Daily readings

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Wednesday of the 13th week of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationWednesday of the 13th week of Ordinary Time

TypeWeekday

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.

1

First Reading

Amos 5:14-15, 21-24

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.

14Seek you good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.

15Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

21I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies.

22And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts.

23Take away from me the tumult of your songs: and I will not hear the canticles of your harp.

24But judgment shall be revealed as water, and righteousness as a mighty torrent.

2

Psalm

Psalm 50:7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 16bc-17

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.

7Hear, OH my people, and I will speak: OH Israel, and I will testify to you: I am God, your God.

8I will not reprove you for your sacrifices: and your burnt offerings are always in my sight.

9I will not take calves out of your house: nor he goats out of your flocks.

10For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.

11I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.

12If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?

3

Gospel

Matthew 8:28-34

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.

28And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were had with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way.

29And look they cried out, saying: What have we to do with you, Jesus Son of God? art you come here to torment us before the time?

30And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding.

31And the devils besought him, saying: If you cast us out from here, send us into the herd of swine.

32And he said to them: Go. But they going out went into the swine, and look the whole herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea: and they perished in the waters.

33And those who kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been had by the devils.

34And look the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coasts.

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.