Daily readings

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Saint John Bosco, Priest. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSaint John Bosco, Priest

TypeMemorial

SeasonOrdinary Time

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

2 Samuel 12:1-7a, 10-17

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.

10Therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Urias the Hethite to be your wife.

11Thus says the Lord: Look, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes I and give them to your neighhour, and he shall lie with your wives before this sun.

12For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

13And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also has taken away your sin: you shall not die.

14Nevertheless, because you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to you, shall surely die.

15And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of.

16And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.

17And the leaders of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat food with them.

2

Psalm

Psalm 51:12-13, 14-15, 16-17

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.

12Create a clean heart in me, OH God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

13Cast me not away from your face; and take not your holy spirit from me.

14Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.

15I will teach the unjust your ways: and the evil shall be converted to you.

16Deliver me from blood, OH God, you God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol your righteousness.

17OH Lord, you will open my lips: and my mouth shall declare your praise.

3

Gospel

Mark 4:35-41

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.

35And he says to them that day, when evening was come: Let us pass over to the other side.

36And sending away the crowd, they take him even as he was in the ship: and there were other ships with him.

37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was satisfied.

38And he was in the hinder part of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow; and they awake him, and say to him: Master, does it not concern you that we perish?

39And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased: and there was made a great calm.

40And he said to them: Why are you fearful? have you not faith yet? And they feared exceedingly: and they said one to another: Who is this (thinkest you) that both wind and sea obey him?

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.