---
title: "Mass Readings for December 14, 2028: St. John of the Cross"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/14/
description: "December 14, 2028: St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church, Year A, Cycle I, white. Isaiah 41:13-20; Matthew 11:11-15. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

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.

Updated October 20, 2026

## 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)

### First Reading: Isaiah 41:13-20

Read in the CPDV: [Isaiah 41](https://blessbible.app/bible/isaiah/41/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 145 (144 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/144/)

### Alleluia: See Isaiah 45:8

Read in the CPDV: [Isaiah 45](https://blessbible.app/bible/isaiah/45/)

### Gospel: Matthew 11:11-15

- 11 Amen 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.
- 12 But from the days of John the Baptist, even until now, the kingdom of heaven has endured violence, and the violent carry it away.
- 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied, even until John.
- 14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah, who is to come.
- 15 Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 11](https://blessbible.app/bible/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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## Saint of the day

[St. John of the Cross](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-the-cross/)

Priest and Doctor of the Church · Feast day December 14

[Read about St. John of the Cross](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-the-cross/)

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