Daily readings

Monday, July 13, 2026

Saint Henry, Bishop and Martyr. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSaint Henry, Bishop 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.

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

Isaiah 1:10-17

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.

10Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrha.

11To what purpose do you offer me the crowd of your victims, says the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.

12When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?

13Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination tome. The new moons, and the sabbaths, and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are evil.

14My soul hates your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.

15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

16Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely,

17Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

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Psalm

Psalm 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23

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.

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.

21these things have you done, and I was silent. You thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to you: but I will reprove you, and set before your face.

23The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will show him the salvation of God.

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Gospel

Matthew 10:34-11:1

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.

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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.