Scripture & Season

Today's Readings

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Liturgical Season

Easter

Easter Season — 50 days of joy celebrating the Resurrection.

Vestment color: White

Daily Scripture Readings

The USCCB publishes the official daily Mass readings. Tap below to read today's First Reading, Psalm, Second Reading (Sundays), and Gospel.

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Liturgical Colors Guide

Green

Ordinary Time — growth in faith

Purple

Advent & Lent — penance and expectation

White / GoldCurrent

Christmas, Easter, feasts of Our Lord and Mary

Red

Pentecost, Palm Sunday, feasts of martyrs

Rose

Gaudete Sunday (Advent) & Laetare Sunday (Lent)

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The Liturgical Year

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Advent — Joyful expectation of the coming of Christ
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Christmas — Celebrating the Incarnation — God made man
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Ordinary Time — Growing in faith through the Lord's public ministry
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Lent — Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving before Easter
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Easter — Fifty days of joy — Christ is risen!

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