--- title: "Mass Readings for May 9, 2027: The Ascension of the Lord" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/05/09/ description: "May 9, 2027: Seventh Sunday of Easter — Ascension, Year B, white. Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1:17-23; Mark 16:15-20. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Seventh Sunday of Easter — Ascension · Solemnity # Mass Readings *for Sunday, May 9, 2027* On Sunday, May 9, 2027, most dioceses in the United States celebrate the Ascension of the Lord (Year B); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Mark 16:15-20. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: Seventh Sunday of Easter — Ascension - **Season**: Easter Time · Week 7 - **Rank**: Solemnity - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### The Ascension of the Lord, in most US dioceses #### First Reading: Acts 1:1-11 - 1 Certainly, O Theophilus, I composed the first discourse about everything that Jesus began to do and to teach, - 2 instructing the Apostles, whom he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, even until the day on which he was taken up. - 3 He also presented himself alive to them, after his Passion, appearing to them throughout forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God with many elucidations. - 4 And dining with them, he instructed them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but that they should wait for the Promise of the Father, “about which you have heard,” he said, “from my own mouth. - 5 For John, indeed, baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many days from now.” - 6 Therefore, those who had assembled together questioned him, saying, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom of Israel?” - 7 But he said to them: “It is not yours to know the times or the moments, which the Father has set by his own authority. - 8 But you shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit, passing over you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.” - 9 And when he had said these things, while they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. - 10 And while they were watching him going up to heaven, behold, two men stood near them in white vestments. - 11 And they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall return in just the same way that you have seen him going up to heaven.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Acts 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/acts/1/) #### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 47 (46 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/46/) #### Second Reading: Ephesians 1:17-23 - 17 so that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give a spirit of wisdom and of revelation to you, in knowledge of him. - 18 May the eyes of your heart be illuminated, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and the wealth of the glory of his inheritance with the saints, - 19 and the preeminent magnitude of his virtue toward us, toward we who believe in accord with the work of his powerful virtue, - 20 which he wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead and establishing him at his right hand in the heavens, - 21 above every principality and power and virtue and dominion, and above every name that is given, not only in this age, but even in the future age. - 22 And he has subjected all things under his feet, and he has made him the head over the entire Church, - 23 which is his body and which is the fullness of him who accomplishes everything in everyone. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Ephesians 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/ephesians/1/) #### Gospel: Mark 16:15-20 - 15 And he said to them: “Go forth to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature. - 16 Whoever will have believed and been baptized will be saved. Yet truly, whoever will not have believed will be condemned. - 17 Now these signs will accompany those who believe. In my name, they shall cast out demons. They will speak in new languages. - 18 They will take up serpents, and, if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them. They shall lay their hands upon the sick, and they will be well.” - 19 And indeed, the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and he sits at the right hand of God. - 20 Then they, setting out, preached everywhere, with the Lord cooperating and confirming the word by the accompanying signs. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Mark 16](https://blessbible.app/bible/mark/16/) ### Seventh Sunday of Easter, where the Ascension was kept on Thursday #### First Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26 - 15 In those days, Peter, rising up in the midst of the brothers, said (now the crowd of men altogether was about one hundred and twenty): - 16 “Noble brothers, the Scripture must be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit predicted by the mouth of David about Judas, who was the leader of those who apprehended Jesus. - 17 He had been numbered among us, and he was chosen by lot for this ministry. - 20 For it has been written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let their dwelling place be desolate and may there be no one who dwells within it,’ and ‘Let another take his episcopate.’ - 21 Therefore, it is necessary that, out of these men who have been assembling with us throughout the entire time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, - 22 beginning from the baptism of John, until the day when he was taken up from us, one of these be made a witness with us of his Resurrection.” - 23 And they appointed two: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. - 24 And praying, they said: “May you, O Lord, who knows the heart of everyone, reveal which one of these two you have chosen, - 25 to take a place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas prevaricated, so that he might go to his own place.” - 26 And they cast lots concerning them, and the lot fell upon Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven Apostles. Catholic Public Domain Version · part-verses shown as whole verses Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Acts 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/acts/1/) #### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 103 (102 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/102/) #### Second Reading: 1 John 4:11-16 - 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. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 John 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-john/4/) #### Alleluia: Cf. John 14:18 Read in the CPDV: [John 14](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/14/) #### Gospel: John 17:11b-19 - 11 And though I am not in the world, these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Father most holy, preserve them in your name, those whom you have given to me, so that they may be one, even as we are one. - 12 While I was with them, I preserved them in your name. I have guarded those whom you have given to me, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled. - 13 And now I am coming to you. But I am speaking these things in the world, so that they may have the fullness of my joy within themselves. - 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I, too, am not of the world. - 15 I am not praying that you would take them out of the world, but that you would preserve them from evil. - 16 They are not of the world, just as I also am not of the world. - 17 Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth. - 18 Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. - 19 And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in truth. Catholic Public Domain Version · part-verses shown as whole verses Read in the CPDV: [The whole of John 17](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/17/) 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. Pachomius](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pachomius/) Abbot · Remembered on May 9 [Read about St. Pachomius](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pachomius/) The day’s Mass celebrates the Ascension of the Lord, in most US dioceses. [May 2027, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/05/) [Liturgical calendar 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Sat, May 8](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/05/08/) [Next day Mon, May 10](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/05/10/)