The Catholic Lectionary for Mass (1998 USA Edition)
tables compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.

Readings for Sundays in Ordinary Time - Year A

(for use in 2014, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2026, etc.)

Date # Sunday First Reading Responsorial Psalm Second Reading Alleluia Gospel
[1/9/23] 21 Feast of the Baptism of the Lord - A
[begins 1st Week in Ordinary Time]
Isa 42:1-4, 6-7 Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3b+9b-10 Acts 10:34-38 cf. Mark 9:7 Matt 3:13-17
1/15/23 64 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Isa 49:3, 5-6 Ps 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 1 Cor 1:1-3 John 1:14a+12a John 1:29-34
1/22/23 67 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - A:
Sunday of the Word of God*
Isa 8:23b—9:3 Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 cf. Matt 4:23 Matt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17
1/29/23 70 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Zeph 2:3; 3:12-13 Ps 146:6c-7, 8-9a, 9b-10 1 Cor 1:26-31 Matt 5:12a Matt 5:1-12a
2/5/23 73 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Isa 58:7-10 Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1 Cor 2:1-5 John 8:12 Matt 5:13-16
2/12/23 76 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Sir 15:16-21 (diff) Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34 1 Cor 2:6-10 cf. Matt 11:25 Matt 5:17-37
or 5:20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37
2/19/23 79 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Lev 19:1-2, 17-18 Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8+10, 12-13 1 Cor 3:16-23 1 John 2:5 Matt 5:38-48
[5/28/23] 82 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A
[2023: Pentecost]
Isa 49:14-15 Ps 62:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 1 Cor 4:1-5 Hebr 4:12 Matt 6:24-34
[6/4/23] 85 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A
[2023: Most Holy Trinity]
Deut 11:18, 26-28, 32 (diff) Ps 31:2-3a, 3b-4, 17+25 Rom 3:21-25, 28 John 15:5 Matt 7:21-27
[6/11/23] 88 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A
[2023: Body & Blood of Christ]
Hos 6:3-6 Ps 50:1+8, 12-13, 14-15 Rom 4:18-25 cf. Luke 4:18 Matt 9:9-13
6/18/23 91 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A
Exod 19:2-6a Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 Rom 5:6-11 Mark 1:15 Matt 9:36—10:8
6/25/23 94 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Jer 20:10-13 Ps 69:8-10, 14+17, 33-35 Rom 5:12-15 John 15:26b-27a Matt 10:26-33
7/2/23 97 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a Ps 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19 Rom 6:3-4, 8-11 1 Peter 2:9 Matt 10:37-42
7/9/23 100 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Zech 9:9-10 Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14 Rom 8:9, 11-13 cf. Matt 11:25 Matt 11:25-30
7/16/23 103 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Isa 55:10-11 Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 Rom 8:18-23 (no bibl. ref.) Matt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9
7/23/23 106 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Wis 12:13, 16-19 Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16 Rom 8:26-27 cf. Matt 11:25 Matt 13:24-43 or 13:24-30
7/30/23 109 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12 Ps 119:57+72, 76-77, 127-28, 129-30 Rom 8:28-30 cf. Matt 11:25 Matt 13:44-52 or 13:44-46
[8/6/23] 112 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A
[2023: Transfiguration]
Isa 55:1-3 Ps 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18 Rom 8:35, 37-39 Matt 4:4b Matt 14:13-21
8/13/23 115 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14 Rom 9:1-5 cf. Psalm 130:5 Matt 14:22-33
8/20/23 118 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Isa 56:1, 6-7 Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6+8 Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 cf. Matt 4:23 Matt 15:21-28
8/27/23 121 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Isa 22:19-23 (diff) Ps 138:1-2a, 2b-3, 6+8 Rom 11:33-36 Matt 16:18 Matt 16:13-20
9/3/23 124 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Jer 20:7-9 Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Rom 12:1-2 cf. Eph 1:17-18 Matt 16:21-27
9/10/23 127 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Ezek 33:7-9 Ps 95:1-2, 6-7b, 7c-9 Rom 13:8-10 2 Cor 5:19 Matt 18:15-20
9/17/23 130 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Sir 27:30—28:7 Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 Rom 14:7-9 John 13:34 Matt 18:21-35
9/24/23 133 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Isa 55:6-9 Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18 Phil 1:20c-24, 27a cf. Act 16:14b Matt 20:1-16a
10/1/23 136 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Ezek 18:25-28 Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5 John 10:27 Matt 21:28-32
10/8/23 139 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Isa 5:1-7 Ps 80:9+12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20 Phil 4:6-9 cf. John 15:16 Matt 21:33-43
10/15/23 142 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Isa 25:6-10a Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Phil 4:12-14, 19-20 cf. Eph 1:17-18 Matt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10
10/22/23 145 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Isa 45:1, 4-6 Ps 96:1+3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 1 Thess 1:1-5b Phil 2:15d-16a Matt 22:15-21
10/29/23 148 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Exod 22:20-26 Ps 18:2-3a, 3b-4, 47+51 1 Thess 1:5c-10 John 14:23 Matt 22:34-40
11/5/23 151 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Mal 1:14b—2:2b, 8-10 Ps 131:1, 2, 3 1 Thess 2:7b-9, 13 Matt 23:9b+10b Matt 23:1-12
11/12/23 154 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Wis 6:12-16 Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 1 Thess 4:13-18 or 4:13-14 Matt 24:42a+44 Matt 25:1-13
11/19/23 157 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Prov 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 1 Thess 5:1-6 John 15:4a+5b Matt 25:14-30
or 25:14-15, 19-21 (diff)
11/26/23 160 34th or Last Sunday in Ordinary Time - A:
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
Ezek 34:11-12, 15-17 Ps 23:1-2a, 2b-3, 5, 6 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28 Mark 11:9b+10a Matt 25:31-46

NOTES:

RATIONALE:

For an explanation about which readings were chosen for the Sundays in Ordinary Time and how they are arranged, see the "General Introduction to the Lectionary," Chapter V, Part 5.

 


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