---
title: "Mass Readings for January 21, 2028: St. Agnes · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/01/21/
description: "January 21, 2028: St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, Year C, Cycle II, red. 1 Samuel 24:3-21; Psalm 57:2, 3-4, 6 and 11; Mark 3:13-19. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr · Memorial

# Mass Readings *for Friday, January 21, 2028*

On Friday, January 21, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr (Cycle II); the liturgical color is red. The Gospel is Mark 3:13-19.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

Red

- **Celebration**: St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
- **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 2
- **Rank**: Memorial
- **Sunday cycle**: Year C
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: 1 Samuel 24:3-21

Read in the CPDV: [1 Samuel 24](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-samuel/24/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 57:2, 3-4, 6 and 11

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 57 (56 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/56/)

### Alleluia: 2 Corinthians 5:19

Read in the CPDV: [2 Corinthians 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/5/)

### Gospel: Mark 3:13-19

- 13 And ascending onto a mountain, he called to himself those whom he willed, and they came to him.
- 14 And he acted so that the twelve would be with him, and so that he might send them out to preach.
- 15 And he gave them authority to cure infirmities, and to cast out demons:
- 16 and he imposed on Simon the name Peter;
- 17 and also he imposed on James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, the name ‘Boanerges,’ that is, ‘Sons of Thunder;’
- 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
- 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Mark 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/mark/3/)

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. Agnes](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-agnes/)

Virgin and Martyr · Feast day January 21

Patron of girls and engaged couples

[Read about St. Agnes](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-agnes/)

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