---
title: "Catholic Bible Widget for iPhone: Verse & Saint · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/features/widgets/
description: "Two Home Screen widgets: a new Catholic Bible verse every half hour and the saint of the day, small and medium sizes. Included with Bless Premium."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

Widgets

# Catholic Bible widgets *for your Home Screen*

Bless: Scroll Catholic Bible has two Home Screen widgets, each in a small and a medium size: Verse of the Hour, which shows a new verse every half hour, and Saint of the Day. Both come with Bless Premium.

Free on iPhone · iOS 26 or later. No ads, no account.

Updated October 20, 2026

MATTHEW 11:28

Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.

Saint of the day

St. Narcissus of Jerusalem

Bishop

PSALM 118:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.

— An illustration of the two widgets on a Home Screen. The verses are two of the 35,804 it can deal; the saint is the one Bless gives today.

Verse of the Hour

## A new verse *every half hour.*

On the hour and the half hour, the widget turns to another verse — any of the 35,804 verses of all 73 books, the deuterocanon included. Tap it and Bless opens on that verse.

It always shows the Catholic Public Domain Version, whichever translation you read in the app (in the 12 chapters where Bless uses the Douay-Rheims, it shows that). The small size suits short verses; the medium has room for longer ones.

PSALM 118:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.

MATTHEW 11:28

Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.

Small and medium, drawn with the widget’s own text and type.

Saint of the Day

## The saint of the day, *at a glance.*

The widget shows the saint Bless gives the date — the same saint as the Today tab — with their title, and turns over at midnight. Tap it to open their life, feast, patronage and their own words.

Bless has a saint for every date, so it is not always the saint the Mass celebrates that day.

[Saint of the day](https://blessbible.app/saint-of-the-day/)

Saint of the day

St. Narcissus of Jerusalem

Bishop

Saint of the day

St. Jerome

Priest and Doctor of the Church

St. Narcissus of Jerusalem is Bless’s saint for October 29, 2026; St. Jerome, for September 30.

Add one

## Add a widget *in five taps.*

1. 1
   Touch and hold an empty spot on your Home Screen until the apps jiggle.
2. 2
   Tap **Edit** in the top corner, then **Add Widget**.
3. 3
   Search for **Bless**.
4. 4
   Choose **Verse of the Hour** or **Saint of the Day**, and swipe to the size you want.
5. 5
   Tap **Add Widget**, place it, and tap **Done**.

A new verse every half hour

Unlock with Premium

The saint of every day

Unlock with Premium

Without Premium, each widget says what it would show. Tap it to see Bless Premium.

Good to know

## What the widgets *don’t* do.

- They live on the Home Screen only. There are no Lock Screen widgets.
- They come in small and medium sizes, not large.
- Verse of the Hour shows the CPDV even if you read the Douay-Rheims in the app.
- They are part of [Bless Premium](https://blessbible.app/pricing/) ($4.99 a month or $29.99 a year in the US). Without it, they show a lock.

FAQ

## Questions, *answered.*

### Are there Lock Screen widgets?

No. Bless’s two widgets are for the Home Screen, in small and medium sizes.

### How often does the verse widget change?

Every half hour, on the hour and the half hour.

### Are the widgets free?

No. They come with Bless Premium, $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year in the US. The rest of the Bible stays free.

[All questions](https://blessbible.app/faq/)

Keep exploring

[Pricing Free vs Premium What Premium adds.](https://blessbible.app/pricing/) [Today Readings and saint of the day The Church’s day in the app.](https://blessbible.app/features/today/) [iPhone Duo Bless on iPhone Duo Unfold it into a codex.](https://blessbible.app/features/iphone-duo/)