Readings for

July 21, 2026

Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Mass of the Day
Reading I

Micah 7:14-15, 18-20

14Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, That lives apart in a woodland, in the midst of an orchard. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old; 15As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt, show us wonderful signs. 18Who is a God like you, who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance; Who does not persist in anger forever, but instead delights in mercy, 19And will again have compassion on us, treading underfoot our iniquities? You will cast into the depths of the sea all our sins; 20You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and loyalty to Abraham, As you have sworn to our ancestors from days of old.
Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8

2I - You once favored, LORD, your land, restored the captives of Jacob. 3You forgave the guilt of your people, pardoned all their sins. Selah 4You withdrew all your wrath, turned back from your burning anger. 5II - Restore us, God of our salvation; let go of your displeasure with us. 6Will you be angry with us forever, prolong your anger for all generations? 7Certainly you will again restore our life, that your people may rejoice in you. 8Show us, LORD, your mercy; grant us your salvation.
Alleluia

John 14:23

23Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.
Gospel

Matthew 12:46-50

46While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him. 47[Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak with you.”] 48But he said in reply to the one who told him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” 49And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother.”