Friday, 16 July 2027
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide
First Reading
11:10And Moses and Aaron did all the wonders that are written, before Pharao. And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, neither did he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
12:1And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it shall be the first in the months of the year. 3Speak ye to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them: On the tenth day of this month let every man take a lamb by their families and houses. 4But if the number be less than may suffice to eat the lamb, he shall take unto him his neighbour that joineth to his house, according to the number of souls which may be enough to eat the lamb. 5And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a male, of one year: according to which rite also you shall take a kid. 6And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month: and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice it in the evening. 7And they shall take of the blood thereof, and put it upon both the side posts, and on the upper door posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 8And they shall eat the flesh that night roasted at the fire, and unleavened bread with wild lettuce. 9You shall not eat thereof any thing raw, nor boiled in water, but only roasted at the fire: you shall eat the head with the feet and entrails thereof. 10Neither shall there remain any thing of it until morning. If there be any thing left, you shall burn it with fire. 11And thus you shall eat it: you shall gird your reins, and you shall have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall eat in haste: for it is the Phase (that is the Passage) of the Lord. 12And I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will kill every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. 13And the blood shall be unto you for a sign in the houses where you shall be: and I shall see the blood, and shall pass over you: and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I shall strike the land of Egypt. 14And this day shall be for a memorial to you: and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord in your generations with an everlasting observance.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 116:12-13, 15 and 16bc, 17-18
12What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things he hath rendered unto me?
13I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
15Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
16O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:
17I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
18I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:
Gospel
1At that time Jesus went through the corn on the sabbath: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears, and to eat. 2And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days. 3But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him: 4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only? 5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame? 6But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple. 7And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent. 8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
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.