--- title: "Mass Readings for January 23, 2028: 3rd Sunday in OT · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/01/23/ description: "January 23, 2028: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, green. Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Third Sunday in Ordinary Time # Mass Readings *for Sunday, January 23, 2028* On Sunday, January 23, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 3 - **Rank**: Sunday - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Read in the CPDV: [Nehemiah 8](https://blessbible.app/bible/nehemiah/8/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 15 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 19 (18 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/18/) ### Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 or 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27 - 12 For just as the body is one, and yet has many parts, so all the parts of the body, though they are many, are only one body. So also is Christ. - 13 And indeed, in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether servant or free. And we all drank in the one Spirit. - 14 For the body, too, is not one part, but many. - 15 If the foot were to say, “Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body,” would it then not be of the body? - 16 And if the ear were to say, “Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body,” would it then not be of the body? - 17 If the whole body were the eye, how would it hear? If the whole were hearing, how would it smell? - 18 But instead, God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body, just as it has pleased him. - 19 So if they were all one part, how would it be a body? - 20 But instead, there are many parts, indeed, yet one body. - 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need for your works.” And again, the head cannot say to the feet, “You are of no use to me.” - 22 In fact, so much more necessary are those parts of the body which seem to be weaker. - 23 And though we consider certain parts of the body to be less noble, we surround these with more abundant dignity, and so, those parts which are less presentable end up with more abundant respect. - 24 However, our presentable parts have no such need, since God has tempered the body together, distributing the more abundant honor to that which has the need, - 25 so that there might be no schism in the body, but instead the parts themselves might take care of one another. - 26 And so, if one part suffers anything, all the parts suffer with it. Or, if one part finds glory, all the parts rejoice with it. - 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and parts like any part. - 28 And indeed, God has established a certain order in the Church: first Apostles, second Prophets, third Teachers, next miracle-workers, and then the grace of healing, of helping others, of governing, of different kinds of languages, and of the interpretation of words. - 29 Are all Apostles? Are all Prophets? Are all Teachers? - 30 Are all workers of miracles? Do all have the grace of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 Corinthians 12](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-corinthians/12/) ### Alleluia: Cf. Luke 4:18 Read in the CPDV: [Luke 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/4/) ### Gospel: Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 - 1 Since, indeed, many have attempted to set in order a narrative of the things that have been completed among us, - 2 just as they have been handed on to those of us who from the beginning saw the same and were ministers of the word, - 3 so it seemed good to me also, having diligently followed everything from the beginning, to write to you, in an orderly manner, most excellent Theophilus, - 4 so that you might know the truthfulness of those words by which you have been instructed. - 4:14 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.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/1/) [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. Marianne Cope](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-marianne-cope/) Virgin · Remembered on January 23 [Read about St. Marianne Cope](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-marianne-cope/) The day’s Mass celebrates the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. 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