---
title: "Mass Readings for September 14, 2028 (Thursday) · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/14/
description: "September 14, 2028: Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Year C, Cycle II, red. Numbers 21:4b-9; Psalm 78; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

Exaltation of the Holy Cross · Feast

# Mass Readings *for Thursday, September 14, 2028*

On Thursday, September 14, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; the liturgical color is red. The Gospel is John 3:13-17.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

Red

- **Celebration**: Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 23
- **Rank**: Feast
- **Sunday cycle**: Year C
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Numbers 21:4b-9

Read in the CPDV: [Numbers 21](https://blessbible.app/bible/numbers/21/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 78 (77 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/77/)

### Second Reading: Philippians 2:6-11

- 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be seized.
- 7 Instead, he emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and accepting the state of a man.
- 8 He humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, even the death of the Cross.
- 9 Because of this, God has also exalted him and has given him a name which is above every name,
- 10 so that, at the name of Jesus, every knee would bend, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and of those in hell,
- 11 and so that every tongue would confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Philippians 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/philippians/2/)

### Gospel: John 3:13-17

- 13 And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
- 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so also must the Son of man be lifted up,
- 15 so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
- 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
- 17 For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of John 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/3/)

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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## Saint of the day

[St. Notburga](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-notburga/)

Virgin · Remembered on September 14

Patron of servants and agricultural workers

[Read about St. Notburga](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-notburga/)

The day’s Mass celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

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