Daily readings

Monday, June 22, 2026

Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop/Saints John Fisher, Bishop and Thomas More, Martyrs. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSaint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop/Saints John Fisher, Bishop and Thomas More, Martyrs

TypeOptional Memorial

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

2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18

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.

5And he went through all the land: and going up to Samaria, he besieged it three years.

6And in the ninth year of Osee, the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria: and he placed them in Hala and Habor by the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.

7For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they worshipped strange gods.

8And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel and of the kings of Israel: because they had done in like manner.

18And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from his sight, and there remained only the tribe of Juda.

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Psalm

Psalm 60:3, 4-5, 12-13

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.

3OH God, you have cast us off, and have destroyed us; you have been angry, and have had mercy on us.

4You have moved the earth, and have troubled it: heal you the breaches thereof, for it has been moved.

5You have shewn your people hard things; you have made us drink wine of sorrow.

12Will not you, OH God, who have cast us off? and will not you, OH God, go out with our armies?

13Give us help from trouble: for vain is the salvation of man.

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Gospel

Matthew 7:1-5

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.

1Judge not, that you may not be judged,

2For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3Any why seest you the mote that is in your brother's eye; and seest not the beam that is in your own eye?

4Or how sayest you to your brother: Let me cast the mote out of your eye; and look a beam is in your own eye?

5You hypocrite, cast out first the beam in your own eye, and then shall you see to cast out the mote out of your brother's eye.

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.