--- title: "Mass Readings for August 23, 2028 (Wednesday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/23/ description: "August 23, 2028: Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, Year C, Cycle II, green. Ezekiel 34:1-11; Psalm 23; Matthew 20:1-16. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Wednesday, August 23, 2028* On Wednesday, August 23, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle II); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Matthew 20:1-16. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 20 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Ezekiel 34:1-11 Read in the CPDV: [Ezekiel 34](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/34/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 23 (22 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/22/) ### Alleluia: Hebrews 4:12 Read in the CPDV: [Hebrews 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/hebrews/4/) ### Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16 - 1 “The kingdom of heaven is like the father of a family who went out in early morning to lead workers into his vineyard. - 2 Then, having made an agreement with the workers for one denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard. - 3 And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace. - 4 And he said to them, ‘You may go into my vineyard, too, and what I will give you will be just.’ - 5 So they went forth. But again, he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and he acted similarly. - 6 Yet truly, about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing, and he said to them, ‘Why have you stood here idle all day?’ - 7 They say to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also may go into my vineyard.’ - 8 And when evening had arrived, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last, even to the first.’ - 9 And so, when those who had arrived about the eleventh hour came forward, each received a single denarius. - 10 Then when the first ones also came forward, they considered that they would receive more. But they, too, received one denarius. - 11 And upon receiving it, they murmured against the father of the family, - 12 saying, ‘These last have worked for one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who worked bearing the weight and heat of the day.’ - 13 But responding to one of them, he said: ‘Friend, I caused you no injury. Did you not agree with me to one denarius? - 14 Take what is yours and go. But it is my will to give to this last, just as to you. - 15 And is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Or is your eye wicked because I am good?’ - 16 So then, the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 20](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/20/) 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? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. ## Saint of the day [St. Rose of Lima](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rose-of-lima/) Virgin · Remembered on August 23 Patron of the Americas and gardeners [Read about St. Rose of Lima](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rose-of-lima/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time). [August 2028, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/) [Liturgical calendar 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Tue, Aug 22](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/22/) [Next day Thu, Aug 24](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/24/)