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

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

Readings for Sundays in Ordinary Time - Year B

(for use in 2015, 2018, 2021, 2024, 2027, etc.)

Date	#	Sunday	First Reading	Responsorial Psalm	Second Reading	Alleluia	Gospel
1/10/21	21	Feast of the Baptism of the Lord - B [begin 1^st Week in Ordinary Time]	optional: Isa 55:1-11 or reading from Year A	opt.: Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Psalm from Year A	opt.: 1 John 5:1-9 or reading from Year A	cf. John 1:29	Mark 1:7-11
1/17/21	65	2^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	1 Sam 3:3b-10, 19	Ps 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10	1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20	John 1:41+17b	John 1:35-42
1/24/21	68	3^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - B: Sunday of the Word of God*	Jon 3:1-5, 10	Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9	1 Cor 7:29-31	Mark 1:15	Mark 1:14-20
1/31/21	71	4^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Deut 18:15-20	Ps 95:1-2, 6-7b, 7c-9	1 Cor 7:32-35	Matt 4:16	Mark 1:21-28
2/7/21	74	5^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Job 7:1-4, 6-7	Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6	1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23	Matt 8:17	Mark 1:29-39
2/14/21	77	6^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Lev 13:1-2, 44-46	Ps 32:1-2, 5, 11	1 Cor 10:31—11:1	Luke 7:16	Mark 1:40-45
x	80	7^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B [omitted in 2021]	Isa 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25	Ps 41:2-3, 4-5, 13-14	2 Cor 1:18-22	cf. Luke 4:18	Mark 2:1-12
[5/23/21]	83	8^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B [2021: Pentecost Sunday]	Hos 2:16b, 17b, 21-22	Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8+10, 12-13	2 Cor 3:1b-6	James 1:18	Mark 2:18-22
[5/30/21]	86	9^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B [2021: Most Holy Trinity]	Deut 5:12-15	Ps 81:3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 10-11	2 Cor 4:6-11	cf. John 17:17b+a	Mark 2:23—3:6 or 2:23-28
[6/6/21]	89	10^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B [2021: Corpus Christi]	Gen 3:9-15	Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8	2 Cor 4:13—5:1	John 12:31b-32	Mark 3:20-35
6/13/21	92	11^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Ezek 17:22-24	Ps 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16	2 Cor 5:6-10	(no bibl. ref.)	Mark 4:26-34
6/20/21	95	12^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Job 38:1, 8-11	Ps 107:23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 30-31	2 Cor 5:14-17	Luke 7:16	Mark 4:35-41
6/27/21	98	13^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24	Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b	2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15	cf. 2 Tim 1:10	Mark 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35-43 (diff)
7/4/21	101	14^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Ezek 2:2-5	Ps 123:1-2a, 2bc, 3-4	2 Cor 12:7-10	cf. Luke 4:18	Mark 6:1-6 (diff)
7/11/21	104	15^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Amos 7:12-15	Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14	Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10	cf. Eph 1:17-18	Mark 6:7-13
7/18/21	107	16^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Jer 23:1-6	Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6	Eph 2:13-18	John 10:27	Mark 6:30-34
7/25/21	110	17^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	2 Kgs 4:42-44	Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18	Eph 4:1-6	Luke 7:16	John 6:1-15
8/1/21	113	18^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Exod 16:2-4, 12-15	Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25+54	Eph 4:17, 20-24	Matt 4:4b	John 6:24-35
8/8/21	116	19^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	1 Kgs 19:4-8	Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9	Eph 4:30—5:2	John 6:51	John 6:41-51
[8/15/21]	119	20^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B [2021: Assumption of the BVM]	Prov 9:1-6	Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 (diff)	Eph 5:15-20	John 6:56	John 6:51-58
8/22/21	122	21^st Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Josh 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b	Ps 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21 (diff)	Eph 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32 (new)	cf. John 6:63c+68c	John 6:60-69
8/29/21	125	22^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Deut 4:1-2, 6-8	Ps 15:2-3a, 3b-4a, 4b-5	Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27	James 1:18	Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
9/5/21	128	23^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Isa 35:4-7a	Ps 146:6c-7, 8-9a, 9b-10	Jas 2:1-5	cf. Matt 4:23	Mark 7:31-37
9/12/21	131	24^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Isa 50:4-9a	Ps 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9	Jas 2:14-18	Gal 6:14	Mark 8:27-35
9/19/21	134	25^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Wis 2:12, 17-20	Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6-8	Jas 3:16—4:3	cf. 2 Thess 2:14	Mark 9:30-37
9/26/21	137	26^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Num 11:25-29	Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14	Jas 5:1-6	cf. John 17:17b+a	Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
10/3/21	140	27^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Gen 2:18-24	Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6	Heb 2:9-11	1 John 4:12	Mark 10:2-16 or 10:2-12
10/10/21	143	28^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Wis 7:7-11	Ps 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17	Heb 4:12-13	Matt 5:3	Mark 10:17-30 or 10:17-27
10/17/21	146	29^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Isa 53:10-11	Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20+22	Heb 4:14-16	Mark 10:45	Mark 10:35-45 or 10:42-45
10/24/21	149	30^th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Jer 31:7-9	Ps 126:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6	Heb 5:1-6	cf. 2 Tim 1:10	Mark 10:46-52
10/31/21	152	31^st Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Deut 6:2-6	Ps 18:2-3a, 3b-4, 47+51	Heb 7:23-28	John 14:23	Mark 12:28b-34
11/7/21	155	32^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	1 Kgs 17:10-16	Ps 146:6c-7, 8-9a, 9b-10	Heb 9:24-28	Matt 5:3	Mark 12:38-44 or 12:41-44
11/14/21	158	33^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - B	Dan 12:1-3	Ps 16:5+8, 9-10, 11	Heb 10:11-14, 18	Luke 21:36	Mark 13:24-32
11/21/21	161	34^th or Last Sunday in Ordinary Time - B: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King	Dan 7:13-14	Ps 93:1a, 1b-2, 5	Rev 1:5-8	Mark 11:9b+10a	John 18:33b-37

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.
In 2021, the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 20th Sundays of Ordinary Time are omitted, due to the moveable dates of Easter and of the Solemnities of the Lord that immediately follow Pentecost, as well as the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Aug. 15).
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).
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1998 USA Lectionary (Main Page)

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Readings for Sundays in Ordinary Time - Year B

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.