Daily Readings

Sunday, July 12, 2026
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ordinary • Year A • Weekday Cycle II

First Reading

Zech 9:9-10

Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your King will come to you: the Just One, the Savior. He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey
And I will scatter the four-horse chariot out of Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be destroyed. And he will speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power will be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14

The Praise of David himself. I will extol you, O God, my king. And I will bless your name, in this time and forever and ever
Throughout every single day, I will bless you. And I will praise your name, in this time and forever and ever
The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy
The Lord is sweet to all things, and his compassion is upon all his works
O Lord, may all your works confess to you, and let your holy ones bless you
They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and they will declare your power
Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion is with all, from generation to generation. The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works
The Lord lifts up all who have fallen down, and he sets upright all who have been thrown down

Second Reading

Rom 8:9, 11-13

And you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if it is true that the Spirit of God lives within you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him
But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead lives within you, then he who raised up Jesus Christ from the dead shall also enliven your mortal bodies, by means of his Spirit living within you
Therefore, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh, so as to live according to the flesh
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if, by the Spirit, you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live

Gospel

Matt 11:25-30

At that time, Jesus responded and said: “I acknowledge you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones
Yes, Father, for this was pleasing before you
All things have been delivered to me by my Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him
Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls
For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light.
Readings from the Roman Catholic Lectionary • Scripture: Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV) • Lectionary citations from the USCCB