Daily readings

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSaint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop

TypeOptional Memorial

SeasonOrdinary Time

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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

1 Peter 1:18-25

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.

18Knowing that you were not rescued with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the teaching of your fathers:

19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled,

20Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but shown in the last times for you,

21Who through him are faithful in God, who raised him up from the dead, and has given him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.

22Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

23Being born again not of corruptible offspring, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth forever.

24For all flesh is as grass; and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered, and the flower thereof is fallen away.

25But the word of the Lord lasts forever. And this is the word which by the gospel has been preached to you.

2

Psalm

Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20

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.

Full on-site text is not available for this reference yet, so use the reference above and the official link below.

3

Gospel

Mark 10:32-45

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.

32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem: and Jesus went before them, and they were astonished; and following were afraid. And taking again the twelve, he began to tell them the things that should befall him.

33Saying: Look we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be betrayed to the chief priests, and to the teachers of the law and leaders, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles.

34And they shall mock him, and spit on him, and scourge him, and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

35And James and John the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying: Master, we desire that whatever we shall ask, you would do it for us:

36But he said to them: What would you that I should do for you?

37And they said: Grant to us, that we may sit, one on your right hand, and the other on your left hand, in your glory.

38And Jesus said to them: You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the chalice that I drink of: or be baptized with the baptism with what I am baptized?

39But they said to him: We can. And Jesus says to them: You shall indeed drink of the chalice that I drink of: and with the baptism with what I am baptized, you shall be baptized.

40But to sit on my right hand, or on my left, is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared.

41And the ten hearing it, began to be much displeased at James and John.

42But Jesus calling them, says to them: You know that they who seem to rule over the Gentiles, lord it over them: and their leaders have power over them.

43But it is not so among you: but whoever will be greater, shall be your minister.

44And whoever will be first among you, shall be the servant of all.

45For the Son of Man also is not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a rescue for many.

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.