On Tuesday, July 25, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the feast of Saint James, Apostle; the liturgical color is red. The Gospel is Matthew 20:20-28.
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The liturgical day
Liturgical color
Red
Celebration
St. James, Apostle
Season
Ordinary Time · Week 16
Rank
Feast
Sunday cycle
Year C
Weekday cycle
Cycle II
Mass readings US
First Reading2 Corinthians 4:7-15
7But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us.
8In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute.
9We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.
10We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
11For we who live are ever handed over unto death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh.
12Therefore, death is at work in us, and life is at work in you.
13But we have the same Spirit of faith. And just as it is written, “I believed, and for that reason I spoke,” so we also believe, and for that reason, we also speak.
14For we know that the One who raised up Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus and will place us with you.
15Thus, all is for you, so that grace, abounding through many in thanksgiving, may abound to the glory of God.
20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached him, with her sons, adoring him, and petitioning something from him.
21And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Declare that these, my two sons, may sit, one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.”
22But Jesus, responding, said: “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the chalice, from which I will drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
23He said to them: “From my chalice, indeed, you shall drink. But to sit at my right or my left is not mine to give to you, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
24And the ten, upon hearing this, became indignant with the two brothers.
25But Jesus called them to himself and said: “You know that the first ones among the Gentiles are their rulers, and that those who are greater exercise power among them.
26It shall not be this way among you. But whoever will want to be greater among you, let him be your minister.
27And whoever will want to be first among you, he shall be your servant,
28even as the Son of man has not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many.”
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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