Ordinary Time IV — Sundays
Ordinary Time
- 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
- 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
For convenience the Sundays in Ordinary Time are displayed over 5 pages.
The Sundays on this page fall between July and September.
Documentation
- Common Responsorial Psalms
- Cycle of Prayer— Summer Ordinary Time
- Cycle of Prayer— Autumn Ordinary Time
- Directory on Popular Piety
Sundays, Solemnities
& Feasts of the Lord
- Advent
- Christmas
- Ordinary Time I [Sundays 2–9]
- Lent
- Triduum
- Easter
- Ordinary Time II [Solemnities]
- Ordinary Time III [Sundays 8–15]
- Ordinary Time IV [Sundays 16–24]
- Ordinary Time V [Sundays 25–34]
- Feasts of the Lord
Seasons
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday between 17- 23 July
- Colour
- Green
- Mass
- Proper
- Gloria
- Creed
- Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
- Office
- Psalter Week IV
| Year A | ||
| Reading 1 | Wis 12:13, 16-19 | After sin you will grant repentance. |
| Psalm | Ps 85:5-6.9-10. 15-16 r.5 | O Lord, you are good and forgiving. |
| Reading 2 | Rom 8:26-27 | The Spirit expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words. |
| Gospel Acclamation | cf. Eph 1:17.18 | May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. |
| cf. Matt 11:25 | Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. | |
| Gospel | Matt 13:24-43 | Let them both grow till the harvest. |
| shorter | Matt 13:24-30 | Let them both grow till the harvest. |
| Year B | ||
| Reading 1 | Jer 23:1-6 | The remnant of my flock I will gather and I will raise up shepherds to look after them. |
| Psalm | Ps 22 r.2 | The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. |
| Reading 2 | Eph 2:13-18 | Christ Jesus is the peace between us, and has made the two into one. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 10:27 | The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me. |
| Gospel | Mark 6:30-34 | They were like sheep without a shepherd. |
| Year C | ||
| Reading 1 | Gen 18:1-10 | Lord, do not pass your servant by. |
| Psalm | Ps 14: 2-5 r.1 | The just will live in the presence of the Lord. |
| Reading 2 | Col 1:24-28 | A mystery hidden for centuries has now been revealed to God's saints. |
| Gospel Acclamation | cf. Acts 16:14 | Open our hearts, O Lord, to accept the words of your Son |
| cf. Luke 8:15 | Blessed are those who, with a noble and generous heart, take the word of God themselves and yield a harvest through perseverance. | |
| Gospel | Luke 10:38-42 | Martha welcomed Jesus into her house. Mary has chosen the better part. |
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday between 24 - 30 July
- Colour
- Green
- Mass
- Proper
- Gloria
- Creed
- Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
- Office
- Psalter Week I
| Year A | ||
| Reading 1 | 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12 | You have asked for a discerning judgment for yourself. |
| Psalm | Ps 118: 57. 72 76-77. 127-130 r.97 | Lord, how I love your law! |
| Reading 2 | Rom 8:28-30 | God intended us to become true images of his Son. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 15:15 | I call you friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father. |
| cf. Matt 11:25 | Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. | |
| Gospel | Matt 13:44-52 | He sells everything he owns and buys the field. |
| shorter | Matt 13:44-46 | He sells everything he owns and buys the field. |
| Year B | ||
| Reading 1 | 2 Kgs 4:42-44 | They will eat and have some left over. |
| Psalm | Ps 144: 10-11. 15-18 r.16 | You open wide your hand, O Lord, and grant our desires. |
| Reading 2 | Eph 4:1-6 | One Body, one Lord, one faith, one baptism. |
| Gospel Acclamation | cf John 6:63.68 | Your words are spirit, Lord and they are life: you have the message of eternal life. |
| Luke 7:16 | A great prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people. | |
| Gospel | John 6:1-15 | Jesus gave out as much as was wanted to all who were sitting ready. |
| Year C | ||
| Reading 1 | Gen 18:20-32 | I trust my Lord will not be angry, but give me leave to speak. |
| Psalm | Ps 137: 1-3. 6-8 r.3 | On the day I called, you answered me, O Lord. |
| Reading 2 | Col 2:12-14 | He has brought you to life in him, he has forgiven us all our sins. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 1:12.14 | The Word was made flesh and lived among us; to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God. |
| Rom 8:15 | The spirit you received is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, 'Abba, Father!' | |
| Gospel | Luke 11:1-13 | Ask, and it will be given to you. |
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday between 31 July - 6 August
- Replaced by Transfiguration of the Lord when Sunday falls on 6 August
- Colour
- Green
- Mass
- Proper
- Gloria
- Creed
- Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
- Office
- Psalter Week II
| Year A | ||
| Reading 1 | Isa 55:1-3 | Come and eat. |
| Psalm | Ps 144: 8-9. 15-18 r.16 | You open wide your hand, O Lord, and grant our desires. |
| Reading 2 | Rom 8:35, 37-39 | No created thing can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ. |
| Gospel Acclamation | Luke 19: 38 | Blessings of the King who comes, in the name of the Lord! Peace be in heaven and glory in the highest heaven. |
| Matt 4:4 | Man does not live on bread alon, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. | |
| Gospel | Matt 14:13-21 | They all ate as much as the wanted. |
| Year B | ||
| Reading 1 | Exod 16:2-4, 12-15 | I will rain down bread for you from heaven. |
| Psalm | Ps 77: 3-4. 23-25. 54 r.24 | The Lord gave them bread from heaven. |
| Reading 2 | Eph 4:17, 20-24 | Put on the new self that has been created in God's way. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 14:6 | I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; no one can come to the Father except through me. |
| Matt 4:4 | Man does not live on bread alon, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. | |
| Gospel | John 6:24-35 | He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never thirst. |
| Year C | ||
| Reading 1 | Eccl 1:2, 2:21-23 | What does a man gain for all his toil? |
| Psalm | Ps 89: 3-6. 12-14. 17 r.1 | O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next. |
| or | Ps 94: 1-2. 6-9 r.7-8 | O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts. |
| Reading 2 | Col 3:1-5, 9-11 | You must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is. |
| Gospel Acclamation | cf. John 17: 17 | Your word is truth, O Lord, consecrate us in the truth. |
| Matt 5:3 | How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of heaven. | |
| Gospel | Luke 12:13-21 | This hoard of yours, whose will it be? |
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday between 7 - 13 August
- Colour
- Green
- Mass
- Proper
- Gloria
- Creed
- Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
- Office
- Psalter Week III
| Year A | ||
| Reading 1 | 1 Kgs 19:9, 11-13 | Stand on the mountain before the Lord. |
| Psalm | Ps 84: 9-14 r.8 | Let us see, O Lord, your mercy and give us your saving help. |
| Reading 2 | Rom 9:1-5 | I would willingly be condemned if it could help my brothers. |
| Gospel Acclamation | Luke 19: 38 | Blessings of the King who comes, in the name of the Lord! Peace be in heaven and glory in the highest heaven. |
| Ps 129:5 | My soul is waiting for the Lord. | |
| Gospel | Matt 14:22-33 | Tell me to come to you across the water. |
| Year B | ||
| Reading 1 | 1 Kgs 19:4-8 | Strengthened by the food he walked until he reached the mountain of the Lord. |
| Psalm | Ps 33: 2-9 r.9 | Taste and see that the Lord is good. |
| Reading 2 | Eph 4:30—5:2 | Follow Christ by loving as he loved you. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 14:23 | If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him. |
| John 6:51 | I am the living bread which has come down from heaven, says the Lord. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever. | |
| Gospel | John 6:41-51 | I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. |
| Year C | ||
| Reading 1 | Wis 18:6-9 | By the same act with which you took vengeance on our foes you made us glorious by calling us to you. |
| Psalm | Ps 32: 1. 12. 18-20. 22 r. 12 | Happy are the people the Lord has chosen as his own. |
| Reading 2 | Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 | Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God. |
| shorter | Heb 11:1-2, 8-12 | Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God. |
| Gospel Acclamation | cf. Matt 11:25 | Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. |
| Matt 24:42.44 | Stay awake and stand ready, because you do not know the hour when the Son of Man is coming. | |
| Gospel | Luke 12:32-48 | You too must stand ready. |
| shorter | Luke 12:35-40 | You too must stand ready. |
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday between 14 - 20 August
- Replaced by the Assumption when Sunday falls on 15 August (14 - 16 August in England and Wales)
- Colour
- Green
- Mass
- Proper
- Gloria
- Creed
- Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
- Office
- Psalter Week IV
| Year A | ||
| Reading 1 | Isa 56:1, 6-7 | I will bring foreigners to my holy mountain. |
| Psalm | Ps 66: 2-3. 5-6. 8 r.4 | Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you. |
| Reading 2 | Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 | With Israel, God never takes back hos gifts or revokes his choice. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 10:27 | The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me. |
| cf. Matt 4: 23 | Jesus proclaimed the good news of the kingdom, and cured all kinds of sickness among the people. | |
