Lectionary for Mass - 1998 USA edition - Readings for Sundays in Ordinary Time, Cycle A

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 1^st 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	2^nd 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	3^rd 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	4^th 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	5^th 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	6^th 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	7^th 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	8^th 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	9^th 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	10^th 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	11^th 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	12^th 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	13^th 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	14^th 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	15^th 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	16^th 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	17^th 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	18^th 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	19^th 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	20^th 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	21^st 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	22^nd 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	23^rd 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	24^th 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	25^th 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	26^th 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	27^th 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	28^th 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	29^th 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	30^th 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	31^st 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	32^nd 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	33^rd 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	34^th 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:

Dates in the first column are for the current liturgical year, with links to the readings provided on the website of the USCCB, if available.
Numbers in the second column are the official reading numbers from the Ordo Lectionum Missae, second typical edition, 1981. Each of these is one less than the number for the corresponding readings in the first typical edition of the Lectionary, from 1969, since the Chrism Mass (on Thursday of Holy Week) was moved from #39 in the 1969 edition to #260 in the 1981 edition.
Titles in the third column pertain to most years; in each year, however, some Sundays of Ordinary Time are supplanted by special Solemnities and Feast Days.
Readings that are new or different from the 1970 Lectionary are marked in the table above; click on the underlined links (new) or (diff) for detailed explanations.
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In 2023, the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 18th Sundays of Ordinary Time are omitted, due to the moveable dates of Easter and of the Solemnities of the Lord.
The Third Sunday of Ordinary Time is now celebrated as the "Sunday of the Word of God," as decreed in the Apostolic Letter, Aperuit Illis, by Pope Francis (Sept. 30, 2019).
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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.

1998 USA Lectionary (Main Page)

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