St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs · Memorial

Mass Readings for Saturday, June 3, 2028

On Saturday, June 3, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs (Cycle II); the liturgical color is red. The Gospel is John 21:20-25.

Updated October 20, 2026

Liturgical color

Red

Celebration: St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Season: Easter Time · Week 7
Rank: Memorial
Sunday cycle: Year C
Weekday cycle: Cycle II

Mass readings US

First Reading Acts 28:16-20, 30-31

16And when we had arrived at Rome, Paul was given permission to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
17And after the third day, he called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they had convened, he said to them: “Noble brothers, I have done nothing against the people, nor against the customs of the fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
18And after they held a hearing about me, they would have released me, because there was no case for death against me.
19But with the Jews speaking against me, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, though it was not as if I had any kind of accusation against my own nation.
20And so, because of this, I requested to see you and to speak to you. For it is because of the hope of Israel that I am encircled with this chain.”
Some verses are not read.
30Then he remained for two whole years in his own rented lodgings. And he received all who went in to him,
31preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which are from the Lord Jesus Christ, with all faithfulness, without prohibition.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: The whole of Acts 28

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 11:4, 5 and 7

Read in the CPDV: Psalm 11 (10 in the Vulgate)

Alleluia John 16:7, 13

Read in the CPDV: John 16

Gospel John 21:20-25

20Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, the one who also had leaned on his chest at supper and said, “Lord, who is it who shall betray you?”
21Therefore, when Peter had seen him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, but what about this one?”
22Jesus said to him: “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow me.”
23Therefore, the saying went out among the brothers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
24This is the same disciple who offers testimony about these things, and who has written these things. And we know that his testimony is true.
25Now there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if each of these were written down, the world itself, I suppose, would not be able to contain the books that would be written.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: The whole of John 21

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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