---
title: "Mass Readings for December 3, 2027: St. Francis Xavier"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/12/03/
description: "December 3, 2027: St. Francis Xavier, Priest, Year C, Cycle II, white. Isaiah 29:17-24; Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14; Matthew 9:27-31. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

St. Francis Xavier, Priest · Memorial

# Mass Readings *for Friday, December 3, 2027*

On Friday, December 3, 2027, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest (Cycle II); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Matthew 9:27-31.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

White

- **Celebration**: St. Francis Xavier, Priest
- **Season**: Advent · Week 1
- **Rank**: Memorial
- **Sunday cycle**: Year C
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Isaiah 29:17-24

Read in the CPDV: [Isaiah 29](https://blessbible.app/bible/isaiah/29/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 27 (26 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/26/)

### Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31

- 27 And as Jesus passed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, “Take pity on us, Son of David.”
- 28 And when he had arrived at the house, the blind men approached him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you trust that I am able to do this for you?” They say to him, “Certainly, Lord.”
- 29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith, so let it be done for you.”
- 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus warned them, saying, “See to it that no one knows of this.”
- 31 But going out, they spread the news of it to all that land.

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.

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## Saint of the day

[St. Francis Xavier](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-xavier/)

Priest · Feast day December 3

Patron of missions and navigators

[Read about St. Francis Xavier](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-xavier/)

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