Tuesday, 24 August 2027
Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide
First Reading
9And there came one of the seven angels, who had the vials full of the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying: Come, and I will shew thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. 10And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he shewed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11Having the glory of God, and the light thereof was like to a precious stone, as to the jasper stone, even as crystal. 12And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. 13On the east, three gates: and on the north, three gates: and on the south, three gates: and on the west, three gates. 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them, the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Responsorial Psalm
10Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee.
11They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy power:
12To make thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom.
13Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words: and holy in all his works.
17The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works.
18The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.
Gospel
45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him: We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write, Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. 46And Nathanael said to him: Can any thing of good come from Nazareth? Philip saith to him: Come and see. 47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him: and he saith of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile. 48Nathanael saith to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered, and said to him: Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 49Nathanael answered him, and said: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel. 50Jesus answered, and said to him: Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, thou believest: greater things than these shalt thou see. 51And he saith to him: Amen, amen I say to you, you shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
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.