--- title: "Mass Readings for September 5, 2027: 23rd Sunday in OT" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/05/ description: "September 5, 2027: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, green. Isaiah 35:4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2:1-5; Mark 7:31-37. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time # Mass Readings *for Sunday, September 5, 2027* On Sunday, September 5, 2027, the Church in the United States celebrates the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Mark 7:31-37. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 23 - **Rank**: Sunday - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Isaiah 35:4-7a Read in the CPDV: [Isaiah 35](https://blessbible.app/bible/isaiah/35/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 146 (145 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/145/) ### Second Reading: James 2:1-5 - 1 My brothers, within the glorious faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, do not choose to show favoritism toward persons. - 2 For if a man has entered your assembly having a gold ring and splendid apparel, and if a poor man has also entered, in dirty clothing, - 3 and if you are then attentive to the one who is clothed in excellent apparel, so that you say to him, “You may sit in this good place,” but you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit below my footstool,” - 4 are you not judging within yourselves, and have you not become judges with unjust thoughts? - 5 My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him? Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of James 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/james/2/) ### Alleluia: Cf. Matthew 4:23 Read in the CPDV: [Matthew 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/4/) ### Gospel: Mark 7:31-37 - 31 And again, departing from the borders of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the area of the Ten Cities. - 32 And they brought someone who was deaf and mute to him. And they begged him, so that he would lay his hand upon him. - 33 And taking him away from the crowd, he put his fingers into his ears; and spitting, he touched his tongue. - 34 And gazing up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: “Ephphatha,” which is, “Be opened.” - 35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke correctly. - 36 And he instructed them not to tell anyone. But as much as he instructed them, so much more did they preach about it. - 37 And so much more did they wonder, saying: “He has done all things well. He has caused both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Mark 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/mark/7/) 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. Teresa of Calcutta](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-calcutta/) Religious · Remembered on September 5 [Read about St. Teresa of Calcutta](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-calcutta/) The day’s Mass celebrates the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. [September 2027, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/) [Liturgical calendar 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Sat, Sep 4](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/04/) [Next day Mon, Sep 6](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/06/)