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Mass Readings

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church

Memorial · Ordinary Time · Cycle A · Year II · White

Reading I

Wisdom 7:7-10, 15-16

Wherefore I wished, and understanding was given me: and I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came upon me:

And I preferred her before kingdoms and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.

Neither did I compare unto her any precious stone: for all gold, in comparison of her, is as a little sand; and silver, in respect to her, shall be counted as clay.

I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for her light cannot be put out.

And God hath given to me to speak as I would, and to conceive thoughts worthy of those things that are given me: because he is the guide of wisdom, and the director of the wise:

For in his hand are both we, and our words, and all wisdom, and the knowledge and skill of works.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.

With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.

Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.

With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.

I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.

Gospel

Matt 23:8-12

But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master: and all you are brethren.

And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.

Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, Christ.

He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

About These Readings

Scripture text from the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision, 1899), which is in the public domain. The Mass readings follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the dioceses of the United States.

The Douay-Rheims follows the Vulgate numbering, which in the Psalms, Sirach, and a few other books can differ by a chapter or a few verses from the numbering in the modern Lectionary. The text is the same passage.

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