The Mass Readings

The Epistle and Gospel for every Sunday, holy day, and principal feria of the year, after the Roman use, from the 1582 Rheims New Testament’s own lectionary table. Each reading links to its chapter.

The print keys each reading by page; here those pages are resolved to their chapter. Readings drawn from the Old Testament were omitted in the 1582 New Testament (“till the edition thereof”). Where the Douay itself later tabulated one, it is supplied here in italic from its own Table of the Epistles taken forth of the Old Testament; the weekday Masses of Lent, the Ember days, and the votive Masses were never tabulated, and those show a Gospel alone. For the exact verses, open the linked chapter.

Upon Sundays, Imber Days, and other Feries (the Temporal cycle)

Day or Feast	Epistle	Gospel
The 1. Sunday in Advent	Romans 13	Luke 21
The 2. Sunday in Advent	Romans 15	Matthew 11
The 3. Sunday in Advent	Philippians 4	John 1
Wednesday Imber in Advent	Isaias 2:2–5; 7:10–15	Luke 1
Friday Imber in Advent	Isaias 11:1–5	Luke 1
Saturday Imber in Advent	2 Thessalonians 2	Luke 3
The 4. Sunday in Advent	1 Corinthians 4	Luke 3
Christmas eve	Romans 1	Matthew 1
Christmas day at the first Mass	Titus 2	Luke 2
Christmas day, second Mass	Titus 3	Luke 2
Christmas day, third Mass	Hebrews 1	John 1
S. Steven	Acts 6	Matthew 23
S. John the Evangelist	Ecclesiasticus 15:1–7	John 21
Childermas day	Apocalypse 14	Matthew 2
S. Thomas of Canterbury	Hebrews 5	John 10
The Sunday within the Octave of Christmas	Galatians 4	as on Twelfth eve
The Circumcision of our Lord	Titus 2	Luke 2
Twelfth Eve	Galatians 4	Matthew 2
The Epiphanie of our Lord called Twelfth day	Isaias 60:1–7	Matthew 2
The 1. Sunday after the Epiphanie	Romans 12	Luke 2
The 2. Sunday after the Epiphanie	Romans 12	John 2
The 3. Sunday after the Epiphanie	Romans 12	Matthew 7
The 4. Sunday after the Epiphanie	Romans 13	Matthew 8
The 5. Sunday after the Epiphanie	Colossians 3	Matthew 13
The 6. Sunday after the Epiphanie	1 Thessalonians 1	Matthew 13
The Sunday of Septuagesime	1 Corinthians 9	Matthew 20
The Sunday of Sexagesime	2 Corinthians 11	Luke 8
The Sunday of Quinquagesime	1 Corinthians 13	Luke 18
Upon Ash wednesday	Joel 2:12–19	Matthew 6
Thursday after Ash wednesday	Isaias 38:1–6	Matthew 8
Friday after Ash wednesday	Isaias 58:1–9	Matthew 5
Saturday after Ash wednesday	Isaias 58:9–14	Mark 6
The 1. Sunday in Lent	2 Corinthians 6	Matthew 4
Monday in the 1. week of Lent	Ezechiel 34:11–16	Matthew 25
Tuesday	Isaias 55:6–11	Matthew 21
Wednesday Imber	Exodus 24:12–18; 3 Kings 19:3–8	Matthew 12
Thursday	Ezechiel 18:1–9	Matthew 15
Friday Imber	Ezechiel 18:20–28	John 5
Saturday Imber	Deuteronomy 26:12–19; 11:22–25	Matthew 17
The 2. Sunday in Lent	1 Thessalonians 4	Matthew 17
Monday	Daniel 9:15–19	John 8
Tuesday	3 Kings 17:8	Matthew 23
Wednesday (vers. 17, the same that is upon the day of the Holy Cross)	Esther 13:8	Matthew 20
Thursday	Jeremias 17:5–10	Luke 16
Friday	Genesis 37:6	Matthew 21
Saturday	Genesis 27:6–40	Luke 15
The 3. Sunday in Lent	Ephesians 5	Luke 11
Monday	4 Kings 5:1	Luke 4
Tuesday	4 Kings 4:1	Matthew 18
Wednesday	Exodus 20:12	Matthew 15
