A Catholic guide for saints, prayer, and practical devotional reading.
Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.
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.
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.
1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7
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.
Full on-site text is not available for this reference yet, so use the reference above and the official link below.
Psalm 56:2-3, 9-10a, 10b-11, 12-13
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.
2Have mercy on me, OH God, for man has trodden me under foot; all the day long he has troubled me fighting against me.
3My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.
12In me, OH God, are vows to you, which I will pay, praises to you:
13Because you have rescued my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please before God, in the light of the living.
Mark 3:7-12
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.
7But Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea; and a great crowd followed him from Galilee and Judea,
8And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great crowd, hearing the things which he did, came to him.
9And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him.
10For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils.
11And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him: and they cried, saying:
12You art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known.
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.