--- title: "Mass Readings for July 16, 2028: 15th Sunday in OT · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/16/ description: "July 16, 2028: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, green. Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Psalm 69; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time # Mass Readings *for Sunday, July 16, 2028* On Sunday, July 16, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Luke 10:25-37. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 15 - **Rank**: Sunday - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Deuteronomy 30:10-14 Read in the CPDV: [Deuteronomy 30](https://blessbible.app/bible/deuteronomy/30/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37 or Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 69 (68 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/68/) [Psalm 19 (18 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/18/) ### Second Reading: Colossians 1:15-20 - 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature. - 16 For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him. - 17 And he is before all, and in him all things continue. - 18 And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy. - 19 For the Father is well-pleased that all fullness reside in him, - 20 and that, through him, all things be reconciled to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, for the things that are on earth, as well as the things that are in heaven. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Colossians 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/colossians/1/) ### Alleluia: Cf. John 6:63c, 68c Read in the CPDV: [John 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/6/) ### Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 - 25 And behold, a certain expert in the law rose up, testing him and saying, “Teacher, what must I do to possess eternal life?” - 26 But he said to him: “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” - 27 In response, he said: “You shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart, and from your whole soul, and from all your strength, and from all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” - 28 And he said to him: “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.” - 29 But since he wanted to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” - 30 Then Jesus, taking this up, said: “A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he happened upon robbers, who now also plundered him. And inflicting him with wounds, they went away, leaving him behind, half-alive. - 31 And it happened that a certain priest was descending along the same way. And seeing him, he passed by. - 32 And similarly a Levite, when he was near the place, also saw him, and he passed by. - 33 But a certain Samaritan, being on a journey, came near him. And seeing him, he was moved by mercy. - 34 And approaching him, he bound up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. And setting him on his pack animal, he brought him to an inn, and he took care of him. - 35 And the next day, he took out two denarii, and he gave them to the proprietor, and he said: ‘Take care of him. And whatever extra you will have spent, I will repay to you at my return.’ - 36 Which of these three, does it seem to you, was a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?” - 37 Then he said, “The one who acted with mercy toward him.” And Jesus said to him, “Go, and act similarly.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 10](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/10/) 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. 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