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July 2026 Sunday Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Scripture<\/strong> Readings for Sundays in July 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays of the Year. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select Month:<\/strong> January<\/a><\/strong> \/ February<\/strong><\/a> \/ March<\/strong><\/a> \/ April<\/strong><\/a> \/ May<\/strong><\/a> \/ June<\/strong><\/a> \/ July<\/strong><\/a> \/ August<\/strong><\/a> \/ September<\/strong><\/a> \/ October<\/strong><\/a> \/ November<\/strong><\/a> \/ December<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday Mass Readings for<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

July 2026  – Year A<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 5th July 2026 – 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/a>
Sunday 12th July 2026 – 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/a>
Sunday 19th July 2026 – 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/a>
Sunday 26th July 2026 – 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14th Sunday of OT<\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Prophet Zechariah 9:9-10 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\n See now, your king comes humbly to you. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

The Lord says this:<\/p>Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion!
Shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem!
See now, your king comes to you;
he is victorious, he is triumphant,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
He will banish chariots from Ephraim
and horses from Jerusalem;
the bow of war will be banished.
He will proclaim peace for the nations.
His empire shall stretch from sea to sea,
from the River to the ends of the earth. <\/p> \n\n

\nPsalm: 144(145):1-2, 8-11, 13b-14 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\nI will give you glory, O God my king,
\nI will bless your name for ever.
\nI will bless you day after day
\nand praise your name for ever.<\/p>\n\n

The Lord is kind and full of compassion,
\nslow to anger, abounding in love.
\nHow good is the Lord to all,
\ncompassionate to all his creatures.<\/p>\n\n

All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,
\nand your friends shall repeat their blessing.
\nThey shall speak of the glory of your reign
\nand declare your might, O God.<\/p>\n\n

The Lord is faithful in all his words
\nand loving in all his deeds.
\nThe Lord supports all who fall
\nand raises all who are bowed down.<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:9, 11-13
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n If by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body, you will live <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Your interests are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual, since the Spirit of God has made his home in you. In fact, unless you possessed the Spirit of Christ you would not belong to him, and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you.
So then, my brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves or to live unspiritual lives. If you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will live.<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 11:25-30
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n You have hidden these things from the wise and revealed them to little children <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus exclaimed, \u201cI bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
\u201cCome to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.\u201d <\/p>
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Sunday 12th July – 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/font color> <\/b><\/p> \n\n

\"15th<\/p>\n\n \n

A reading from the Prophet Isaiah 55:10-11<\/font color> <\/b>
\n\n The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me empty <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Thus says the Lord: \u2018As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it was sent to do.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 64(65):10-14 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\nYou care for the earth, give it water,
\nyou fill it with riches.
\nYour river in heaven brims over
\nto provide its grain.<\/p>\n\n

And thus you provide for the earth;
\nyou drench its furrows;
\nyou level it, soften it with showers;
\nyou bless its growth.<\/p>\n\n

You crown the year with your goodness.
\nAbundance flows in your steps,
\nin the pastures of the wilderness it flows.<\/p>\n\n

The hills are girded with joy,
\nthe meadows covered with flocks,
\nthe valleys are decked with wheat.
\nThey shout for joy, yes, they sing.<\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:18-23 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

I think that what we suffer in this life can never be compared to the glory, as yet unrevealed, which is waiting for us. The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons. It was not for any fault on the part of creation that it was made unable to attain its purpose, it was made so by God; but creation still retains the hope of being freed, like us, from its slavery to decadence, to enjoy the same freedom and glory as the children of God. From the beginning till now the entire creation, as we know, has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 13:1-23 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n A sower went out to sow <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in parables.
He said, \u201cImagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth; but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having any roots, they withered away. Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on rich soil and produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Listen, anyone who has ears!\u201d
Then the disciples went up to him and asked, \u201cWhy do you talk to them in parables?\u201d \u201cBecause\u201d he replied, \u201cthe mysteries of the kingdom of heaven are revealed to you, but they are not revealed to them. For anyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. The reason I talk to them in parables is that they look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding. So in their case this prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled:<\/p>You will listen and listen again, but not understand,
see and see again, but not perceive.
For the heart of this nation has grown coarse,
their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes,
for fear they should see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their heart,
and be converted
and be healed by me.<\/p>\u201cBut happy are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear! I tell you solemnly, many prophets and holy men longed to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.
\u201cYou, therefore, are to hear the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the evil one comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the man who received the seed on the edge of the path. The one who received it on patches of rock is the man who hears the word and welcomes it at once with joy. But he has no root in him, he does not last; let some trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, and he falls away at once. The one who received the seed in thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this world and the lure of riches choke the word and so he produces nothing. And the one who received the seed in rich soil is the man who hears the word and understands it; he is the one who yields a harvest and produces now a hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.\u201d<\/p>
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Sunday 19th June – 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/b><\/p> \n\n

