--- title: "Mass Readings for June 24, 2028 (Saturday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/24/ description: "June 24, 2028: Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Year C, white. Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 139; Acts 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66, 80. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Nativity of St. John the Baptist · Solemnity # Mass Readings *for Saturday, June 24, 2028* On Saturday, June 24, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Year C); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel at the Mass during the Day is Luke 1:57-66, 80. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: Nativity of St. John the Baptist - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 11 - **Rank**: Solemnity - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### Vigil Mass #### First Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Read in the CPDV: [Jeremiah 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/jeremiah/1/) #### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab and 17 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 71 (70 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/70/) #### Second Reading: 1 Peter 1:8-12 - 8 For though you have not seen him, you love him. In him also, though you do not see him, you now believe. And in believing, you shall exult with an inexpressible and glorious joy, - 9 returning with the goal of your faith, the salvation of souls. - 10 About this salvation, the prophets inquired and diligently searched, those who prophesied about the future grace in you, - 11 inquiring as to what type of condition was signified to them by the Spirit of Christ, when foretelling those sufferings that are in Christ, as well as the subsequent glories. - 12 To them, it was revealed that they were ministering, not for themselves, but for you those things which have now been announced to you through those who have preached the Gospel to you, through the Holy Spirit, who was sent down from heaven to the One upon whom the Angels desire to gaze. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 Peter 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-peter/1/) #### Alleluia: See John 1:7; Luke 1:17 Read in the CPDV: [John 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/1/) [Luke 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/1/) #### Gospel: Luke 1:5-17 - 5 There was, in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the section of Abijah, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. - 6 Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame. - 7 And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both had become advanced in years. - 8 Then it happened that, when he was exercising the priesthood before God, in the order of his section, - 9 according to the custom of the priesthood, the lot fell so that he would offer incense, entering into the temple of the Lord. - 10 And the entire multitude of the people was praying outside, at the hour of incense. - 11 Then there appeared to him an Angel of the Lord, standing at the right of the altar of incense. - 12 And upon seeing him, Zechariah was disturbed, and fear fell over him. - 13 But the Angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son to you. And you shall call his name John. - 14 And there will be joy and exultation for you, and many will rejoice in his nativity. - 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. - 16 And he will convert many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God. - 17 And he will go before him with the spirit and power of Elijah, so that he may turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the incredulous to the prudence of the just, so as to prepare for the Lord a completed people.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/1/) ### Mass during the Day #### First Reading: Isaiah 49:1-6 Read in the CPDV: [Isaiah 49](https://blessbible.app/bible/isaiah/49/) #### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 139 (138 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/138/) #### Second Reading: Acts 13:22-26 - 22 And having removed him, he raised up for them king David. And offering testimony about him, he said, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man according to my own heart, who will accomplish all that I will.’ - 23 From his offspring, according to the Promise, God has brought Jesus the Savior to Israel. - 24 John was preaching, before the face of his advent, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. - 25 Then, when John completed his course, he was saying: ‘I am not the one you consider me to be. For behold, one arrives after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to loosen.’ - 26 Noble brothers, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, it is to you the Word of this salvation has been sent. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Acts 13](https://blessbible.app/bible/acts/13/) #### Alleluia: See Luke 1:76 Read in the CPDV: [Luke 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/1/) #### Gospel: Luke 1:57-66, 80 - 57 Now the time for Elizabeth to give birth arrived, and she brought forth a son. - 58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and so they congratulated her. - 59 And it happened that, on the eighth day, they arrived to circumcise the boy, and they called him by his father’s name, Zechariah. - 60 And in response, his mother said: “Not so. Instead, he shall be called John.” - 61 And they said to her, “But there is no one among your relatives who is called by that name.” - 62 Then they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him to be called. - 63 And requesting a writing tablet, he wrote, saying: “His name is John.” And they all wondered. - 64 Then, at once, his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosened, and he spoke, blessing God. - 65 And fear fell upon all of their neighbors. And all these words were made known throughout all the hill country of Judea. - 66 And all those who heard it stored it up in their heart, saying: “What do you think this boy will be?” And indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him. - 80 And the child grew, and he was strengthened in spirit. And he was in the wilderness, until the day of his manifestation to Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/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. Spotted a wrong date, color or citation? 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