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title: "Mass Readings for July 31, 2028: St. Ignatius of Loyola"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/31/
description: "July 31, 2028: St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest, Year C, Cycle II, white. Jeremiah 13:1-11; Deuteronomy 32; Matthew 13:31-35. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest · Memorial

# Mass Readings *for Monday, July 31, 2028*

On Monday, July 31, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest (Cycle II); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Matthew 13:31-35.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

White

- **Celebration**: St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest
- **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 17
- **Rank**: Memorial
- **Sunday cycle**: Year C
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Jeremiah 13:1-11

Read in the CPDV: [Jeremiah 13](https://blessbible.app/bible/jeremiah/13/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Deuteronomy 32:18-19, 20, 21

Read in the CPDV: [Deuteronomy 32](https://blessbible.app/bible/deuteronomy/32/)

### Alleluia: James 1:18

Read in the CPDV: [James 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/james/1/)

### Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35

- 31 He proposed another parable to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
- 32 It is, indeed, the least of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than all the plants, and it becomes a tree, so much so that the birds of the air come and dwell in its branches.”
- 33 He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of fine wheat flour, until it was entirely leavened.”
- 34 All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds. And he did not speak to them apart from parables,
- 35 in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying: “I will open my mouth in parables. I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 13](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/13/)

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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## Saint of the day

[St. Ignatius of Loyola](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-ignatius-of-loyola/)

Priest · Feast day July 31

Patron of soldiers and retreats

[Read about St. Ignatius of Loyola](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-ignatius-of-loyola/)

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