Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for May 16, 2027, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common keeps Day of Pentecost; Roman Catholic keeps Pentecost Sunday: Vigil; LSB Three-Year and Historic One-Year keep The Day of Pentecost. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonDay of PentecostYear B · May 16 | Roman CatholicPentecost Sunday: VigilYear B · May 16also Pentecost Sunday: Day Mass | LSB Three-YearThe Day of PentecostYear B · May 16 | Historic One-YearThe Day of PentecostOne-year · May 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel2 of 4 read John 15 | John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 | John 7:37-39 | John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 | John 14:23-31 |
| Epistle / Second Reading2 of 4 read Romans 8 | Romans 8:22-27 or Acts 2:1-21 | Romans 8:22-27 | Acts 2:1-21 | Acts 2:1-21 |
| Old Testament / First Reading2 of 4 read Genesis 11 | Acts 2:1-21 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 | Genesis 11:1-9 or Exodus 19:3-8a, 16-20bor Ezekiel 37:1-14 or Joel 3:1-5 | Ezekiel 37:1-14 | Genesis 11:1-9 |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 104 | Psalm 104:24-34, 35b | Psalm 104:1-2a, 24+35c, 27-28, 29b-30 (cf. 30) | Psalm 139:1-12 (13-16) | Psalm 143 |
More than one service is appointed on this date. The table shows the first of each tradition’s; the others are linked under the column they belong to.
Every citation above opens its own page: the passage, verse-by-verse commentary, background and word study, the Church Fathers, and worship resources. An “or” line is the second track a lectionary offers for the same day, not a different Sunday. Agreement is judged by chapter, because the four rarely cut a passage to the same length.
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