Readings for
September 4, 2027
Ordinary Weekday/ Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First Reading
Colossians 1: 21-23
21And you who once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds
22he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through his death, to present you holy, without blemish, and irreproachable before him,
23provided that you persevere in the faith, firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am a minister. Christ in Us.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 54: 3-4, 6 and 8
3I - O God, by your name save me. By your strength defend my cause.
4O God, hear my prayer. Listen to the words of my mouth.
6II - God is present as my helper; the Lord sustains my life.
8Then I will offer you generous sacrifice and give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good.
Alleluia
John 14: 6
6Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Gospel
Luke 6: 1-5
1While he was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.
2Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
3Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry?
4[How] he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering, which only the priests could lawfully eat, ate of it, and shared it with his companions.”
5Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”