Daily readings

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Tuesday of the 14th week of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationTuesday of the 14th week of Ordinary Time

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SeasonOrdinary Time

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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.

First Reading

Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13

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.

4They have reigned, but not by me: they have been leaders, and I knew not: of their silver, and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.

5Your calf, OH Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed$1

6For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders' webs.

7For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; end if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.

11Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin: altars are become to him to sin.

12I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.

13They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their sin, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

Psalm

Psalm 115:3-4, 5-6, 7ab-8, 9-10

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.

3The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

4and I called upon the name of the Lord. OH Lord, deliver my soul.

5The Lord is merciful and righteous, and our God shows mercy.

6The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was little and he rescued me.

9I will please the Lord in the land of the living.

Gospel

Matthew 9:32-38

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.

32And when they were gone out, look they brought him a dumb man, had with a devil.

33And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the crowds wondered, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel.

34But the Pharisees said, By the leader of devils he casteth out devils.

35And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity.

36And seeing the crowds, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.

37Then he says to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the workers are few.

38Pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth workers into his harvest.

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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.