---
title: "Mass Readings for August 14, 2027: St. Maximilian Kolbe"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/14/
description: "August 14, 2027: St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr, Year B, Cycle I, red. Joshua 24:14-29; Psalm 16; Matthew 19:13-15. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr · Memorial

# Mass Readings *for Saturday, August 14, 2027*

On Saturday, August 14, 2027, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr (Cycle I); the liturgical color is red. The Gospel is Matthew 19:13-15.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

Red

- **Celebration**: St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr
- **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 19
- **Rank**: Memorial
- **Sunday cycle**: Year B
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Joshua 24:14-29

Read in the CPDV: [Joshua 24](https://blessbible.app/bible/joshua/24/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 11

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 16 (15 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/15/)

### Alleluia: See Matthew 11:25

Read in the CPDV: [Matthew 11](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/11/)

### Gospel: Matthew 19:13-15

- 13 Then they brought to him little children, so that he would place his hands upon them and pray. But the disciples rebuked them.
- 14 Yet truly, Jesus said to them: “Allow the little children to come to me, and do not choose to prohibit them. For the kingdom of heaven is among such as these.”
- 15 And when he had imposed his hands upon them, he went away from there.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 19](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/19/)

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. Maximilian Kolbe](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maximilian-kolbe/)

Priest and Martyr · Feast day August 14

Patron of prisoners, families, and journalists

[Read about St. Maximilian Kolbe](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maximilian-kolbe/)

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