Daily Mass Readings

First Reading

Sirach 48:1-14

¹And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch.

²He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a small number, for they could not endure the commandments of the Lord.

³By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and he brought down fire from heaven thrice.

⁴Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee?

⁵Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.

⁶Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.

⁷Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.

⁸Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.

⁹Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.

¹⁰Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

¹¹Blessed are they that saw thee, and were honoured with thy friendship.

¹²For we live only in our life, but after death our name shall not be such.

¹³Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he.

¹⁴No word could overcome him, and after death his body prophesied.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (Catholic canon)

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7

¹The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

²Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

³A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

⁴His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

⁵The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

⁷Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

Text shown in KJV (public domain).

Gospel

Matthew 6:7-15

⁷But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

⁸Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

⁹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

¹⁰Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

¹¹Give us this day our daily bread.

¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

¹⁴For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

¹⁵But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Text shown in KJV (public domain).

The readings proclaimed at Mass in the United States follow the NABRE Lectionary. Read today's official text at USCCB →

Verse text shown from public-domain translations (KJV; Douay-Rheims chain for deuterocanonical books). The text proclaimed at Mass in the United States is the NABRE Lectionary — read it at the USCCB link.