--- title: "Mass Readings for September 13, 2028: St. John Chrysostom" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/13/ description: "September 13, 2028: St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Year C, Cycle II, white. 1 Corinthians 7:25-31; Luke 6:20-26. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Memorial # Mass Readings *for Wednesday, September 13, 2028* On Wednesday, September 13, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Cycle II); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 6:20-26. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 23 - **Rank**: Memorial - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:25-31 - 25 Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful. - 26 Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am. - 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife. - 28 But if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this. - 29 And so, this is what I say, brothers: The time is short. What remains of it is such that: those who have wives should be as if they had none; - 30 and those who weep, as though they were not weeping; and those who rejoice, as if they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as if they possessed nothing; - 31 and those who use the things of this world, as if they were not using them. For the figure of this world is passing away. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 Corinthians 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-corinthians/7/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 45 (44 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/44/) ### Alleluia: Luke 6:23ab Read in the CPDV: [Luke 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/6/) ### Gospel: Luke 6:20-26 - 20 And lifting up his eyes to his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. - 21 Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you shall laugh. - 22 Blessed shall you be when men will have hated you, and when they will have separated you and reproached you, and thrown out your name as if evil, because of the Son of man. - 23 Be glad in that day and exult. For behold, your reward is great in heaven. For these same things their fathers did to the prophets. - 24 Yet truly, woe to you who are wealthy, for you have your consolation. - 25 Woe to you who are satisfied, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. - 26 Woe to you when men will have blessed you. For these same things their fathers did to the false prophets. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/6/) 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. John Chrysostom](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-chrysostom/) Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Feast day September 13 [Read about St. John Chrysostom](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-chrysostom/) [September 2028, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/) [Liturgical calendar 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Tue, Sep 12](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/12/) [Next day Thu, Sep 14](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/14/)