Thursday, 16 July 2026
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide
First Reading
7The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in. 8And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul. 9My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.
12Lord, thou wilt give us peace: for thou hast wrought all our works for us.
16Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them. 17As a woman with child, when she draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs: so are we become in thy presence, O Lord. 18We have conceived, and been as it were in labour, and have brought forth wind: we have not wrought salvation on the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen. 19Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 102:13-14ab and 15, 16-18, 19-21
13But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.
14Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.
15For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.
16And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
17For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.
18He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.
19Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:
20Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.
21That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:
Gospel
28Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you. 29Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. 30For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.
Same readings worldwide and in the United States.
Text: Douay-Rheims (public domain). Reading citations: cpbjr/catholic-readings-api (MIT license). The Lectionary text used at Mass in the United States is the NABRE, which you can read at USCCB.