Readings for
March 19, 2027
Joseph, Husband of Mary Solemnity. Day of Abstinence from Meat (Age 14 and up).
Mass of the Day
First Reading
Second Samuel 7: 4-5a, 12-14a, 16
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Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 89: 2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29
2A I - I will sing of your mercy forever, LORD proclaim your faithfulness through all ages.
3For I said, “My mercy is established forever; my faithfulness will stand as long as the heavens.
4I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
5I will make your dynasty stand forever and establish your throne through all ages.” Selah
27He shall cry to me, ‘You are my father, my God, the Rock of my salvation!’
29Forever I will maintain my mercy for him; my covenant with him stands firm.
Second Reading
Romans 4: 13, 16-18, 22
13Inheritance Through Faith. It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the righteousness that comes from faith.
16For this reason, it depends on faith, so that it may be a gift, and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not to those who only adhere to the law but to those who follow the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us,
17as it is written, “I have made you father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist.
18He believed, hoping against hope, that he would become “the father of many nations,” according to what was said, “Thus shall your descendants be.”
22That is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Verse Before the Gospel
Psalms 84: 5
5Blessed are those who dwell in your house! They never cease to praise you. Selah
Gospel
Matthew 1: 16, 18-21, 24 or Luke 2: 41-51a
16Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah.
18Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the holy Spirit.
19Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.
20Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her.
21She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
24When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.