| Gospel | Matt 15:21-28 | Woman, you have great faith. |
| Year B | ||
| Reading 1 | Prov 9:1-6 | Eat my bread, drink the wine I have prepared for you. |
| Psalm | Ps 33: 2-3. 10-15 r.9 | Taste and see that the Lord is good. |
| Reading 2 | Eph 5:15-20 | Recognise what is the will of God. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 1:12.14 | The Word was made flesh and lived among us; to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God. |
| John 6:56 | He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I live in him. | |
| Gospel | John 6:51-58 | My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. |
| Year C | ||
| Reading 1 | Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 | You have borne me to be a man of dissension for all the land. |
| Psalm | Ps 39: 2-4. 18 r.14 | Lord, come to my aid! |
| Reading 2 | Heb 12:1-4 | We shall keep running steadily in the race we have started. |
| Gospel Acclamation | cf. Acts 16:14 | Open our hearts, O Lord, to accept the words of your Son |
| John 10:27 | The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me. | |
| Gospel | Luke 12:49-53 | I am not here to bring peace, but rather division. |
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday between 21-27 August
- Colour
- Green
- Mass
- Proper
- Gloria
- Creed
- Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
- Office
- Psalter Week I
| Year A | ||
| Reading 1 | Isa 22:19-23 | I place the key of the House of David upon his shoulder. |
| Psalm | Ps 137: 1-3. 6-8 r.8 | Your love, O Lord, is eternal, discard not the work of your hands. |
| Reading 2 | Rom 11:33-36 | All that exists comes from him; all is by him and for him. |
| Gospel Acclamation | 2 Cor 5:19 | God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, and he has entrusted to us that they are reconciled. |
| Matt 16:18 | You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it. | |
| Gospel | Matt 16:13-20 | You are Peter, and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. |
| Year B | ||
| Reading 1 | Josh 24:1-2, 15-18 | We will serve the Lord, for he is our God. |
| Psalm | Ps 33:2-3. 16-23 r.9 | Taste and see that the Lord is good. |
| Reading 2 | Eph 5:21-32 | This mystery has many implcations for Christ and his Church. |
| Gospel Acclamation | cf John 6:63.68 | Your words are spirit, Lord and they are life: you have the message of eternal life. |
| Gospel | John 6:60-69 | Whom shall we go to? You have the message of eternal life. |
| Year C | ||
| Reading 1 | Isa 66:18-21 | They will bring all your brothers from all the nations. |
| Psalm | Ps 116 r. Mark 16:15 | Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News. Or Alleluia! |
| Reading 2 | Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 | The Lord trains the one that he loves. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 14:23 | If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him. |
| John 14:6 | I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; no one can come to the Father except through me. | |
| Gospel | Luke 13:22-30 | Men from the east and west will come to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. |
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday between 28 August - 3 September
- Colour
- Green
- Mass
- Proper
- Gloria
- Creed
- Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
- Office
- Psalter Week II
| Year A | ||
| Reading 1 | Jer 20:7-9 | The word of the Lord has meant insult for me. |
| Psalm | Ps 62:2-6. 8-9 r. 2 | For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God. |
| Reading 2 | Rom 12:1-2 | Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice. |
| Gospel Acclamation | cf. Eph 1:17.18 | May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. |
| Gospel | Matt 16:21-27 | If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself. |
| Year B | ||
| Reading 1 | Deut 4:1-2, 6-8 | Add nothing to what I command you, keep the commandments of the Lord. |
| Psalm | Ps 14: 2-5 r.1 | The just will live in the presence of the Lord. |
| Reading 2 | Jas 1:17-18, 21-22, 27 | You must do what the word tells you. |
| Gospel Acclamation | cf John 6:63.68 | Your words are spirit, Lord and they are life: you have the message of eternal life. |
| Jas 1:18 | By his own choice the Father made us his children by the message of the truth, so that we should be a sort of first fruits of all that he created. | |
| Gospel | Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 | You put aside the commandment of God to cling to human traditions. |
| Year C | ||
| Reading 1 | Ecclesiasticus 3:17-20. 28–29 | Behave humbly, and then you will find favour with the Lord. |
| Psalm | Ps 67:4-7. 10-11 r.11 | In your goodness, O God, you prepared a home for the poor. |
| Reading 2 | Heb 12:18-19, 22-24 | You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 14:23 | If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him. |
