| Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | |
| Cycle II | [634] Jer 1:17-19; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab+17; Mark 6:17-29 (Gospel proper). |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist (cf. Mt. 14:1–12, Mk. 6:14–29, Lk. 9:7–9) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
