Daily readings

Friday, June 12, 2026

Sacred Heart of Jesus. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSacred Heart of Jesus

TypeSolemnity

SeasonOrdinary Time

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

Deuteronomy 7:6-11

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.

6Because you art a holy people to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you, to be his peculiar people of all peoples that are upon the earth.

7Not because you surpass all nations in number, is the Lord joined to you, and has chosen you, for you are the fewest of any people:

8But because the Lord has loved you, and has kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers: and has brought you out with a strong hand, and rescued you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao the king of Egypt.

9And you shall know that the Lord your God, he is a strong and faithful God, keeping his covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commands, to a thousand generations:

10And repaying forthwith them that hate him, so as to destroy them, without further delay immediately rendering to them what they deserve.

11,11 Keep therefore the instructions and ceremonies and judgments, which I command you this day to do.

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Psalm

Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10

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 David himself. Bless the Lord, OH my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name.

2Bless the Lord, OH my soul, and never forget all he has done for you.

3Who forgiveth all your sins: who healeth all your diseases.

4Who redeemeth your life from destruction: who crowneth you with mercy and compassion.

6The Lord does mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.

7He has made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel.

8The ford is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

10He has not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our sins.

3

Second Reading

1 John 4:7-16

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.

7Dearly beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. And every one that loves, is born of God, and knows God.

8He that loves not, knows not God: for God is charity.

9By this has the charity of God appeared towards us, because God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him.

10In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he has first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

11My dearest, if God has so loved us; we also ought to love one another.

12No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his charity is perfected in us.

13In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he has given us of his spirit.

14And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

16And we have known, and have believed the charity, which God has to us. God is charity: and he that remains in charity, remains in God, and God in him.

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Gospel

Matthew 11:25-30

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.

25At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to you, OH Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to the little ones.

26Yea, Father; for so has it seemed good in your sight.

27All things are rescued to me by my Father. And no one knows the Son, but the Father: neither does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him.

28Come to me, all you that work, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

29Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am gentle, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls.

30For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.

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.