Thursday	Jeremias 7:1–7	Luke 4
Friday	Numbers 20:1	John 4
Saturday	Daniel 13:1–9, 15–17, 19–30, 33–62	John 8
The 4. Sunday in Lent	Galatians 4	John 6
Monday	3 Kings 3:16	John 2
Tuesday	Exodus 32:7–14	John 7
Wednesday	Ezechiel 36:23–28; Isaias 1:16–19	John 9
Thursday	4 Kings 4:25	Luke 7
Friday	3 Kings 17:13	John 11
Saturday	Isaias 49:8–15	John 8
Passion Sunday	Hebrews 9	John 8
Monday in Passion week	Jonas 3:1–10	John 7
Tuesday	Daniel 14:27–42	John 7
Wednesday	Leviticus 19:1–2, 11–19, 25	John 9
Thursday	Daniel 3:25, 34–45	Luke 7
Friday	Judith 13:22–25	John 11
Saturday	Jeremias 18:18–23	John 12
Palm Sunday, before the benediction of the palms	Exodus 15:27–16:7	Matthew 21
Palm Sunday, at Mass	Philippians 2	Matthew 26
Monday in holy week	Isaias 50:5–10	John 12
Tuesday	Jeremias 11:18–20	Mark 14
Wednesday	Isaias 63:1–7; 53:1–12	Luke 22
Thursday (in holy week)	1 Corinthians 11	John 13
Friday (in holy week)	Osee 6:1–6; Exodus 12:1–11	John 18
Saturday (in holy week)	Colossians 3	Matthew 28
Easter Day	1 Corinthians 5	Mark 16
Monday in Easter week	Acts 10	Luke 24
Tuesday	Acts 13	Luke 24
Wednesday	Acts 3	John 21
Thursday	Acts 8	John 20
Friday	1 Peter 3	Matthew 28
Saturday	1 Peter 2	John 20
The 1. Sunday after Easter, called Low Sunday	1 John 5	John 20
The 2. Sunday after Easter	1 Peter 2	John 10
The 3. Sunday after Easter	1 Peter 2	John 16
The 4. Sunday after Easter	James 1	John 16
The 5. Sunday after Easter (v. 8 unto 15)	James 1	John 16
The Rogation days	James 5	Luke 11
The Ascension eve	Ephesians 4	John 17
The Ascension day	Acts 1	Mark 16
The Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension	1 Peter 4	John 16
Whitsun-eve	Acts 19	John 14
Whitsunday	Acts 2	John 14
Monday in Whitsun week	Acts 10	John 3
Tuesday	Acts 8	John 10
Wednesday Imber in Whitsun week	Acts 5	John 6
Thursday	Acts 8	Luke 9
Friday Imber in Whitsun week	Joel 2:23–24, 26–27	Luke 5
Saturday Imber	Romans 5	Luke 4
Trinitie Sunday	Romans 11	Matthew 28
The 1. Sunday after Pentecost	1 John 4	Luke 6
Corpus Christi day	1 Corinthians 11	John 6
The 2. Sunday after Pentecost	1 John 3	Luke 14
The 3. Sunday	1 Peter 5	Luke 15
The 4. Sunday	Romans 8	Luke 5
The 5. Sunday (v. 8 unto 15)	1 Peter 3	Matthew 5
The 6. Sunday	Romans 6	Mark 8
The 7. Sunday	Romans 6	Matthew 7
The 8. Sunday	Romans 8	Luke 16
The 9. Sunday	1 Corinthians 10	Luke 19 (vers. 41 unto 47)
The 10. Sunday	1 Corinthians 12	Luke 18
The 11. Sunday	1 Corinthians 15	Mark 7
The 12. Sunday	2 Corinthians 3	Luke 10
The 13. Sunday	Galatians 3	Luke 17
The 14. Sunday	Galatians 5	Matthew 6
The 15. Sunday	Galatians 5	Luke 7
The 16. Sunday	Ephesians 3	Luke 14
The 17. Sunday	Ephesians 4	Matthew 22
Wednesday Imber in September	Amos 9:13–15; 2 Esdras 8:1–10	Mark 9
Friday Imber in September	Osee 14:2–10	Luke 7
Saturday Imber in September	Hebrews 9	Luke 13
The 18. Sunday after Pentecost (v. 4 unto the 9)	1 Corinthians 1	Matthew 9
The 19. Sunday (verse 23 unto the 29)	Ephesians 4	Matthew 22
The 20. Sunday	Ephesians 5	John 4
The 21. Sunday	Ephesians 1	Matthew 18
The 22. Sunday (verse 15 to the 22)	Philippians 1	Matthew 22
The 23. Sunday	Philippians 3	Matthew 9
The 24. Sunday after Pentecost	Colossians 1	Matthew 24

