--- title: "Mass Readings for January 20, 2027 (Wednesday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/20/ description: "January 20, 2027: Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time, Year B, Cycle I, green. Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17; Psalm 110; Mark 3:1-6. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Wednesday, January 20, 2027* On Wednesday, January 20, 2027, the Church in the United States keeps Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle I); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Mark 3:1-6. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 2 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17 - 1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham, as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him. - 2 And Abraham divided to him a tenth part of everything. And in translation his name is first, indeed, king of justice, and next also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. - 3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, he is thereby likened to the Son of God, who remains a priest continuously. - 15 And yet it is far more evident that, according to the likeness of Melchizedek, there rises up another priest, - 16 who was made, not according to the law of a carnal commandment, but according to the virtue of an indissoluble life. - 17 For he testifies: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Hebrews 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/hebrews/7/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 110:1, 2, 3, 4 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 110 (109 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/109/) ### Alleluia: See Matthew 4:23 Read in the CPDV: [Matthew 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/4/) ### Gospel: Mark 3:1-6 - 1 And again, he entered into the synagogue. And there was a man there who had a withered hand. - 2 And they observed him, to see if he would cure on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse him. - 3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Stand up in the middle.” - 4 And he said to them: “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil, to give health to a life, or to destroy?” But they remained silent. - 5 And looking around at them with anger, being very saddened over the blindness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Extend your hand.” And he extended it, and his hand was restored to him. - 6 Then the Pharisees, going out, immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, as to how they might destroy him. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Mark 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/mark/3/) 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. Sebastian](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sebastian/) Martyr · Remembered on January 20 Patron of athletes, soldiers, and archers [Read about St. Sebastian](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sebastian/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Wednesday of the Second 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 Tue, Jan 19](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/19/) [Next day Thu, Jan 21](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/21/)