A Catholic guide for saints, prayer, and practical devotional reading.
Guardian Angels. 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.
Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5
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.
1Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said$1
Psalm 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab
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.
1I will praise you, OH lord, with all my heart: for you have heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to you before his angels:
2I will worship towards your holy temple, and I will give glory to your name. For your mercy, and for your truth: for you have magnified your holy name above all.
3In what day soever I shall call upon you, hear me: you shall multiply strength in my soul.
7If I shall walk in the midst of trouble, you will quicken me: and you have stretched forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies: and your right hand has saved me.
8The Lord will repay for me: your mercy, OH Lord, lasts forever: OH despise not the work of your hands.
Matthew 18:1-5, 10
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.
1At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who thinkest you is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?
2And Jesus calling to him a little child, set him in the midst of them,
3And said: Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.
5And the one who will receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.
10See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
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.