---
title: "Mass Readings for December 23, 2027 (Thursday) · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/12/23/
description: "December 23, 2027: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent, Year C, Cycle II, violet. Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24; Psalm 25; Luke 1:57-66. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent · Weekday

# Mass Readings *for Thursday, December 23, 2027*

On Thursday, December 23, 2027, the Church in the United States keeps Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent (Cycle II); the liturgical color is violet. The Gospel is Luke 1:57-66.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

Violet

- **Celebration**: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent
- **Season**: Advent · Week 4
- **Rank**: Weekday
- **Sunday cycle**: Year C
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24

Read in the CPDV: [Malachi 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/malachi/3/) [Malachi 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/malachi/4/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 25 (24 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/24/)

### Gospel: Luke 1:57-66

- 57 Now the time for Elizabeth to give birth arrived, and she brought forth a son.
- 58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and so they congratulated her.
- 59 And it happened that, on the eighth day, they arrived to circumcise the boy, and they called him by his father’s name, Zechariah.
- 60 And in response, his mother said: “Not so. Instead, he shall be called John.”
- 61 And they said to her, “But there is no one among your relatives who is called by that name.”
- 62 Then they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him to be called.
- 63 And requesting a writing tablet, he wrote, saying: “His name is John.” And they all wondered.
- 64 Then, at once, his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosened, and he spoke, blessing God.
- 65 And fear fell upon all of their neighbors. And all these words were made known throughout all the hill country of Judea.
- 66 And all those who heard it stored it up in their heart, saying: “What do you think this boy will be?” And indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/1/)

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. John of Kanty](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-kanty/)

Priest · Remembered on December 23

[Read about St. John of Kanty](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-kanty/)

The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent).

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