infant was lying in a manger.
- 17 Then, upon seeing this, they understood the word that had been spoken to them about this boy.
- 18 And all who heard it were amazed by this, and by those things which were told to them by the shepherds.
- 19 But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart.
- 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told to them.
- 21 And after eight days were ended, so that the boy would be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, just as he was called by the Angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/2/)

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar.

In US parishes the readings are proclaimed from the NABRE; the text shown here is the Catholic Public Domain Version.

Old Testament readings and the psalm are listed with a link to their chapter: the US Lectionary numbers some of their verses differently from the CPDV, so their text is not printed here. Psalm citations keep the Lectionary’s Hebrew numbering; the CPDV numbers the Psalms as the Vulgate does.

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## Saint of the day

[Blessed Virgin Mary](https://blessbible.app/saints/blessed-virgin-mary/)

Mother of God · Feast day August 15

Patron of the universal Church

[Read about Blessed Virgin Mary](https://blessbible.app/saints/blessed-virgin-mary/)

The day’s Mass celebrates the solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God.

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