A Catholic guide for saints, prayer, and practical devotional reading.
Trinity Sunday. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.
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.
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.
Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9
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.
8And Moses making haste, bowed down prostrate to the earth, and adoring,
9Said: If I have found grace in your sight: OH Lord, I beg you, that you will go with us, (for it is a stiffnecked people,) and take away our sins and sin, and have us.
Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56
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.
2 Corinthians 13:11-13
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.
11For the rest, brothers and sisters, rejoice, be perfect, take exhortation, be of one mind, have peace; and the God of peace and of love shall be with you.
12Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the saints salute you.
13The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the charity of God, and the communication of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.
John 3:16-18
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.
16For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whoever believes in him, may not perish, but may have life eternal.
17For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world may be saved by him.
18He that believes in him is not judged. But the one who does not believe, is already judged: because he believes not in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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.