Daily readings

Sunday, April 26, 2026

4th Sunday of Easter. Eastertide. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

Celebration4th Sunday of Easter

TypeSunday

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 2:14a, 36-41

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.

36Therefore let all the people of Israel know most certainly, that God has made both Lord and Christ, this same Jesus, whom you have crucified.

37Now when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart, and said to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brothers and sisters?

38But Peter said to them: Do penance, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins: and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

39For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, whomever the Lord our God shall call.

40And with very many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

41They therefore that received his word, were baptized; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

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Psalm

Psalm 23: 1-3a, 3b4, 5, 6

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.

5You have prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. You have anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it!

6And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord to length of days.

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Second Reading

1 Peter 2:20b-25

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.

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

John 10:1-10

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.

1Truly, truly I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.

2But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

4And when he has let out his own sheep, he goes before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

5But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

6This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.

7Jesus therefore said to them again: Truly, truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not.

9I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures.

10The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.

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.