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title: "Mass Readings for August 4, 2027: St. John Vianney, Priest"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/04/
description: "August 4, 2027: St. John Vianney, Priest, Year B, Cycle I, white. Numbers 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35; Psalm 106; Matthew 15:21-28. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

St. John Vianney, Priest · Memorial

# Mass Readings *for Wednesday, August 4, 2027*

On Wednesday, August 4, 2027, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest (Cycle I); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Matthew 15:21-28.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

White

- **Celebration**: St. John Vianney, Priest
- **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 18
- **Rank**: Memorial
- **Sunday cycle**: Year B
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Numbers 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35

Read in the CPDV: [Numbers 13](https://blessbible.app/bible/numbers/13/) [Numbers 14](https://blessbible.app/bible/numbers/14/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-22, 23

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 106 (105 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/105/)

### Alleluia: Luke 7:16

Read in the CPDV: [Luke 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/7/)

### Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28

- 21 And departing from there, Jesus withdrew into the areas of Tyre and Sidon.
- 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan, going out from those parts, cried out, saying to him: “Take pity on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is badly afflicted by a demon.”
- 23 He did not say a word to her. And his disciples, drawing near, petitioned him, saying: “Dismiss her, for she is crying out after us.”
- 24 And responding, he said, “I was not sent except to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel.”
- 25 But she approached and adored him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
- 26 And responding, he said, “It is not good to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.”
- 27 But she said, “Yes, Lord, but the young dogs also eat from the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.”
- 28 Then Jesus, responding, said to her: “O woman, great is your faith. Let it be done for you just as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 15](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/15/)

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.

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## Saint of the day

[St. John Vianney](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-vianney/)

Priest · Feast day August 4

Patron of parish priests

[Read about St. John Vianney](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-vianney/)

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