Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for August 15, 2027, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Proper 15; Roman Catholic keeps Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonProper 15Year B · Aug 15 | Roman CatholicTwentieth Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear B · Aug 15also Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Vigilalso Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Day Mass | LSB Three-YearProper 15Year B · Aug 15 | Historic One-YearThe Twelfth Sunday after TrinityOne-year · Aug 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read John 6 | John 6:51-58 | John 6:51-58 | John 6:51-69 | Mark 7:31-37 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Ephesians 5 | Ephesians 5:15-20 | Ephesians 5:15-20 | Ephesians 5:6-21 | 2 Corinthians 3:4-11or Romans 10:9-17 |
| Old Testament / First Reading2 of 4 read Proverbs 9 | 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14or Proverbs 9:1-6 | Proverbs 9:1-6 | Proverbs 9:1-10or Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 | Isaiah 29:17-24 |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 34 | Psalm 111or Psalm 34:9-14 | Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 | Psalm 34:12-22 | Psalm 146 |
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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