September 27
18th Sunday after Pentecost
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Today, according to the traditional 1962 Roman calendar, Catholics celebrate the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, marking a significant step within the liturgical season known as 'Time after Pentecost.' This period, stretching from Pentecost to the end of the liturgical year, focuses on the life of the Church guided by the Holy Spirit and the practical application of Christ’s teachings. The Sundays after Pentecost are not associated with particular saints or historical events, but instead help the faithful contemplate the mysteries of Christian life, grace, and sanctification in ordinary daily living. The epistles and Gospels appointed for these Sundays are carefully chosen for their spiritual lessons, often drawing from the writings of St. Paul and the narratives of Our Lord’s miracles and teachings in the Gospels.
On this Eighteenth Sunday, the readings and prayers encourage believers to trust in God’s mercy and to be attentive to His healing power, both spiritually and physically. The collect and propers of the Mass direct us to seek forgiveness and transformation, highlighting the Church’s constant call to conversion and moral renewal. The reason for the variable date of this Sunday is that its placement depends on the date of Easter each year, with Pentecost always fifty days after Easter, and these numbered Sundays unfolding thereafter.
This is the feast as observed in the traditional (1962) Roman calendar, where the liturgical year is structured to lead the faithful through the mysteries of Christ's life, culminating in the preparation for the coming of the Lord at the end of time. The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, then, serves as a spiritual waypoint in this journey, inviting Catholics to reflect on their dependence on divine grace amidst the trials of ordinary life.
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The liturgical day
IntroitEccli 36:18
Latin
Eccli 36:18
Da pacem, Dómine, sustinéntibus te, ut prophétæ tui fidéles inveniántur: exáudi preces servi tui et plebis tuæ Israël
Ps 121:1
Lætátus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: in domum Dómini íbimus.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Da pacem, Dómine, sustinéntibus te, ut prophétæ tui fidéles inveniántur: exáudi preces servi tui et plebis tuæ Israël
English
Eccli 36:18
Give peace, O Lord, to those who have hoped in You, and let Your Prophets be proved true. Hear the prayers of Your servant, and of Your people Israel.
Ps 121:1
I rejoiced because they said to me, We will go up to the house of the Lord.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Give peace, O Lord, to those who have hoped in You, and let Your Prophets be proved true. Hear the prayers of Your servant, and of Your people Israel.
Collect
Latin
Dírigat corda nostra, quǽsumus, Dómine, tuæ miseratiónis operátio: quia tibi sine te placére non póssumus.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
May the working of Your mercy, we beseech You, O Lord, guide our hearts, for without You, we cannot please You.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Lesson1 Cor 1:4-8
Latin
Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corinthios
1 Cor 1:4-8
Fratres: Grátias ago Deo meo semper pro vobis in grátia Dei, quæ data est vobis in Christo Iesu: quod in ómnibus dívites facti estis in illo, in omni verbo et in omni sciéntia: sicut testimónium Christi confirmátum est in vobis: ita ut nihil vobis desit in ulla grátia, exspectántibus revelatiónem Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, qui et confirmábit vos usque in finem sine crímine, in die advéntus Dómini nostri Iesu Christi.
℟. Deo grátias.
English
Lesson from the first letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
1 Cor. 1:4-8
Brethren: I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, because in everything you have been enriched in Him, in all utterance and in all knowledge; even as the witness to the Christ has been made so firm in you that you lack no grace, while awaiting the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who will also keep you secure unto the end, unimpeachable in the day of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
℟. Thanks be to God.
GradualPs 101:16
Latin
Ps 121:1; 121:7
Lætátus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: in domum Dómini íbimus.
℣. Fiat pax in virtúte tua: et abundántia in túrribus tuis. Allelúia, allelúia
Ps 101:16
Timébunt gentes nomen tuum, Dómine, et omnes reges terræ glóriam tuam. Allelúia.
English
Ps 121:1, 7
I rejoiced because they said to me, We will go up to the house of the Lord.
℣. May peace be within your walls, prosperity in your buildings. Alleluia, alleluia.
Ps 101:16
℣. The nations shall revere Your name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. Alleluia.
GospelMatt 9:1-8
Latin
℟. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Matt 9:1-8
In illo témpore: Ascéndens Iesus in navículam, transfretávit et venit in civitátem suam. Et ecce, offerébant ei paralýticum iacéntem in lecto. Et videns Iesus fidem illórum, dixit paralýtico: Confíde, fili, remittúntur tibi peccáta tua. Et ecce, quidam de scribis dixérunt intra se: Hic blasphémat. Et cum vidísset Iesus cogitatiónes eórum, dixit: Ut quid cogitátis mala in córdibus vestris? Quid est facílius dícere: Dimittúntur tibi peccáta tua; an dícere: Surge et ámbula? Ut autem sciátis, quia Fílius hóminis habet potestátem in terra dimitténdi peccáta, tunc ait paralýtico: Surge, tolle lectum tuum, et vade in domum tuam. Et surréxit et ábiit in domum suam. Vidéntes autem turbæ timuérunt, et glorificavérunt Deum, qui dedit potestátem talem homínibus.
English
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Matt 9:1-8
At that time, Jesus, getting into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. And behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a pallet. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven you. And behold, some of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes. And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Why do you harbor evil thoughts in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins, - then He said to the paralytic - Arise, take up your pallet and go to your house. And he arose, and went away to his house. But when the crowds saw it, they were struck with fear, and glorified God Who had given such power to men.
OffertoryEx 24:4-5
Latin
Exodi 24:4; 24:5
Sanctificávit Móyses altáre Dómino, ófferens super illud holocáusta et ímmolans víctimas: fecit sacrifícium vespertínum in odórem suavitátis Dómino Deo, in conspéctu filiórum Israël.
English
Ex 24:4-5
Moses consecrated an altar to the Lord, offering upon it holocausts, and sacrificing victims: he made an evening sacrifice to the Lord God for an odor of sweetness, in the sight of the Israelites.
Secret
Latin
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
CommunionPs 95:8-9
Latin
Ps 95:8-9
Tóllite hóstias, et introíte in átria eius: adoráte Dóminum in aula sancta eius.
English
Ps 95:8-9
Bring gifts and enter His courts; worship the Lord in His holy court.
Post Communion
Latin
Grátias tibi reférimus, Dómine, sacro múnere vegetáti: tuam misericórdiam deprecántes; ut dignos nos eius participatióne perfícias.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
Strengthened by Your sacred gift, we thank You, O Lord, beseeching Your mercy to make us receive it worthily.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Vetus Ordo texts: Divinum Officium