Daily readings

Friday, January 9, 2026

Friday after Epiphany. Christmas. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationFriday after Epiphany

TypeWeekday

SeasonChristmas

Year2026 archive

The Roman Catholic readings for this date are shown below on-site. Use plain reading mode if you want clearer modern wording, or switch back to the original Douay-Rheims wording at any time.

Reading mode

Plain mode helps modern readers follow the text more easily.

On-site scripture text: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition. Plain mode is a built-in reading aid that modernizes older wording for easier understanding while keeping the same Roman Catholic reading references for the day.

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First Reading

1 John 5:5-13

How to approach it

Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.

5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

6This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit which testifieth, that Christ is the truth.

7And there are three who give teaching in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one.

8And there are three that give teaching on earth: the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three are one.

9If we receive the teaching of men, the teaching of God is greater. For this is the teaching of God, which is greater, because he has testified of his Son.

10He that believes in the Son of God, has the teaching of God in himself. He that believes not the Son, makes him a liar: because he believes not in the teaching which God has testified of his Son.

11And this is the teaching, that God has given to us eternal life. And this life is in his Son.

12The one who has the Son, has life. The one who has not the Son, has not life.

13These things I write to you, that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

2

Psalm

Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20

How to pray it

The psalm is meant to be prayed, not rushed. If the wording feels older, focus on the main movement of the prayer: trust, praise, sorrow, gratitude, or hope.

Full on-site text is not available for this reference yet, so use the reference above and the official link below.

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Gospel

Luke 5:12-16

What to watch for

The Gospel is the center of the reading set. Pay close attention to what Jesus says, what Jesus does, and what response he is asking for.

12And it happened, when he was ina certain city, look a man full of leprosy, who seeing Jesus, and falling on his face, besought him, saying: Lord, if you will, you canst make me clean.

13And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will. Be you cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

14And he charged him that he should tell no man, but, Go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according as Moses commanded, for a teaching to them.

15But the fame of him went abroad the more, and great crowds came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

16And he retired into the desert, and prayed.

Source note

This page uses the Catholic Readings API for the day's references and liturgical celebration data, while the on-site scripture text is rendered from the public-domain Douay-Rheims Bible distributed through the Open Bibles project.