Annunciation of the Lord · Solemnity
Mass Readings for Saturday, March 25, 2028
On Saturday, March 25, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord (Year C); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 1:26-38.
The liturgical day
Liturgical color
White
- Celebration
- Annunciation of the Lord
- Season
- Lent · Week 3
- Rank
- Solemnity
- Sunday cycle
- Year C
- Weekday cycle
- Cycle II
Mass readings US
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 40 (39 in the Vulgate)
Second Reading Hebrews 10:4-10
4For it is impossible for sins to be taken away by the blood of oxen and goats.
5For this reason, as Christ enters into the world, he says: “Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have fashioned a body for me.
6Holocausts for sin were not pleasing to you.
7Then I said, ‘Behold, I draw near.’ At the head of the book, it has been written of me that I should do your will, O God.”
8In the above, by saying, “Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin, you did not want, nor are those things pleasing to you, which are offered according to the law;
9then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,’” he takes away the first, so that he may establish what follows.
10For by this will, we have been sanctified, through the one time oblation of the body of Jesus Christ.
Catholic Public Domain Version
Read in the CPDV: The whole of Hebrews 10
Verse before the Gospel John 1:14ab
Read in the CPDV: John 1
Gospel Luke 1:26-38
26Then, in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent by God, to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.
28And upon entering, the Angel said to her: “Hail, full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women.”
29And when she had heard this, she was disturbed by his words, and she considered what kind of greeting this might be.
30And the Angel said to her: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace with God.
31Behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and you shall bear a son, and you shall call his name: JESUS.
32He will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father. And he will reign in the house of Jacob for eternity.
33And his kingdom shall have no end.”
34Then Mary said to the Angel, “How shall this be done, since I do not know man?”
35And in response, the Angel said to her: “The Holy Spirit will pass over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. And because of this also, the Holy One who will be born of you shall be called the Son of God.
36And behold, your cousin Elizabeth has herself also conceived a son, in her old age. And this is the sixth month for her who is called barren.
37For no word will be impossible with God.”
38Then Mary said: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word.” And the Angel departed from her.
Catholic Public Domain Version
Read in the CPDV: The whole of 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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