--- title: "Mass Readings for August 5, 2027 (Thursday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/05/ description: "August 5, 2027: Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year B, Cycle I, green. Numbers 20:1-13; Psalm 95; Matthew 16:13-23. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Thursday, August 5, 2027* On Thursday, August 5, 2027, the Church in the United States keeps Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle I); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Matthew 16:13-23. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 18 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Numbers 20:1-13 Read in the CPDV: [Numbers 20](https://blessbible.app/bible/numbers/20/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 95 (94 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/94/) ### Alleluia: Matthew 16:18 Read in the CPDV: [Matthew 16](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/16/) ### Gospel: Matthew 16:13-23 - 13 Then Jesus went into parts of Caesarea Philippi. And he questioned his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” - 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, and others say Elijah, still others say Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” - 15 Jesus said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” - 16 Simon Peter responded by saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” - 17 And in response, Jesus said to him: “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father, who is in heaven. - 18 And I say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. - 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound, even in heaven. And whatever you shall release on earth shall be released, even in heaven.” - 20 Then he instructed his disciples that they should tell no one that he is Jesus the Christ. - 21 From that time, Jesus began to reveal to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and to suffer much from the elders and the scribes and the leaders of the priests, and to be killed, and to rise again on the third day. - 22 And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him, saying, “Lord, may it be far from you; this shall not happen to you.” - 23 And turning away, Jesus said to Peter: “Get behind me, Satan; you are an obstacle to me. For you are not behaving according to what is of God, but according to what is of men.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 16](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/16/) 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. Oswald of Northumbria](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-oswald-of-northumbria/) King and Martyr · Remembered on August 5 [Read about St. Oswald of Northumbria](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-oswald-of-northumbria/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time). [August 2027, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/) [Liturgical calendar 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Wed, Aug 4](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/04/) [Next day Fri, Aug 6](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/06/)