--- title: "Mass Readings for January 6, 2028 (Thursday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/01/06/ description: "January 6, 2028: Thursday after Epiphany, Year C, Cycle II, white. 1 John 4:19—5:4; Psalm 72:1-2, 14 and 15bc, 17; Luke 4:14-22. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Thursday after Epiphany · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Thursday, January 6, 2028* On Thursday, January 6, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps Thursday after Epiphany (Cycle II); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 4:14-22. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: Thursday after Epiphany - **Season**: Christmas Time - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 1 John 4:19—5:4 - 19 Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us. - 20 If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see? - 21 And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother. - 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves God, who provides that birth, also loves him who has been born of God. - 2 In this way, we know that we love those born of God: when we love God and do his commandments. - 3 For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not heavy. - 4 For all that is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world: our faith. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 John 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-john/4/) [The whole of 1 John 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-john/5/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 72:1-2, 14 and 15bc, 17 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 72 (71 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/71/) ### Alleluia: Luke 4:18 Read in the CPDV: [Luke 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/4/) ### Gospel: Luke 4:14-22 - 14 And Jesus returned, in the power of the Spirit, into Galilee. And his fame spread throughout the entire region. - 15 And he taught in their synagogues, and he was magnified by everyone. - 16 And he went to Nazareth, where he had been raised. And he entered into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the Sabbath day. And he rose up to read. - 17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. And as he unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written: - 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this, he has anointed me. He has sent me to evangelize the poor, to heal the contrite of heart, - 19 to preach forgiveness to captives and sight to the blind, to release the broken into forgiveness, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of retribution.” - 20 And when he had rolled up the book, he returned it to the minister, and he sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him. - 21 Then he began to say to them, “On this day, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” - 22 And everyone gave testimony to him. And they wondered at the words of grace that proceeded from his mouth. And they said, “Is this not the son of Joseph?” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/4/) 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. André Bessette](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-andre-bessette/) Religious · Remembered on January 6 [Read about St. André Bessette](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-andre-bessette/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Thursday after Epiphany). [January 2028, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/01/) [Liturgical calendar 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Wed, Jan 5](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/01/05/) [Next day Fri, Jan 7](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/01/07/)