--- title: "Mass Readings for February 8, 2028 (Tuesday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/02/08/ description: "February 8, 2028: Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Year C, Cycle II, green. 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30; Psalm 84; Mark 7:1-13. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Tuesday, February 8, 2028* On Tuesday, February 8, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle II); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Mark 7:1-13. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 5 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30 Read in the CPDV: [1 Kings 8](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-kings/8/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 84:3, 4, 5 and 10, 11 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 84 (83 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/83/) ### Alleluia: Psalm 119:36, 29b Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 119 (118 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/118/) ### Gospel: Mark 7:1-13 - 1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, arriving from Jerusalem, gathered together before him. - 2 And when they had seen certain ones from his disciples eating bread with common hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they disparaged them. - 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders. - 4 And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds. - 5 And so the Pharisees and the scribes questioned him: “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat bread with common hands?” - 6 But in response, he said to them: “So well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, just as it has been written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. - 7 And in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and precepts of men.’ - 8 For abandoning the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, to the washing of pitchers and cups. And you do many other things similar to these.” - 9 And he said to them: “You effectively nullify the precept of God, so that you may observe your own tradition. - 10 For Moses said: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother, let him die a death.’ - 11 But you say, ‘If a man will have said to his father or mother: Korban, (which is a gift) whatever is from me will be to your benefit,’ - 12 then you do not release him to do anything for his father or mother, - 13 rescinding the word of God through your tradition, which you have handed down. And you do many other similar things in this way.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Mark 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/mark/7/) 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. Josephine Bakhita](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-josephine-bakhita/) Virgin · Remembered on February 8 Patron of Sudan and victims of human trafficking [Read about St. Josephine Bakhita](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-josephine-bakhita/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time). [February 2028, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/02/) [Liturgical calendar 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Mon, Feb 7](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/02/07/) [Next day Wed, Feb 9](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/02/09/)