Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection July 06, 2026
Monday – 14th Week in Ordinary Time
06th June2026 (Monday)
Psalter: Week 2
Here are the Catholic Mass readings and a daily reflection for Monday, July 06, 2026, an ordinary weekday with the memorial of Saint Maria Goretti. Today Hosea hears God speak like a husband to his bride, and in the Gospel Jesus restores two daughters of Israel, one to health and one to life.
Readings of the Day
Catholic Mass Readings
First Reading: Hosea 2:14, 15cd-16, 19-20
Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. And in that day, declares the Lord, You will call me ‘My Husband’, and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal’. And I will betroth you to me for ever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.”
Psalm 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (R. 8a)
R/. The Lord is kind and full of compassion
Gospel Acclamation
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Our Saviour Christ Jesus abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
R/. Alleluia
Gospel: Matthew 9:18-26
At that time: While Jesus was speaking, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.” And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples. And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.” Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well. And when Jesus came to the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. And the report of this went through all that district.
Daily Gospel Reflection
Monday – 14th Week in Ordinary Time
Main Point: The sick woman did not grab at Jesus at random. She reached for the tassel on the corner of his cloak, the exact place an old promise said the Messiah would carry healing. She reached for the hem, and she reached in faith.
1. A leader of the synagogue pushes through the crowd and falls at Jesus’ feet. His daughter has just died. He does not ask Jesus to try something. He asks Jesus to come and lay a hand on her, certain that even death will turn back. So Jesus rises and follows him.
2. On the way, another sufferer is waiting in the crowd. A woman has been bleeding for twelve years. Twelve years of doctors, of money spent, of no cure. Her illness also made her unclean, so for twelve years no one could touch her without being defiled. She is worn down in her body and shut out from her people.
3. She does not dare to ask out loud. She comes up behind Jesus and touches the fringe of his cloak, and that fringe was not chosen by chance. Every Jewish man wore tassels on the corners of his garment, tied there at God’s command to remind him of the commandments. She reaches for the part of him that stands for the promises of God.
4. An even older hope was wrapped up in that reach. The prophet Malachi had promised that the sun of righteousness would rise “with healing in its wings.” The word he used for wings also meant the corner or hem of a garment, the very place the tassels hung. So an old longing held that healing would be found in the hem of the Messiah. The woman reaches for exactly that, as if she already believed the promise was true.
5. Jesus stops. In all that pressing crowd, he feels one touch of faith. He turns to her and speaks one word before any other. “Daughter.” She had been untouchable, unnamed, lost in the crowd. He calls her daughter. Then he tells her that her faith has made her well. The outcast belongs again.
6. Then Jesus reaches the leader’s house, where the mourners are already wailing. He tells them the girl is not dead but sleeping, and they laugh at him. He takes her by the hand, and she gets up. What everyone called death, he called sleep, because he was about to end it.
7. Both stories are about a daughter of Israel made whole, and that is the very heart of Hosea today. God speaks to his people the way a husband speaks to his bride. “I will betroth you to me forever, in mercy and in faithfulness.” Hosea’s God is tender, not distant. In the Gospel that tenderness takes on a face and two hands, and it reaches out to touch two hurting daughters.
8. The Church remembers a young daughter today as well. Maria Goretti was only eleven when a young man attacked her, and she died resisting him. As she lay dying, she forgave him by name and said she wanted him with her in heaven. Years later he repented, and he lived to see her declared a saint. A wounded daughter, pouring mercy on the very one who wounded her. That is Hosea’s mercy, made flesh in a child.
My Practice: You may feel like the woman in the crowd. Worn out, unclean in your own eyes, sure you are not worth stopping for. Reach anyway. You do not need bold words or a perfect prayer. You need one trembling touch of faith, aimed at the hem of his mercy. And when he turns and calls you his son or his daughter, believe that he means it. Then do what Maria did. Take the mercy he hands you, and give it to the person who least deserves it from you.
Read tomorrow’s Catholic Mass readings and reflection for July 07, 2026, or revisit yesterday’s reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Thank You 🙏🙏🙏