\"16th<\/p>\n\n \n

A reading from the Book of Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 <\/font color><\/b>
\n\n After sin you will grant repentance <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

There is no god, other than you, who cares for every thing,
to whom you might have to prove that you never judged unjustly.
Your justice has its source in strength,
your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all.
You show your strength when your sovereign power is questioned
and you expose the insolence of those who know it;
but, disposing of such strength, you are mild in judgement,
you govern us with great lenience,
for you have only to will, and your power is there.
By acting thus you have taught a lesson to your people
how the virtuous man must be kindly to his fellow men,
and you have given your sons the good hope
that after sin you will grant repentance. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 85(86):5-6, 9-10, 15-16 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\nO Lord, you are good and forgiving,
\nfull of love to all who call.
\nGive heed, O Lord, to my prayer
\nand attend to the sound of my voice.<\/p>\n\n

All the nations shall come to adore you
\nand glorify your name, O Lord:
\nfor you are great and do marvellous deeds,
\nyou who alone are God.<\/p>\n\n

But you, God of mercy and compassion,
\nslow to anger, O Lord,
\nabounding in love and truth,
\nturn and take pity on me. <\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:26-27<\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n he Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

The Spirit comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words, and God who knows everything in our hearts knows perfectly well what he means, and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the Spirit are according to the mind of God. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 13:24-43
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n Let them both grow till the harvest <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus put another parable before the crowds: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, the darnel appeared as well. The owner\u2019s servants went to him and said, \u2018Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?\u2019 \u2018Some enemy has done this\u2019 he answered. And the servants said, \u2018Do you want us to go and weed it out?\u2019 But he said, \u2018No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn.\u2019\u201d
He put another parable before them: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the biggest shrub of all and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and shelter in its branches.\u201d
He told them another parable: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.\u201d
In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables. This was to fulfil the prophecy:<\/p>I will speak to you in parables
and expound things hidden since the foundation of the world.<\/p>\n

Then, leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his disciples came to him and said, \u201cExplain the parable about the darnel in the field to us.\u201d He said in reply, \u201cThe sower of the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the evil one; the enemy who sowed them, the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels. Well then, just as the darnel is gathered up and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time. The Son of Man will send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that provoke offences and all who do evil, and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. Then the virtuous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Listen, anyone who has ears!\u201d <\/p>
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Sunday 26th June – 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time <\/font color><\/b><\/p> \n\n

\"17th<\/p>\n\n \n

A reading from the First Book of the Kings 3:5,7-12<\/font color><\/b>
\n\n Solomon chooses the gift of wisdom <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and said, \u2018Ask what you would like me to give you.\u2019 Solomon replied, \u2018O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in succession to David my father. But I am a very young man, unskilled in leadership. Your servant finds himself in the midst of this people of yours that you have chosen, a people so many its number cannot be counted or reckoned. Give your servant a heart to understand how to discern between good and evil, for who could govern this people of yours that is so great?\u2019 It pleased the Lord that Solomon should have asked for this. \u2018Since you have asked for this\u2019 the Lord said \u2018and not asked for long life for yourself or riches or the lives of your enemies, but have asked for a discerning judgement for yourself, here and now I do what you ask. I give you a heart wise and shrewd as none before you has had and none will have after you.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 118(119):57, 72, 76-77, 127-130 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\nMy part, I have resolved, O Lord,
\nis to obey your word.
\nThe law from your mouth means more to me
\nthan silver and gold.<\/p>\n\n

Let your love be ready to console me
\nby your promise to your servant.
\nLet your love come and I shall live
\nfor your law is my delight.<\/p>\n\n

That is why I love your commands
\nmore than finest gold,
\nwhy I rule my life by your precepts,
\nand hate false ways.<\/p>\n\n

Your will is wonderful indeed;
\ntherefore I obey it.
\nThe unfolding of your word gives light
\nand teaches the simple. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nA reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:28-30 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n Those he called, he justified <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

We know that by turning everything to their good, God co-operates with all those who love him, with all those he has called according to his purpose. They are the ones he chose specially long ago and intended to become true images of his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest of many brothers. He called those he intended for this; those he called he justified, and with those he justified he shared his glory. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 13:44-52<\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n He sells everything he owns and buys the field <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus said to the crowds, \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which someone has found; he hides it again, goes off happy, sells everything he owns and buys the field.
\u201cAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls; when he finds one of great value he goes and sells everything he owns and buys it.
\u201cAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea that brings in a haul of all kinds. When it is full, the fishermen haul it ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in a basket and throw away those that are no use. This is how it will be at the end of time: the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the just to throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
\u201cHave you understood all this?\u201d They said, \u201cYes.\u201d And he said to them, \u201cWell then, every scribe who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out from his storeroom things both new and old.\u201d <\/p>
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\nExcerpt from THE GRAIL PSALMS, with permission of A P Watt at United Agents on behalf of The Grail, England. Copyright \u00a9 1963 by The Grail, England.
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