--- title: "Mass Readings for January 8, 2027 (Friday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/08/ description: "January 8, 2027: Friday after Epiphany, Year B, Cycle I, white. 1 John 5:5-13; Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; Luke 5:12-16. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Friday after Epiphany · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Friday, January 8, 2027* On Friday, January 8, 2027, the Church in the United States keeps Friday after Epiphany (Cycle I); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 5:12-16. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: Friday after Epiphany - **Season**: Christmas Time - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 1 John 5:5-13 - 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God! - 6 This is the One who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. Not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies that the Christ is the Truth. - 8 And there are three who give testimony on earth: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood. And these three are one. - 9 If we accept the testimony of men, then the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony of God, which is greater: that he has testified about his Son. - 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God, holds the testimony of God within himself. Whoever does not believe in the Son, makes him a liar, because he does not believe in the testimony which God has testified about his Son. - 11 And this is the testimony which God has given to us: Eternal Life. And this Life is in his Son. - 12 Whoever has the Son, has Life. Whoever does not have the Son, does not have Life. - 13 I am writing this to you, so that you may know that you have Eternal Life: you who believe in the name of the Son of God. Catholic Public Domain Version · in the CPDV this is 1 John 5:5–6, 8–13 Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 John 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-john/5/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 147:12–20 (147 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/147/) ### Alleluia: See Matthew 4:23 Read in the CPDV: [Matthew 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/4/) ### Gospel: Luke 5:12-16 - 12 And it happened that, while he was in a certain city, behold, there was a man full of leprosy who, upon seeing Jesus and falling to his face, petitioned him, saying: “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.” - 13 And extending his hand, he touched him, saying: “I am willing. Be cleansed.” And at once, the leprosy departed from him. - 14 And he instructed him that he should tell no one, “But go, show yourself to the priest, and make the offering for your cleansing, just as Moses has commanded, as a testimony for them.” - 15 Yet word of him traveled around all the more. And great crowds came together, so that they might listen and be cured by him from their infirmities. - 16 And he withdrew into the desert and prayed. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/5/) 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. Severinus of Noricum](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-severinus-of-noricum/) Abbot · Remembered on January 8 [Read about St. Severinus of Noricum](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-severinus-of-noricum/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Friday 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 Thu, Jan 7](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/07/) [Next day Sat, Jan 9](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/09/)