Daily Mass Readings

First Reading

Ezekiel 2:8-3:4

Read this passage at the USCCB daily readings page.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131

¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

²⁴Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

⁷²The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

¹⁰³How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹¹¹Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

¹³¹I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Text shown in KJV (public domain).

Gospel

Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14

¹At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

²And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

³And said,Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

⁴Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

⁵And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

¹⁰Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

¹²How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

¹³And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

¹⁴Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

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.