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Friday, August 7, 2026

Friday of the eighteenth week of Ordinary Time

  • Green
  • Year II
  • Psalter week 2

Optional memorial: Saint Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs

Optional memorial: Saint Cajetan, Priest

Mass readings

  • First readingDt 4:32-40
  • PsalmPs 77:12-16, 21
  • GospelMt 16:24-28

Read the readings in full on Vatican News

Readings at Mass

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First reading · Dt 4:32-40

First reading

Read Deuteronomy 4 in the Bible

Psalm · Ps 77:12-16, 21

Psalm

Gospel · Mt 16:24-28

Gospel

Read Matthew 16 in the Bible

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