--- title: "Mass Readings for October 15, 2027: St. Teresa of Jesus" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/10/15/ description: "October 15, 2027: St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Year B, Cycle I, white. Romans 4:1-8; Psalm 32; Luke 12:1-7. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church · Memorial # Mass Readings *for Friday, October 15, 2027* On Friday, October 15, 2027, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church (Cycle I); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 12:1-7. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 28 - **Rank**: Memorial - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Romans 4:1-8 - 1 So then, what shall we say that Abraham had achieved, who is our father according to the flesh? - 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he would have glory, but not with God. - 3 For what does Scripture say? “Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.” - 4 But for he who works, wages are not accounted according to grace, but according to debt. - 5 Yet truly, for he who does not work, but who believes in him who justifies the impious, his faith is reputed unto justice, according to the purpose of the grace of God. - 6 Similarly, David also declares the blessedness of a man, to whom God brings justice without works: - 7 “Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered. - 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Romans 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/romans/4/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 32:1b-2, 5, 11 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 32 (31 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/31/) ### Alleluia: Psalm 33:22 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 33 (32 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/32/) ### Gospel: Luke 12:1-7 - 1 Then, as great crowds were standing so close that they were stepping on one another, he began to say to his disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. - 2 For there is nothing covered, which will not be revealed, nor anything hidden, which will not be known. - 3 For the things that you have spoken in darkness will be declared in the light. And what you have said in the ear in bedrooms will be proclaimed from the housetops. - 4 So I say to you, my friends: Do not be fearful of those who kill the body, and afterwards have no more that they can do. - 5 But I will reveal to you whom you should fear. Fear him who, after he will have killed, has the power to cast into Hell. So I say to you: Fear him. - 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? And yet not one of these is forgotten in the sight of God. - 7 But even the very hairs of your head have all been numbered. Therefore, do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 12](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/12/) 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 Ávila](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-avila/) Virgin and Doctor of the Church · Feast day October 15 Patron of those who suffer headaches, and Spain [Read about St. Teresa of Ávila](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-avila/) [October 2027, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/10/) [Liturgical calendar 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Thu, Oct 14](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/10/14/) [Next day Sat, Oct 16](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/10/16/)