Daily Mass Readings

First Reading

Sirach 4:11-19

¹¹And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.

¹²Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.

¹³And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.

¹⁴They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.

¹⁵They that serve her, shall be servants to the holy one: and God loveth them that love her.

¹⁶He that hearkeneth to her, shall judge nations: and he that looketh upon her, shall remain secure.

¹⁷If he trust to her, he shall inherit her, and his generation shall be in assurance.

¹⁸For she walketh with him in temptation, and at the first she chooseth him.

¹⁹She will bring upon him fear and dread and trial: and she will scourge him with the affliction of her discipline, till she try him by her laws, and trust his soul.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (Catholic canon)

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 119:165, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175

¹⁶⁵Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

¹⁶⁸I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

¹⁷¹My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

¹⁷²My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

¹⁷⁴I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

¹⁷⁵Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

Text shown in KJV (public domain).

Gospel

Mark 9:38-40

³⁸And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

³⁹But Jesus said,Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.

⁴⁰For he that is not against us is on our part.

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.