Daily readings

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Saint Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSaint Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor

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

Jeremiah 18:1-6

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.

1The word that came from Jeremias to the Lord, saying:

2Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there you shall hear my words.

3And I went down into the potter's house, and look he was doing a work on the wheel.

4And the container was broken which he was making with clay with his hands: and turning he made another container, as it seemed good in his eyes to make it.

5Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

6Cannot I do with you as this potter, says the Lord? look as clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, OH house of Israel.

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Psalm

Psalm 146:1B-2, 3-4, 5-6ab

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.

3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.

4Generation and generation shall praise your works: and they shall declare your power.

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Gospel

Matthew 13:47-53

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.

47Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes.

48Which, when it was satisfied, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into containers, but the bad they cast forth.

49So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the evil from among the righteous.

50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51Have you understood all these things? They say to him: Yes.

52He said to them: Therefore every teacher of the law instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.

53And it happened: when Jesus had finished these parables, he passed from from there.

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.