First Reading Genesis 1:1—2:2
or Genesis 1:1, 26-31a
Holy Saturday — the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter · Paschal Triduum
Mass Readings for Saturday, March 27, 2027
On Saturday, March 27, 2027, the Church in the United States celebrates Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter (Year B); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Mark 16:1-7.
The liturgical day
Liturgical color
White
- Celebration
- Holy Saturday — the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
- Season
- The Paschal Triduum
- Rank
- Paschal Triduum
- Sunday cycle
- Year B
- Weekday cycle
- Cycle I
Mass readings US
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35
or Psalm 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20 and 22
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 104 (103 in the Vulgate)Psalm 33 (32 in the Vulgate)
Second Reading Genesis 22:1-18
or Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
Read in the CPDV: Genesis 22
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 16 (15 in the Vulgate)
Third Reading Exodus 14:15—15:1
Responsorial Psalm Exodus 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18
Read in the CPDV: Exodus 15
Fourth Reading Isaiah 54:5-14
Read in the CPDV: Isaiah 54
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 30 (29 in the Vulgate)
Fifth Reading Isaiah 55:1-11
Read in the CPDV: Isaiah 55
Responsorial Psalm Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
Read in the CPDV: Isaiah 12
Sixth Reading Baruch 3:9-15, 32—4:4
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 19 (18 in the Vulgate)
Seventh Reading Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28
Read in the CPDV: Ezekiel 36
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4
or Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6
or Psalm 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 42 (41 in the Vulgate)Psalm 43 (42 in the Vulgate)Isaiah 12Psalm 51 (50 in the Vulgate)
Epistle Romans 6:3-11
3Do you not know that those of us who have been baptized in Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death?
4For through baptism we have been buried with him into death, so that, in the manner that Christ rose from the dead, by the glory of the Father, so may we also walk in the newness of life.
5For if we have been planted together, in the likeness of his death, so shall we also be, in the likeness of his resurrection.
6For we know this: that our former selves have been crucified together with him, so that the body which is of sin may be destroyed, and moreover, so that we may no longer serve sin.
7For he who has died has been justified from sin.
8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live together with Christ.
9For we know that Christ, in rising up from the dead, can no longer die: death no longer has dominion over him.
10For in as much as he died for sin, he died once. But in as much as he lives, he lives for God.
11And so, you should consider yourselves to be certainly dead to sin, and to be living for God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
Read in the CPDV: The whole of Romans 6
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 118 (117 in the Vulgate)
Gospel Mark 16:1-7
1And when the Sabbath had passed, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices, so that when they arrived they could anoint Jesus.
2And very early in the morning, on the first of the Sabbaths, they went to the tomb, the sun having now risen.
3And they said to one another, “Who will roll back the stone for us, away from the entrance of the tomb?”
4And looking, they saw that the stone was rolled back. For certainly it was very large.
5And upon entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, covered with a white robe, and they were astonished.
6And he said to them, “Do not become frightened. You are seeking Jesus of Nazareth, the Crucified One. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him.
7But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you into Galilee. There you shall see him, just as he told you.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
Read in the CPDV: The whole of Mark 16
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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