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

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

Readings for Sundays in Ordinary Time - Year C

(for use in 2019, 2022, 2025, 2028, 2031, etc.)

Date	#	Sunday	First Reading	Responsorial Psalm	Second Reading	Alleluia	Gospel
1/12/25	21	*Feast of the Baptism of the Lord* - C [begin 1^st Week in Ordinary Time]	optional: Isa 40:1-5, 9-11 or reading from Year A	opt.: Ps 104:1b-2, 3-4, 24-25, 27-28, 29b-30; or Psalm from Year A	opt: Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7 or reading from Year A	cf. Luke 3:16	Luke 3:15-16, 21-22
1/19/25	66	2^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Isa 62:1-5	Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8, 9-10	1 Cor 12:4-11	cf. 2 Thess 2:14	John 2:1-11 (diff)
1/26/25	69	3^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - C: Sunday of the Word of God*	Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10	Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15	1 Cor 12:12-30 or 12:12-14, 27	Luke 4:18cd	Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21
[2/2/25]	72	4^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C [2025: Presentation of the Lord]	Jer 1:4-5, 17-19	Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15+17	1 Cor 12:31—13:13 or 13:4-13	Luke 4:18cd	Luke 4:21-30
2/9/25	75	5^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Isa 6:1-2a, 3-8	Ps 138:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 7-8	1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11	Matt 4:19	Luke 5:1-11
2/16/25	78	6^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Jer 17:5-8	Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6	1 Cor 15:12, 16-20	Luke 6:23ab	Luke 6:17, 20-26
2/23/25	81	7^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	1 Sam 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23	Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8+10, 12-13	1 Cor 15:45-49	John 13:34	Luke 6:27-38
3/2/25	84	8^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Sir 27:5-8 (diff)	Ps 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16	1 Cor 15:54-58	Phil 2:15d+16a	Luke 6:39-45
x	87	9^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C [2025: omitted]	1 Kgs 8:41-43	Ps 117:1-2	Gal 1:1-2, 6-10	John 3:16	Luke 7:1-10
[6/8/25]	90	10^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C [2025: Pentecost Sunday]	1 Kgs 17:17-24	Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b	Gal 1:11-19	Luke 7:16	Luke 7:11-17
[6/15/25]	93	11^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C [2025: Most Holy Trinity]	2 Sam 12:7-10, 13	Ps 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11	Gal 2:16, 19-21	1 John 4:10b	Luke 7:36—8:3 or 7:36-50
[6/22/25]	96	12^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C [2025: Corpus Christi / Body & Blood of Christ]	Zech 12:10-11; 13:1 (diff)	Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9	Gal 3:26-29	John 10:27	Luke 9:18-24
[6/29/25]	99	13^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C [2025: Saints Peter & Paul]	1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21	Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11	Gal 5:1, 13-18	1 Sam 3:9; John 6:68c	Luke 9:51-62
7/6/25	102	14^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Isa 66:10-14c	Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16+20	Gal 6:14-18	Col 3:15a+16a	Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9
7/13/25	105	15^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Deut 30:10-14	Ps 69:14+17, 30-31, 33-34, 36a+37 or Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (diff)	Col 1:15-20	cf. John 6:63c+68c	Luke 10:25-37
7/20/25	108	16^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Gen 18:1-10a	Ps 15:2-3a, 3b-4, 5	Col 1:24-28	cf. Luke 8:15	Luke 10:38-42
7/27/25	111	17^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Gen 18:20-32	Ps 138:1-2a, 2b-3, 6-7a, 7b-8	Col 2:12-14	Rom 8:15bc	Luke 11:1-13
8/3/25	114	18^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23	Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17 (diff)	Col 3:1-5, 9-11	Matt 5:3	Luke 12:13-21
8/10/25	117	19^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Wis 18:6-9	Ps 33:1+12, 18-19, 20-22	Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 or 11:1-2, 8-12	Matt 24:42a+44	Luke 12:32-48 or 12:35-40
8/17/25	120	20^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Jer 38:4-6, 8-10	Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18	Heb 12:1-4	John 10:27	Luke 12:49-53
8/24/25	123	21^st Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Isa 66:18-21	Ps 117:1, 2	Heb 12:5-7, 11-13	John 14:6	Luke 13:22-30
8/31/25	126	22^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29	Ps 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11	Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a	Matt 11:29ab	Luke 14:1, 7-14
9/7/25	129	23^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Wis 9:13-18b	Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17	Phlm 9-10, 12-17	Psalm 119:135	Luke 14:25-33
[9/14/25]	132	24^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C [2025: Exaltation of the Holy Cross]	Exod 32:7-11, 13-14	Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17+19	1 Tim 1:12-17	2 Cor 5:19	Luke 15:1-32 or 15:1-10
9/21/25	135	25^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Amos 8:4-7	Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8	1 Tim 2:1-8	cf. 2 Cor 8:9	Luke 16:1-13 or 16:10-13
9/28/25	138	26^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Amos 6:1a, 4-7	Ps 146:6c-7, 8-9a, 9b-10	1 Tim 6:11-16	cf. 2 Cor 8:9	Luke 16:19-31
10/5/25	141	27^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4	Ps 95:1-2, 6-7b, 7c-9	2 Tim 1:6-8, 13-14	1 Peter 1:25	Luke 17:5-10
10/12/25	144	28^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	2 Kgs 5:14-17	Ps 98:1, 2-3a, 3b-4	2 Tim 2:8-13	1 Thess 5:18	Luke 17:11-19
10/19/25	147	29^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Exod 17:8-13	Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8	2 Tim 3:14—4:2	Heb 4:12	Luke 18:1-8
10/26/25	150	30^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Sir 35:12-14, 16-18 (diff)	Ps 34:2-3, 17-18, 19+23	2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18	2 Cor 5:19	Luke 18:9-14
[11/2/25]	153	31^st Sunday in Ordinary Time - C [2025: All Faithful Departed / All Souls]	Wis 11:22—12:2 (diff)	Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13b-14	2 Thess 1:11—2:2	John 3:16	Luke 19:1-10
[11/9/25]	156	32^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - C [2025: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica]	2 Macc 7:1-2, 9-14	Ps 17:1, 5-6, 8+15	2 Thess 2:16—3:5	Rev 1:5a+6b	Luke 20:27-38 or 20:27, 34-38
11/16/25	159	33^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - C	Mal 3:19-20a	Ps 98:5-6, 7-8, 9	2 Thess 3:7-12	Luke 21:28	Luke 21:5-19
11/23/25	162	34^th or Last Sunday in Ordinary Time - C: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King	2 Sam 5:1-3	Ps 122:1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5	Col 1:12-20	Mark 11:9b+10a	Luke 23:35-43

NOTES:

Dates in the first column are for recent, current, or upcoming liturgical years, 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.
In 2025, the 4th, 9th to 12th, 13th, 24th, 31st, and 32nd Sundays of Ordinary Time are omitted, due to the moveable date of Easter, the Solemnities of the Lord that immediately follow Pentecost, and other Solemnities and Feasts in Ordinary Time.
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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The Third Sunday of Ordinary Time is now celebrated as "Sunday of the Word of God," as decreed in the Apostolic Letter, Aperuit Illis, by Pope Francis (Sept. 30, 2019).
A Retreat with the Gospel of Luke: An audio program with twelve 25-min. retreat conferences (downloadable MP3s) and a written guide for prayer and reflection; from Learn 25 (formerly "Now You Know Media").

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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