--- title: "Mass Readings for August 31, 2028 (Thursday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/31/ description: "August 31, 2028: Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year C, Cycle II, green. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; Psalm 145; Matthew 24:42-51. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Thursday, August 31, 2028* On Thursday, August 31, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle II); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Matthew 24:42-51. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 21 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 - 1 Paul, called as an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God; and Sosthenes, a brother: - 2 to the Church of God which is at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints with all who are invoking the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place of theirs and of ours. - 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. - 4 I give thanks to my God continuously for you because of the grace of God that has been given to you in Christ Jesus. - 5 By that grace, in all things, you have become wealthy in him, in every word and in all knowledge. - 6 And so, the testimony of Christ has been strengthened in you. - 7 In this way, nothing is lacking to you in any grace, as you await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. - 8 And he, too, will strengthen you, even until the end, without guilt, until the day of the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ. - 9 God is faithful. Through him, you have been called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 Corinthians 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-corinthians/1/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 145 (144 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/144/) ### Alleluia: Matthew 24:42a, 44 Read in the CPDV: [Matthew 24](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/24/) ### Gospel: Matthew 24:42-51 - 42 Therefore, be vigilant. For you do not know at what hour your Lord will return. - 43 But know this: if only the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly keep vigil and not permit his house to be broken into. - 44 For this reason, you also must be prepared, for you do not know at what hour the Son of man will return. - 45 Consider this: who is a faithful and prudent servant, who has been appointed by his lord over his family, to give them their portion in due time? - 46 Blessed is that servant, if, when his lord has arrived, he shall find him doing so. - 47 Amen I say to you, he shall appoint him over all of his goods. - 48 But if that evil servant has said in his heart, ‘My lord has been delayed in returning,’ - 49 and so, he begins to strike his fellow servants, and he eats and drinks with the inebriated: - 50 then the lord of that servant will arrive on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know. - 51 And he shall separate him, and he shall place his portion with the hypocrites, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 24](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/24/) 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 [Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joseph-of-arimathea-and-nicodemus/) Disciples · Remembered on August 31 [Read about Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joseph-of-arimathea-and-nicodemus/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Thursday of the Twenty-first 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 Wed, Aug 30](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/30/) [Next day Fri, Sep 1](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/01/)