--- title: "Mass Readings for January 6, 2027 (Wednesday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/06/ description: "January 6, 2027: Wednesday after Epiphany, Year B, Cycle I, white. 1 John 4:11-18; Psalm 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mark 6:45-52. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Wednesday after Epiphany · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Wednesday, January 6, 2027* On Wednesday, January 6, 2027, the Church in the United States keeps Wednesday after Epiphany (Cycle I); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Mark 6:45-52. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: Wednesday after Epiphany - **Season**: Christmas Time - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 1 John 4:11-18 - 11 Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another. - 12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. - 13 In this way, we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he has given to us from his Spirit. - 14 And we have seen, and we testify, that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. - 15 Whoever has confessed that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. - 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him. - 17 In this way, the love of God is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment. For as he is, so also are we, in this world. - 18 Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 John 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-john/4/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 72:1-2, 10, 12-13 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 72 (71 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/71/) ### Alleluia: 1 Timothy 3:16 Read in the CPDV: [1 Timothy 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-timothy/3/) ### Gospel: Mark 6:45-52 - 45 And without delay he urged his disciples to climb into the boat, so that they might precede him across the sea to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the people. - 46 And when he had dismissed them, he went to the mountain to pray. - 47 And when it was late, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land. - 48 And seeing them struggling to row, (for the wind was against them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, he came to them, walking upon the sea. And he intended to pass by them. - 49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they thought it was an apparition, and they cried out. - 50 For they all saw him, and they were very disturbed. And immediately he spoke with them, and he said to them: “Be strengthened in faith. It is I. Do not be afraid.” - 51 And he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they became even more astonished within themselves. - 52 For they did not understand about the bread. For their heart had been blinded. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Mark 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/mark/6/) 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. Spotted a wrong date, color or citation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. ## Saint of the day [St. André Bessette](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-andre-bessette/) Religious · Remembered on January 6 [Read about St. André Bessette](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-andre-bessette/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Wednesday after Epiphany). [January 2027, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/) [Liturgical calendar 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Tue, Jan 5](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/05/) [Next day Thu, Jan 7](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/07/)