For Saints and Festival Days, peculiar and proper (the Sanctoral)

Day or Feast	Epistle	Gospel
S. Andrew's Eve	(omitted, OT)	John 1
S. Andrew's day	Romans 10	Matthew 4
S. Nicolas (v. 7 to the 18)	Hebrews 13	Matthew 25 (v. 14 to the 24)
The Conception of our Lady	Proverbs 8:22–36	Matthew 1
S. Thomas the Apostle	Ephesians 2	John 20
In Cathedra S. Petri Romæ	1 Peter 1	Matthew 16
The Conversion of S. Paul	Acts 9	Matthew 19
Candlemas day	Malachias 3:1–5	Luke 2
S. Matthias	Acts 1	Matthew 11
The Annunciation of our Lady	Isaias 7:11–16	Luke 1
S. George	2 Timothy 2 (v. 8 to the 11) & 2 Timothy 3 (v. 10 to the 13)	John 15
S. Mark	Ezechiel 1:5–14	Luke 10
In maioribus Letaniis, upon S. Mark's day	James 5	Luke 11
SS. Philip and James	Wisdom 5:1–6	John 14
Holy Rood day in May, or the Invention of the Holy Cross	Philippians 2	John 3
S. Barnabas day	Acts 11	John 15
S. John Baptist's Eve	Jeremias 1:4–10	Luke 1
S. John Baptist's Day called Midsummer	Isaias 49:1–6 & v. 23	Luke 1
SS. Peter's & Paul's eve	Acts 3	John 21
SS. Peter and Paul's day	Acts 12	Matthew 16
The Commemoration of S. Paul	Galatians 1	Matthew 10
The Visitation of our Lady	Canticle 2:8–15	Luke 1
S. Marie Magdalene	Canticle 3:2–6 & ch. 8:6–8	Luke 7
S. James	1 Corinthians 4	Matthew 20
S. Dominike	2 Timothy 4	Luke 12
The Transfiguration of our Lord	2 Peter 1	Matthew 17
S. Laurence	2 Corinthians 9	John 12
Assumption eve	Ecclesiasticus 24:23–31	Luke 11
Assumption of our Lady	Ecclesiasticus 24:11–21	Luke 10
S. Bartholomew (verse 26 to the 30)	1 Corinthians 13	Luke 6
S. Lewis king of France	(omitted, OT)	Luke 19
The Decollation of S. John Baptist	Jeremias 1:17 to the end	Mark 6
The Nativitie of our Lady	Proverbs 8:22–36	Matthew 1
Holy Rood day in September, or the Exaltation of the Holy Cross	Philippians 2	John 12
S. Matthew's eve	(omitted, OT)	Luke 5
S. Matthew's day	Ezechiel 1:10–15	Matthew 9
Michaelmas day	Apocalypse 1	Matthew 18
S. Francis	Galatians 6	Matthew 11
S. Dionysius Areopagita	Acts 17	Luke 6 (as upon Allhallows eve)
S. Luke	2 Corinthians 8	Luke 10
SS. Simon and Jude	Ephesians 4	John 15
Allhallows eve	Apocalypse 5	Luke 6
Allhallows day	Apocalypse 7	Matthew 5
All-souls day	1 Corinthians 15	John 5
S. Martin	Ecclesiasticus 44:25 & ch. 45:1–9	Luke 11 (verse 33 to the 37)
S. Clement	Philippians 3	Matthew 24
S. Catharine	Ecclesiasticus 51:1–13	Matthew 25 (verse 1 to the 14, which is the Gospel for holy virgins)

