St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr · Feast

Mass Readings for Thursday, August 10, 2028

On Thursday, August 10, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr; the liturgical color is red. The Gospel is John 12:24-26.

Updated October 20, 2026

Liturgical color

Red

Celebration: St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
Season: Ordinary Time · Week 18
Rank: Feast
Sunday cycle: Year C
Weekday cycle: Cycle II

Mass readings US

First Reading 2 Corinthians 9:6-10

6But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings:
7each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver.
8And God is able to make every grace abound in you, so that, always having what you need in all things, you may abound unto every good work,
9just as it was written: “He has distributed widely, he has given to the poor; his justice remains from age to age.”
10And he who ministers seed to the sower will offer you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and will increase the growth of the fruits of your justice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: The whole of 2 Corinthians 9

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9

Read in the CPDV: Psalm 112 (111 in the Vulgate)

Alleluia John 8:12

Read in the CPDV: John 8

Gospel John 12:24-26

24Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
25it remains alone. But if it dies, it yields much fruit. Whoever loves his life, will lose it. And whoever hates his life in this world, preserves it unto eternal life.
26If anyone serves me, let him follow me. And where I am, there too my minister shall be. If anyone has served me, my Father will honor him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: The whole of John 12

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. Lawrence

Deacon and Martyr · Feast day August 10

Patron of cooks, the poor, and deacons

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