First Reading Isaiah 41:13-20
Read in the CPDV: Isaiah 41
St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church · Memorial
Mass Readings for Thursday, December 14, 2028
On Thursday, December 14, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church (Cycle I); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Matthew 11:11-15.
The liturgical day
Liturgical color
White
- Celebration
- St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church
- Season
- Advent · Week 2
- Rank
- Memorial
- Sunday cycle
- Year A
- Weekday cycle
- Cycle I
Mass readings US
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 145 (144 in the Vulgate)
Alleluia See Isaiah 45:8
Read in the CPDV: Isaiah 45
Gospel Matthew 11:11-15
11Amen I say to you, among those born of women, there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12But from the days of John the Baptist, even until now, the kingdom of heaven has endured violence, and the violent carry it away.
13For all the prophets and the law prophesied, even until John.
14And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah, who is to come.
15Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
Catholic Public Domain Version
Read in the CPDV: The whole of Matthew 11
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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Priest and Doctor of the Church · Feast day December 14