A Catholic guide for saints, prayer, and practical devotional reading.
Saint Dominic, Priest. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.
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.
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.
Habakkuk 1:12—2:4
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.
Full on-site text is not available for this reference yet, so use the reference above and the official link below.
Psalm 9:8-9, 10-11, 12-13
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.
8but the Lord remaineth forever. He has prepared his throne in judgment:
9and he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in righteousness.
10And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in trouble.
11And let them trust in you who know your name: for you have not left them that seek you, OH Lord.
12Sing you to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
13For requiring their blood he has remembered the: he has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
Matthew 17:14-20
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.
14And when he was come to the crowd, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water.
15And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.
16Then Jesus answered and said: OH unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? bring him here to me.
17And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.
18Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out?
19Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard offspring, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from from here here, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
20But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
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.