--- title: "Mass Readings for August 31, 2027 (Tuesday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/31/ description: "August 31, 2027: Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, Year B, Cycle I, green. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11; Luke 4:31-37. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Tuesday, August 31, 2027* On Tuesday, August 31, 2027, the Church in the United States keeps Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle I); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Luke 4:31-37. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 22 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11 - 1 But concerning dates and times, brothers, you do not need us to write to you. - 2 For you yourselves thoroughly understand that the day of the Lord shall arrive much like a thief in the night. - 3 For when they will say, “Peace and security!” then destruction will suddenly overwhelm them, like the labor pains of a woman with child, and they will not escape. - 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that you would be overtaken by that day as by a thief. - 5 For all of you are sons of light and sons of daytime; we are not of nighttime, nor of darkness. - 6 Therefore, let us not sleep, as the rest do. Instead, we should be vigilant and sober. - 9 For God has not appointed us for wrath, but for the acquisition of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, - 10 who died for us, so that, whether we watch, or whether we sleep, we may live in union with him. - 11 Because of this, console one another and build up one another, just as you are doing. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 Thessalonians 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-thessalonians/5/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 27 (26 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/26/) ### Alleluia: Luke 7:16 Read in the CPDV: [Luke 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/7/) ### Gospel: Luke 4:31-37 - 31 And he descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And there he taught them on the Sabbaths. - 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was spoken with authority. - 33 And in the synagogue, there was a man who had an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, - 34 saying: “Let us alone. What are we to you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God.” - 35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and depart from him.” And when the demon had thrown him into their midst, he departed from him, and he no longer harmed him. - 36 And fear fell over them all. And they discussed this among themselves, saying: “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they depart.” - 37 And his fame spread to every place in the region. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/4/) 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 [Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joseph-of-arimathea-and-nicodemus/) Disciples · Remembered on August 31 [Read about Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joseph-of-arimathea-and-nicodemus/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Tuesday of the Twenty-second 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 Mon, Aug 30](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/30/) [Next day Wed, Sep 1](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/01/)