--- title: "Mass Readings for July 25, 2027: 17th Sunday in OT · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/25/ description: "July 25, 2027: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, green. 2 Kings 4:42-44; Psalm 145; Ephesians 4:1-6; John 6:1-15. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time # Mass Readings *for Sunday, July 25, 2027* On Sunday, July 25, 2027, the Church in the United States celebrates the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is John 6:1-15. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 17 - **Rank**: Sunday - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 2 Kings 4:42-44 Read in the CPDV: [2 Kings 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-kings/4/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 145 (144 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/144/) ### Second Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6 - 1 And so, as a prisoner in the Lord, I beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the vocation to which you have been called: - 2 with all humility and meekness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. - 3 Be anxious to preserve the unity of the Spirit within the bonds of peace. - 4 One body and one Spirit: to this you have been called by the one hope of your calling: - 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, - 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Ephesians 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/ephesians/4/) ### Alleluia: Luke 7:16 Read in the CPDV: [Luke 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/7/) ### Gospel: John 6:1-15 - 1 After these things, Jesus traveled across the sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. - 2 And a great multitude was following him, for they saw the signs that he was accomplishing toward those who were infirm. - 3 Therefore, Jesus went onto a mountain, and he sat down there with his disciples. - 4 Now the Passover, the feast day of the Jews, was near. - 5 And so, when Jesus had lifted up his eyes and had seen that a very great multitude came to him, he said to Philip, “From where should we buy bread, so that these may eat?” - 6 But he said this to test him. For he himself knew what he would do. - 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii of bread would not be sufficient for each of them to receive even a little.” - 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him: - 9 “There is a certain boy here, who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are these among so many?” - 10 Then Jesus said, “Have the men sit down to eat.” Now, there was much grass in that place. And so the men, in number about five thousand, sat down to eat. - 11 Therefore, Jesus took the bread, and when he had given thanks, he distributed it to those who were sitting down to eat; similarly also, from the fish, as much as they wanted. - 12 Then, when they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments that are left over, lest they be lost.” - 13 And so they gathered, and they filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which were left over from those who had eaten. - 14 Therefore, those men, when they had seen that Jesus had accomplished a sign, they said, “Truly, this one is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” - 15 And so, when he realized that they were going to come and take him away and make him king, Jesus fled back to the mountain, by himself alone. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of John 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/6/) Computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. 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. James](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-james/) Apostle · Feast day July 25 Patron of Spain and pilgrims [Read about St. James](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-james/) The day’s Mass celebrates the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. [July 2027, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/) [Liturgical calendar 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Sat, Jul 24](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/24/) [Next day Mon, Jul 26](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/26/)