Daily Mass Readings
September 23, 2026 — Wednesday
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), Priest (Memorial)
Season: Ordinary Time
First Reading
Proverbs 30:5-9
5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Text shown in KJV (public domain).
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163
29Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
89For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
163I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
Text shown in KJV (public domain).
Gospel
Luke 9:1-6
1Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
2And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
3And he said unto them,Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
4And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
5And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
6And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
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.