Mass Readings

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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

Reading I

Eph 3:14-19

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named:

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man:

That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,

You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge: that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

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 appointed for today follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the dioceses of the United States.

Psalm verses follow the Vulgate numbering in the Douay-Rheims, which may differ by one chapter and a few verses from the Hebrew numbering used by the modern Lectionary. The substance of each Psalm is the same.

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