--- title: "Mass Readings for August 19, 2027 (Thursday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/19/ description: "August 19, 2027: Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, Year B, Cycle I, green. Judges 11:29-39a; Psalm 40; Matthew 22:1-14. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Thursday, August 19, 2027* On Thursday, August 19, 2027, the Church in the United States keeps Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle I); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Matthew 22:1-14. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 20 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Judges 11:29-39a Read in the CPDV: [Judges 11](https://blessbible.app/bible/judges/11/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 40:5, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 40 (39 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/39/) ### Alleluia: Psalm 95:8 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 95 (94 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/94/) ### Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14 - 1 And responding, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying: - 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son. - 3 And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come. - 4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell the invited: Behold, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.’ - 5 But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business. - 6 Yet truly, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them. - 7 But when the king heard this, he was angry. And sending out his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and he burned their city. - 8 Then he said to his servants: ‘The wedding, indeed, has been prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy. - 9 Therefore, go out to the ways, and call whomever you will find to the wedding.’ - 10 And his servants, departing into the ways, gathered all those whom they found, bad and good, and the wedding was filled with guests. - 11 Then the king entered to see the guests. And he saw a man there who was not clothed in a wedding garment. - 12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how is it that you have entered here without having a wedding garment?’ But he was dumbstruck. - 13 Then the king said to the ministers: ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. - 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.’” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 22](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/22/) 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. John Eudes](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-eudes/) Priest · Remembered on August 19 [Read about St. John Eudes](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-eudes/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Thursday of the Twentieth 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 18](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/18/) [Next day Fri, Aug 20](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/20/)