Daily readings

Friday, July 3, 2026

Saint Thomas the Apostle. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSaint Thomas the Apostle

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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

Ephesians 2:19-22

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.

19Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and the domestics of God,

20Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:

21In whom all the building, being framed together, groweth up into an holy temple in the Lord.

22In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit.

2

Psalm

Psalm 117:1bc, 2

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.

2For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth forever.

3

Gospel

John 20:24-29

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.

24Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

25The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.

26And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace be to you.

27Then he says to Thomas: Put in your finger here, and see my hands; and bring here your hand, and put it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.

28Thomas answered, and said to him: My Lord, and my God.

29Jesus says to him: Because you have seen me, Thomas, you have believed: blessed are those that have not seen, and have believed.

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.