January 14
Thursday, week 1 in Ordinary Time
Feast shown for the year 2027; movable feasts can vary from year to year.
Today, the Catholic Church observes a feria, meaning there is no specific saint or feast assigned to this day. The term 'feria' comes from the Latin word for 'free day' and, in the liturgical context, refers to ordinary weekdays that do not have a proper solemnity or memorial. During 'ferial' days of Ordinary Time, the Church encourages the faithful to reflect on the daily Scripture readings, participate in the sacraments, and deepen their relationship with Christ through everyday life.
Ferial days serve as a reminder that holiness is not only found in extraordinary events or individuals but is cultivated in the ordinary rhythm of prayer, work, and personal sanctification. While the liturgy on ferias is simpler, with fewer specific prayers or readings than on feast days, it draws attention to the ongoing presence of God in the midst of the routine. This daily cycle underscores the Christian calling to seek God in all things and prepare the heart for significant liturgical celebrations. The green liturgical color during these days of Ordinary Time symbolizes hope and the life that grows quietly but steadily in Christ.
By observing ferias, the Church provides spiritual space for growth, personal conversion, and a deeper appreciation of the full liturgical year.
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Liturgical texts of January 14, 2027
The liturgical day
Mass readings
ReadingHe 3, 7-14
Brothers,
as the Holy Spirit says in a psalm:
Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts
as at the time of challenge,
as on the day of testing in the desert,
when your fathers put me to the test and provoked me.
So they saw me at work for forty years;
yes, I was angry with that generation,
and I said: Always they have gone astray in their heart,
they have not known my ways.
In my anger I swore an oath:
We shall see if they enter into my rest!
Brothers, see to it that none of you has an evil heart
which unbelief separates from the living God.
On the contrary, encourage one another day by day,
as long as the 'today' of this psalm is heard,
so that none of you may be hardened
by being deceived by sin.
For we have become companions of Christ,
if at least we hold firm, to the end,
our first commitment.
– The word of the Lord.
Psalm94 (95), 6-7abc, 7d-9, 10-11
Come in, bow down, let us prostrate ourselves,
let us adore the Lord who made us.
Yes, he is our God;
we are the people he leads,
the flock guided by his hand.
Today will you listen to his word?
“Do not harden your hearts as in the desert,
as on the day of trial and challenge,
when your fathers tested and provoked me,
and yet they had seen what I did.
“Forty years their generation disappointed me,
and I said: This people go astray in their hearts,
they do not know my ways.
In my anger I swore an oath:
Never shall they enter into my rest.”
GospelMc 1, 40-45
At that time,
a leper came up to Jesus;
he pleaded with him and, falling to his knees, said to him:
“If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand,
touched him and said to him:
“I am willing, be cleansed.”
At that very moment, the leprosy left him
and he was cleansed.
With firmness, Jesus sent him away at once
and said to him:
“Be careful, say nothing to anyone,
but go show yourself to the priest,
and offer for your cleansing
what Moses prescribed in the Law:
that will be a testimony for the people.”
Once gone,
this man began to proclaim and spread the news,
so that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly,
but stayed outside, in deserted places.
Still, people came to him from everywhere.
– Let us acclaim the word of God.
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