Thursday, 4 February 2027
Thursday of the 4th week of Ordinary Time
Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide
First Reading
18For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched, and a burning fire, and a whirlwind, and darkness, and storm, 19And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they that heard excused themselves, that the word might not be spoken to them:
21And so terrible was that which was seen, Moses said: I am frighted, and tremble. 22But you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of angels, 23And to the church of the firstborn, who are written in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect, 24And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 9, 10-11
2Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
3With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.
4In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.
9As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for ever.
10We have received thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
11According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice.
Gospel
7And he called the twelve; and began to send them two and two, and gave them power over unclean spirits. 8And he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, but a staff only: no scrip, no bread, nor money in their purse, 9But to be shod with sandals, and that they should not put on two coats. 10And he said to them: Wheresoever you shall enter into an house, there abide till you depart from that place. 11And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you; going forth from thence, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony to them. 12And going forth they preached that men should do penance: 13And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
Same readings worldwide and in the United States.
Text: Douay-Rheims (public domain). Reading citations: cpbjr/catholic-readings-api (MIT license). The Lectionary text used at Mass in the United States is the NABRE, which you can read at USCCB.