First Reading Micah 5:1-4a
or Romans 8:28-30
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary · Feast
Mass Readings for Friday, September 8, 2028
On Friday, September 8, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23.
The liturgical day
Liturgical color
White
- Celebration
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Season
- Ordinary Time · Week 22
- Rank
- Feast
- Sunday cycle
- Year C
- Weekday cycle
- Cycle II
Mass readings US
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 13:6ab, 6c
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 13 (12 in the Vulgate)
Gospel Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23
or Matthew 1:18-23
1The book of the lineage of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham conceived Isaac. And Isaac conceived Jacob. And Jacob conceived Judah and his brothers.
3And Judah conceived Perez and Zerah by Tamar. And Perez conceived Hezron. And Hezron conceived Ram.
4And Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon. And Nahshon conceived Salmon.
5And Salmon conceived Boaz by Rahab. And Boaz conceived Obed by Ruth. And Obed conceived Jesse.
6And Jesse conceived king David. And king David conceived Solomon, by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
7And Solomon conceived Rehoboam. And Rehoboam conceived Abijah. And Abijah conceived Asa.
8And Asa conceived Jehoshaphat. And Jehoshaphat conceived Joram. And Joram conceived Uzziah.
9And Uzziah conceived Jotham. And Jotham conceived Ahaz. And Ahaz conceived Hezekiah.
10And Hezekiah conceived Manasseh. And Manasseh conceived Amos. And Amos conceived Josiah.
11And Josiah conceived Jechoniah and his brothers in the transmigration of Babylon.
12And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechoniah conceived Shealtiel. And Shealtiel conceived Zerubbabel.
13And Zerubbabel conceived Abiud. And Abiud conceived Eliakim. And Eliakim conceived Azor.
14And Azor conceived Zadok. And Zadok conceived Achim. And Achim conceived Eliud.
15And Eliud conceived Eleazar. And Eleazar conceived Matthan. And Matthan conceived Jacob.
16And Jacob conceived Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
- Some verses are not read.
18Now the procreation of the Christ occurred in this way. After his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they lived together, she was found to have conceived in her womb by the Holy Spirit.
19Then Joseph, her husband, since he was just and was not willing to hand her over, preferred to send her away secretly.
20But while thinking over these things, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to accept Mary as your wife. For what has been formed in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21And she shall give birth to a son. And you shall call his name JESUS. For he shall accomplish the salvation of his people from their sins.”
22Now all this occurred in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
23“Behold, a virgin shall conceive in her womb, and she shall give birth to a son. And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means: God is with us.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
Read in the CPDV: The whole of Matthew 1
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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