--- title: "Mass Readings for September 21, 2027: St. Matthew · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/21/ description: "September 21, 2027: St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, Year B, Cycle I, red. Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13; Psalm 19; Matthew 9:9-13. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist · Feast # Mass Readings *for Tuesday, September 21, 2027* On Tuesday, September 21, 2027, the Church in the United States celebrates the feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist; the liturgical color is red. The Gospel is Matthew 9:9-13. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Red - **Celebration**: St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 25 - **Rank**: Feast - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 - 1 And so, as a prisoner in the Lord, I beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the vocation to which you have been called: - 2 with all humility and meekness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. - 3 Be anxious to preserve the unity of the Spirit within the bonds of peace. - 4 One body and one Spirit: to this you have been called by the one hope of your calling: - 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, - 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all. - 7 Yet to each one of us there has been given grace according to the measure allotted by Christ. - 11 And the same one granted that some would be Apostles, and some Prophets, yet truly others evangelists, and others pastors and teachers, - 12 for the sake of the perfection of the saints, by the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ, - 13 until we all meet in the unity of faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as a perfect man, in the measure of the age of the fullness of Christ. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Ephesians 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/ephesians/4/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:2-3, 4-5 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 19 (18 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/18/) ### Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13 - 9 And when Jesus passed on from there, he saw, sitting at the tax office, a man named Matthew. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And rising up, he followed him. - 10 And it happened that, as he was sitting down to eat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners arrived, and they sat down to eat with Jesus and his disciples. - 11 And the Pharisees, seeing this, said to his disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” - 12 But Jesus, hearing this, said: “It is not those who are healthy who are in need of a physician, but those who have maladies. - 13 So then, go out and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the just, but sinners.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 9](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/9/) 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. Matthew](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-matthew/) Apostle and Evangelist · Feast day September 21 Patron of accountants and bankers [Read about St. Matthew](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-matthew/) [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 Mon, Sep 20](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/20/) [Next day Wed, Sep 22](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/22/)