--- title: "Mass Readings for June 23, 2028: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/23/ description: "June 23, 2028: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Year C, white. Ezekiel 34:11-16; Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Romans 5:5b-11; Luke 15:3-7. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Most Sacred Heart of Jesus · Solemnity # Mass Readings *for Friday, June 23, 2028* On Friday, June 23, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Year C); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 15:3-7. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 11 - **Rank**: Solemnity - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Ezekiel 34:11-16 Read in the CPDV: [Ezekiel 34](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/34/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 23 (22 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/22/) ### Second Reading: Romans 5:5b-11 - 5 but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. - 6 Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious? - 7 Now someone might barely be willing to die for the sake of justice, for example, perhaps someone might dare to die for the sake of a good man. - 8 But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time, - 9 Christ died for us. Therefore, having been justified now by his blood, all the more so shall we be saved from wrath through him. - 10 For if we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, while we were still enemies, all the more so, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. - 11 And not only that, but we also glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Catholic Public Domain Version · part-verses shown as whole verses Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Romans 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/romans/5/) ### Alleluia: Matthew 11:29ab or John 10:14 Read in the CPDV: [Matthew 11](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/11/) [John 10](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/10/) ### Gospel: Luke 15:3-7 - 3 And he told this parable to them, saying: - 4 “What man among you, who has one hundred sheep, and if he will have lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the one whom he had lost, until he finds it? - 5 And when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing. - 6 And returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them: ‘Congratulate me! For I have found my sheep, which had been lost.’ - 7 I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 15](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/15/) 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. Joseph Cafasso](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-cafasso/) Priest · Remembered on June 23 Patron of prisoners and the condemned [Read about St. Joseph Cafasso](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-cafasso/) The day’s Mass celebrates the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. [June 2028, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/) [Liturgical calendar 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Thu, Jun 22](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/22/) [Next day Sat, Jun 24](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/24/)