Daily readings

Friday, April 10, 2026

Easter Friday. Eastertide. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationEaster Friday

TypeSolemnity

SeasonEastertide

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

Acts 4:1-12

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.

1And as they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the officer of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

2Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead:

3And they laid hands upon them, and put them in hold till the next day; for it was now evening.

4But many of them who had heard the word, believed; and the number of the men was made five thousand.

5And it happened on the morrow, that their leaders, and leaders, and teachers of the law, were gathered together in Jerusalem;

6And Annas the high priest, and Caiphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.

7And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power, or by what name, have you done this?

8Then Peter, satisfied with the Holy Ghost, said to them: You leaders of the people, and leaders, hear:

9If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he has been made whole:

10Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God has raised from the dead, even by him this man stands here before you whole.

11This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.

12Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which we must be saved.

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Psalm

Psalm 118:1-2 and 4, 22-24, 25-27a

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.

22The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner.

23This is the Lord's doing: and it is wonderful in our eyes.

24This is the day which the Lord has made: let us be glad and rejoice in it.

3

Gospel

John 21:1-14

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.

1After this, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. And he showed himself after this manner.

2There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, who is called Didymus, and Nathanael, who was of Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.

3Simon Peter says to them: I go a fishing. They say to him: We also come with you. And they went forth, and entered into the ship: and that night they caught nothing.

4But when the morning was come, Jesus stood on the shore: yet the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

5Jesus therefore said to them: Children, have you any food? They answered him: No.

6He says to them: Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and you shall find. They cast therefore; and now they were not able to draw it, for the crowd of fishes.

7That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved, said to Peter: It is the Lord. Simon Peter, when he heard that it was the Lord, girt his coat about him, (for he was naked,) and cast himself into the sea.

8But the other disciples came in the ship, (for they were not far from the land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.

9As soon then as they came to land, they saw hot coals lying, and a fish laid thereon, and bread.

10Jesus says to them: Bring here of the fishes which you have now caught.

11Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fishes, one hundred and fifty-three. And although there were so many, the net was not broken.

12Jesus says to them: Come, and dine. And none of them who were at food, durst ask him: Who art you? knowing that it was the Lord.

13And Jesus comes and takes bread, and gives them, and fish in like manner.

14This is now the third time that Jesus was shown to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead.

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.