--- title: "Mass Readings for January 16, 2027 (Saturday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/16/ description: "January 16, 2027: Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, Year B, Cycle I, green. Hebrews 4:12-16; Psalm 19; Mark 2:13-17. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Saturday, January 16, 2027* On Saturday, January 16, 2027, the Church in the United States keeps Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle I); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Mark 2:13-17. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 1 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Hebrews 4:12-16 - 12 For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart. - 13 And there is no created thing that is invisible to his sight. For all things are naked and open to the eyes of him, about whom we are speaking. - 14 Therefore, since we have a great High Priest, who has pierced the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, we should hold to our confession. - 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to have compassion on our infirmities, but rather one who was tempted in all things, just as we are, yet without sin. - 16 Therefore, let us go forth with confidence toward the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy, and find grace, in a helpful time. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Hebrews 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/hebrews/4/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 15 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 19 (18 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/18/) ### Alleluia: Luke 4:18 Read in the CPDV: [Luke 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/4/) ### Gospel: Mark 2:13-17 - 13 And he departed again to the sea. And the entire crowd came to him, and he taught them. - 14 And as he was passing by, he saw Levi of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs office. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And rising up, he followed him. - 15 And it happened that, as he sat at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat at table together with Jesus and his disciples. For those who followed him were many. - 16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” - 17 Jesus, having heard this, said to them: “The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who have maladies do. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Mark 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/mark/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. 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. Marcellus I](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-marcellus-i/) Pope and Martyr · Remembered on January 16 [Read about St. Marcellus I](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-marcellus-i/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time). [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 Fri, Jan 15](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/15/) [Next day Sun, Jan 17](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/17/)