Daily readings

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

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

CelebrationWednesday of the 14th 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.

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First Reading

Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12

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.

1Israel a vine full of branches, the fruit is agreeable to it: according to the crowd of his fruit he has multiplied altars, according to the plenty of his land he has abounded with idols.

2Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.

3For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?

7Samaria has made her king to pass as froth upon the face of the water.

8And the high places of the idol, the sin of Israel shall be destroyed: the bur and the thistle shall grow up over their altars: and they shall say to the mountains: Cover us; and to the hills: Fall upon us.

12Sow for yourselves in righteousness, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you righteousness.

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Psalm

Psalm 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7

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.

2Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wonderful works.

3Glory you in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

4Seek you the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.

5Remember his marvellous works which he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.

6OH you offspring of Abraham his servant; you sons of Jacob his chosen.

7He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

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Gospel

Matthew 10:1-7

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.

1And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.

2And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,

3James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,

4Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

5These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go you not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter you not.

6But go you rather to the lost sheep of the people of Israel.

7And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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.