Daily readings

Sunday, February 8, 2026

5th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

Celebration5th Sunday of Ordinary Time

TypeSunday

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

Isaiah 58:7-10

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.

7Deal your bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into your house: when you shall see one naked, cover him, and despise not your own flesh.

8Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall speedily arise, and your righteousness shall go before your face, end the glory of the Lord shall gather you up.

9Then shall you call, and the Lord shall hear: you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you will take away the chain out of the midst of you, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that which profiteth not.

10When you shall pour out your soul to the hungry, and shall satisfy the troubled soul then shall your light rise up in darkness, and your darkness shall be as the noonday.

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Psalm

Psalm 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9

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.

4To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and righteous.

5Acceptable is the man that shows mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:

6because he shall not be moved forever.

7The righteous shall be in eternal remembrance: he shall not hear the evil hearing. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord:

8his heart is strengthened, he shall not be moved until he look over his enemies.

9He has distributed, he has given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth forever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.

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Second Reading

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

How to read it

This reading often teaches Christians how to live with steadiness, charity, and faith. Look for one clear encouragement or warning you can carry into the day.

1And I, brothers and sisters, when I came to you, came not in loftiness of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the teaching of Christ.

2For I judged not myself to know anything among you, but Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4And my speech and my preaching was not in the persuasive words of human wisdom, but in shewing of the Spirit and power;

5That your faith might not stand on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

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Gospel

Matthew 5:13-16

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.

13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, with what shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men.

14You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.

15Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.

16So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

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.