Daily readings

Monday, May 25, 2026

Mary, Mother of The Church. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationMary, Mother of The Church

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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.

1

First Reading

Genesis 3:9-15, 20

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.

9And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art you?

10And he said: I heard your voice in paradise; and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.

11And he said to him: And who has told you that you were naked, but that you have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?

12And Adam said: The woman, whom you gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13And the Lord God said to the woman: Why have you done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.

14And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because you have done this thing, you art cursed among all cattle, and the beasts of the earth: upon your breast shall you go, and earth shall you eat all the days of your life.

15I will put enmities between you and the woman, and your offspring and her offspring: she shall crush your head, and you shall lie in wait for her heel.

20And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.

2

Psalm

Psalm 87:1-2, 3 and 5, 6-7

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.

1For the sons of Core, a psalm of a canticle. The foundations thereof are in the holy mountains:

2The Lord loves the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

6The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of leaders, of them that have been in her.

7The dwelling in you is as it were of all rejoicing.

3

Gospel

John 19:25-34

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.

25Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen.

26When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he says to his mother: Woman, look your son.

27After that, he says to the disciple: Look your mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.

28Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said: I thirst.

29Now there was a container set there full of vinegar. And they, putting a sponge full of vinegar and hyssop, put it to his mouth.

30Jesus therefore, when he had taken the vinegar, said: It is consummated. And bowing his head, he gave up the ghost.

31Then the Jews, (because it was the parasceve,) that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath day, (for that was a great sabbath day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

32The soldiers therefore came; and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him.

33But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

34But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side, and immediately there came out blood and water.

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.