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Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Saint Louis/Saint Joseph of Calasanz, Priest

Ordinary Time · Green

Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide

First Reading

2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17

1And we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him: 2That you be not easily moved from your sense, nor be terrified, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle, as sent from us, as if the day of the Lord were at hand. 3Let no man deceive you by any means, for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

14Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle. 15Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope in grace, 16Exhort your hearts, and confirm you in every good work and word.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 96:10, 11-12, 13

10Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice.

11Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof:

12The fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful. Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice

13Before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.

Gospel

Matthew 23:23-26

23Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law; judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to leave those undone. 24Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness. 26Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.

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.