--- title: "Mass Readings for August 28, 2028: St. Augustine · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/28/ description: "August 28, 2028: St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Year C, Cycle II, white. Matthew 23:13-22. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Memorial # Mass Readings *for Monday, August 28, 2028* On Monday, August 28, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Cycle II); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Matthew 23:13-22. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 21 - **Rank**: Memorial - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12 - 1 Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. - 2 Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. - 3 We ought to give thanks always to God for you, brothers, in a fitting manner, because your faith is increasing greatly, and because the charity of each of you toward one another is abundant, - 4 so much so that we ourselves even glory in you among the churches of God, because of your patience and faith in all of your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, - 5 which are a sign of the just judgment of God, so that you may be held worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer. - 11 Because of this, too, we pray always for you, so that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may complete every act of his goodness, as well as his work of faith in virtue, - 12 in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, in accord with the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 2 Thessalonians 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-thessalonians/1/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 96 (95 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/95/) ### Alleluia: John 10:27 Read in the CPDV: [John 10](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/10/) ### Gospel: Matthew 23:13-22 - 13 So then: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you close the kingdom of heaven before men. For you yourselves do not enter, and those who are entering, you would not permit to enter. - 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and by land, in order to make one convert. And when he has been converted, you make him twice the son of Hell that you are yourselves. - 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gold of the temple is obligated.’ - 17 You are foolish and blind! For which is greater: the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? - 18 And you say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the altar, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gift that is on the altar is obligated.’ - 19 How blind you are! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? - 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it. - 21 And whoever will have sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it. - 22 And whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it. Catholic Public Domain Version · in the CPDV this is Matthew 23:13, 15–22 Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 23](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/23/) 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. Augustine of Hippo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-augustine-of-hippo/) Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Feast day August 28 Patron of theologians, brewers, and converts [Read about St. Augustine of Hippo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-augustine-of-hippo/) [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 Sun, Aug 27](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/27/) [Next day Tue, Aug 29](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/29/)