--- title: "Mass Readings for December 27, 2028: St. John · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/27/ description: "December 27, 2028: St. John, Apostle and Evangelist, Year A, Cycle I, white. 1 John 1:1-4; Psalm 97; John 20:1a and 2-8. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- St. John, Apostle and Evangelist · Feast # Mass Readings *for Wednesday, December 27, 2028* On Wednesday, December 27, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist; the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is John 20:1a and 2-8. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: St. John, Apostle and Evangelist - **Season**: Christmas Time - **Rank**: Feast - **Sunday cycle**: Year A - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 1 John 1:1-4 - 1 He who was from the beginning, whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, upon whom we have gazed, and whom our hands have certainly touched: He is the Word of Life. - 2 And that Life has been made manifest. And we have seen, and we testify, and we announce to you: the Eternal Life, who was with the Father, and who appeared to us. - 3 He whom we have seen and heard, we announce to you, so that you, too, may have fellowship with us, and so that our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. - 4 And this we write to you, so that you may rejoice, and so that your joy may be full. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 John 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-john/1/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 97 (96 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/96/) ### Gospel: John 20:1a and 2-8 - 1 Then on the first Sabbath, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and she saw that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb. - 2 Therefore, she ran and went to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and she said to them, “They have taken the Lord away from the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” - 3 Therefore, Peter departed with the other disciple, and they went to the tomb. - 4 Now they both ran together, but the other disciple ran more quickly, ahead of Peter, and so he arrived at the tomb first. - 5 And when he bowed down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not yet enter. - 6 Then Simon Peter arrived, following him, and he entered the tomb, and he saw the linen cloths lying there, - 7 and the separate cloth which had been over his head, not placed with the linen cloths, but in a separate place, wrapped up by itself. - 8 Then the other disciple, who had arrived first at the tomb, also entered. And he saw and believed. Catholic Public Domain Version · part-verses shown as whole verses Read in the CPDV: [The whole of John 20](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/20/) 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 the Apostle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-the-apostle/) Apostle and Evangelist · Feast day December 27 Patron of theologians, writers, and friendship [Read about St. John the Apostle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-the-apostle/) [December 2028, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/) [Liturgical calendar 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Tue, Dec 26](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/26/) [Next day Thu, Dec 28](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/28/)