Daily readings

Sunday, August 30, 2026

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

Celebration22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

TypeSunday

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 20:7-9

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.

7You have deceived me, OH Lord, and I am deceived: you have been stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I am become a laughing-stock all the day, all scoff at me.

8For I am speaking now this long time, crying out against sin, and I often announce devistation: and the word of the Lord is made a shame to me, and a derision all the day.

9Then I said: I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: and there came in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was wearied, not being able to bear it.

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Psalm

Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9

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.

2OH God, my God, to you do I watch at break of day. For you my soul has thirsted; for you my flesh, OH how many ways!

3In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in the sanctuary have I come before you, to see your power and your glory.

4For your mercy is better than lives: you my lips shall praise.

5Thus will I bless you all my life long: and in your name I will lift up my hands.

6Let my soul be satisfied as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips.

8because you have been my helper. And I will rejoice under the covert of your wings:

9my soul has stuck close to you: your right hand has received me.

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Second Reading

Romans 12:1-2

How to read it

This reading often teaches Christians how to live with steadiness, charity, and faith. Look for one clear encouragement or warning you can carry into the day.

1I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, your reasonable service.

2And be not conformed to this world; but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect will of God.

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Gospel

Matthew 16:21-27

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.

21From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the leaders and teachers of the law and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.

22And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: Lord, be it far from you, this shall not be to you.

23Who turning, said to Peter: Go behind me, Satan, you art a scandal to me: because you savourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

24Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

25For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and the one who will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

26For what does it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

27For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.

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.