Ordinary Time
Thursday, January 28, 2027
On Thursday, January 28, 2027, the Catholic Church is in Ordinary Time and the liturgical color is white. The Church celebrates St Thomas Aquinas.
Liturgical color: White · for the memorial of St Thomas Aquinas
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Saint of the day
Memorial
St Thomas Aquinas
(1225–1274) Dominican friar and Doctor of the Church. His Summa Theologiae integrated Aristotle with Christian revelation. Near the end of his life he stopped writing, saying what he had seen made all his work seem like straw.
Saint Thomas, doctor of the Church, let our reason serve our love and not replace it.
A memorial is an obligatory commemoration of a saint.
About Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time is the Church's ordered counting of weeks — 'ordinal', not 'ordinary' in the sense of plain. It falls in two stretches, after the Christmas season and after Pentecost, and it is where most of the Gospel is read straight through, Sunday by Sunday.
Why white?
White is worn at Christmas and Easter, and on feasts of the Lord, Mary, and saints who were not martyred. It is the color of joy and of light.
Verse of the day
Eccl 3:1
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Frequently asked
What liturgical color is worn on January 28, 2027?
White, for the memorial of St Thomas Aquinas. White is worn at Christmas and Easter, and on feasts of the Lord, Mary, and saints who were not martyred. It is the color of joy and of light.
What liturgical season is January 28, 2027 in?
Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is the Church's ordered counting of weeks — 'ordinal', not 'ordinary' in the sense of plain. It falls in two stretches, after the Christmas season and after Pentecost, and it is where most of the Gospel is read straight through, Sunday by Sunday.
Is January 28, 2027 a holy day of obligation in the United States?
No. In the United States the holy days of obligation are Mary, Mother of God (1 January), the Assumption (15 August), All Saints (1 November), the Immaculate Conception (8 December), and Christmas (25 December); the Ascension is observed on a Thursday or the following Sunday depending on the diocese.
Which saint is celebrated on January 28, 2027?
St Thomas Aquinas. (1225–1274) Dominican friar and Doctor of the Church. His Summa Theologiae integrated Aristotle with Christian revelation. Near the end of his life he stopped writing, saying what he had seen made…
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