| Matt 11:29 | Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart. | |
| Gospel | Luke 14:1, 7-14 | Everyone who exalts himself will be humble, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted. |
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday between 4 - 10 September
Cycle of Prayer
- Students and Teachers
- especially on Education Day: 2nd Sunday in September
- Colour
- Green
- Mass
- Proper
- Gloria
- Creed
- Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
- Office
- Psalter Week III
| Year A | ||
| Reading 1 | Ezek 33:7-9 | If you do not speak to the wicked man, I will hold you responsible for his death. |
| Psalm | Ps 94: 1-2. 6-9 r.7-8 | O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts. |
| Reading 2 | Rom 13:8-10 | Love is the answer to everyone of the commandments. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 17:17 | Your word is truth, O Lord, consecrate us in the truth. |
| 2 Cor 5:19 | God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, and he has entrusted to us that they are reconciled. | |
| Gospel | Matt 18:15-20 | If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. |
| Year B | ||
| Reading 1 | Isa 35:4-7 | The ears of the deaf shall be unsealed and the tongues of the dumbshall be loosed. |
| Psalm | Ps 145: 7-10 r. 1 | My soul, give praise to the Lord. Or Alleluia! |
| Reading 2 | Jas 2:1-5 | God chose the poor to be the heirs to the kingdom. |
| Gospel Acclamation | 1 Sam 3:9; John 6:68 | Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life. |
| cf. Matt 4: 23 | Jesus proclaimed the good news of the kingdom, and cured all kinds of sickness among the people. | |
| Gospel | Mark 7:31-37 | He makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak. |
| Year C | ||
| Reading 1 | Wis 9:13-18 | Who can divine the will of the Lord? |
| Psalm | Ps 89: 3-6. 12-14. 17 r.1 | O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next. |
| Reading 2 | Phlm 9-10, 12-17 | Have him back, not as a slave anymore, but as a dear brother. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 15:15 | I call you friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father. |
| Ps 118: 135 | Let your face shine on your servant, and teach me your decrees. | |
| Gospel | Luke 14:25-33 | None of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions. |
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday between 11 - 17 September
- Replaced by the Triumph of the Cross when Sunday falls on 14 September.
Cycle of Prayer
- Students and Teachers
- especially on Education Day: 2nd Sunday in September
- The Spread of the Gospel
- especially on Home Mission Day: 3rd Sunday in September
- Colour
- Green
- Mass
- Proper
- Gloria
- Creed
- Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
- Office
- Psalter Week IV
| Year A | ||
| Reading 1 | Ecclesiasticus 27:30-28:7 | Forgive your neighbour the hurt that he does you, and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven. |
| Psalm | Ps 102: 1-4. 9-12 r.8 | The Lord is compassion and love, slow to anger and rich in mercy. |
| Reading 2 | Rom 14: 7-9 | Alive or dead we belong to the Lord |
| Gospel Acclamation | 1 Sam 3:9; John 6:68 | Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life. |
| John 13:34 | I give you a new commandmentL love ne another, just as I have loved you. | |
| Gospel | Matt 18:21-35 | I do not tell you to forgive seven times, but seventy seven times. |
| Year B | ||
| Reading 1 | Isa 50:5-9 | I offered my back to those who struck me. |
| Psalm | Ps 114: 1-6. 8-9 r.9 | I will walk in the presence of the Lord, in the land of the living. Or Alleluia! |
| Reading 2 | Jas 2:14-18 | If good works do not go with faith, it is quite dead. |
| Gospel Acclamation | John 14:6 | I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; no one can come to the Father except through me. |
| Gal 6:14 | The only thing I can boast about is the cross of the Lord, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. | |
| Gospel | Mark 8:27-35 | You are the Christ. The Son of Man is destined to suffer grievously. |
| Year C | ||
| Reading 1 | Exod 32:7-11, 13-14 | The Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he threatened. |
| Psalm | Ps 50: 3-4. 12-13. 17. 19. R.Luke 15:18 | I will leave this place and go to my father. |
| Reading 2 | 1 Tim 1:12-17 | Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. |
| Gospel Acclamation | cf. Eph 1:17.18 | May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. |
| 2 Cor 5:19 | God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, and he has entrusted to us that they are reconciled. | |
| Gospel | Luke 15:1-32 | There will be rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner. |
| shorter | Luke 15:1-10 | There will be rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner. |