For Saints generally and in common (the Common of Saints)

Day or Feast	Epistle	Gospel
Apostles eve	(omitted, OT)	John 15
For a Martyr that is a Bishop	2 Corinthians 1 & James 1	Luke 14 and Matthew 16
For a Martyr that is no Bishop	as upon S. George's day	Matthew 22
For one Martyr	James 1, 1 Peter 4	John 12 and John 15
For many Martyrs	Romans 5, Romans 8, 2 Corinthians 6, Hebrews 10, Hebrews 11, 1 Peter 1, Apocalypse 8, Apocalypse 19	Matthew 5, Matthew 11, Matthew 24, Luke 6, Luke 11, Luke 21, John 16
For a Confessor that is a Bishop	Hebrews 5, Hebrews 7, Hebrews 13	Matthew 24, Matthew 25, Mark 13, Luke 11
For a Confessor that is no Bishop	1 Corinthians 4 and Philippians 3	Luke 12, Luke 19, John 12
For holy Abbots	(omitted, OT)	Matthew 19
For holy Virgins Martyrs	(omitted, OT)	Matthew 13, Matthew 25
For holy Virgins not Martyrs	1 Corinthians 7, 2 Corinthians 11 (vers. 17 to the 3 of the chapter following)	as for holy Virgins Martyrs
For other holy women not Virgins	Proverbs 31:10–31	Matthew 13
For holy Widows	1 Timothy 5	as for holy women not virgins
The Dedication of a Church, or Church Holyday	Apocalypse 21	Luke 20

In votive Masses, that is, such as are said according to men's devotion for divers peculiar causes

Day or Feast	Epistle	Gospel
Intention	Epistle (pag.)	Gospel (pag.)
Of the B. Trinitie	2 Corinthians 13	John 16
Of the holy Ghost	Acts 8	John 14
Of the Passion of our Lord	(omitted, OT)	John 19
Of the holy Cross	Philippians 2	Matthew 20
Of our B. Lady	Titus 3	Luke 1, Luke 2, Luke 11, John 19
Of the holy Angels	Apocalypse 5	John 1
Of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul	Acts 5	Matthew 19
For any necessitie	(omitted, OT)	Mark 11
For remission of sinnes	Romans 7	Luke 11
For choosing of the Pope	Hebrews 4	John 14
Upon the Pope's creation and coronation day	1 Peter 1	Matthew 16
Against schism, or for any necessitie of the Church	Ephesians 4	John 17
Against the Paganes	Esther 13:8–11, 15–17	Luke 11
In time of war	(omitted, OT)	Matthew 24
For peace	(omitted, OT)	John 20 (verse 19 to the 24)
Against the plague	(omitted, OT)	Luke 4 (as upon Saturday in Whitsun week)
For the sicke	James 5	Matthew 8
For Mariage	Ephesians 5	Matthew 19

In Masses of Requiem

Day or Feast	Epistle	Gospel
Intention	Epistle (pag.)	Gospel (pag.)
Of Requiem	1 Corinthians 15, 1 Thessalonians 4, Apocalypse 14	John 5, John 6, John 6, John 11

Source: the “Table of the Epistles and Gospels” appended to the 1582 Rheims New Testament. See the original table (with the printed page references and facsimile).