Daily readings

Monday, July 6, 2026

Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSaint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr

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.

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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.

First Reading

Hosea 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22

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.

16And it shall be in that day, says the Lord, That she shall call me$1 My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali.

21And it shall come to pass in that day: I will hear, says the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth.

22And the earth shall hear the core, and the wine, and the oil, and these shall hear Jezrahel.

Psalm

Psalm 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9

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.

2My mercy, and my refuge: my support, and my deliverer: My protector, and I have hoped in him: who subdueth my people under me.

3Lord, what is man, that you art made known to him? or the Son of Man, that you makest account of him?

4Man is like to emptiness: his days pass away like a shadow.

5Lord, bow down your heavens and descend: touch the mountains and they shall smoke.

6Send forth lightning, and you shall scatter them: shoot out your arrows, and you shall trouble them.

7Put forth your hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me from many waters: from the hand of strange children:

8Whose mouth has said emptiness: and their right hand is the right hand of sin.

9To you, OH God, I will sing a new canticle: on the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises to you.

Gospel

Matthew 9:18-26

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.

18And he was speaking these things to them, look a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay your hand upon her, and she shall live.

19And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.

20And look a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his clothing.

21For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his clothing, I shall be healed.

22But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, your faith has made you whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

23And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the crowd making a rout,

24He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

25And when the crowd was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.

26And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.

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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.