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Liturgical Calendar

Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays, and the daily Gospel. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer.

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March 2026

Sundays: Cycle A; Weekdays: Cycle 2; (OT – Ordinary Time)
Date Celebration 1st Reading Psalm 2nd Reading Gospel

The Season of Lent

Mar 1 2nd Sunday of Lent Genesis 12:1–4a Ps 33:4–22 2 Timothy 1:8b–10 Matthew 17:1–9
Mar 2 Monday of Lent Week 2 Daniel 9:4b–10 Ps 79:8–13 Luke 6:36–38
Mar 3 Tuesday of Lent Week 2 Isaiah 1:10–20 Ps 50:8–23 Matthew 23:1–12
Mar 4 Wednesday of Lent Week 2 Jeremiah 18:18–20 Ps 31:5–16 Matthew 20:17–28
Mar 5 Thursday of Lent Week 2 Jeremiah 17:5–10 Ps 1:1–6 Luke 16:19–31
Mar 6 Friday of Lent Week 2 Genesis 37:3–28 Ps 105:16–21 Matthew 21:33–46
Mar 7 Saturday of Lent Week 2 Micah 7:14–20 Ps 103:1–12 Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Mar 8 3rd Sunday of Lent Exodus 17:3–7 Ps 95:1–9 Romans 5:5:1-2, 5-8 John 4:5–42
Mar 9 Monday of Lent Week 3 2 Kings 5:1–15 Ps 42:2–4; 43:3–4 Luke 4:24–30
Mar 10 Tuesday of Lent Week 3 Daniel 3:25, 34–43 Ps 25:4–9 Matthew 18:21–35
Mar 11 Wednesday of Lent Week 3 Deuteronomy 4:1, 5–9 Ps 147:12–20 Matthew 5:17–19
Mar 12 Thursday of Lent Week 3 Jeremiah 7:23–28 Ps 95:1–9 Luke 11:14–23
Mar 13 Friday of Lent Week 3 Hosea 14:2–10 Ps 81:6–17 Mark 12:28–34
Mar 14 Saturday of Lent Week 3 Hosea 6:1–6 Ps 51:3–21 Luke 18:9–14
Mar 15 4th Sunday of Lent 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Ps 23:1–6 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1–41
Mar 16 Monday of Lent Week 4 Isaiah 65:17-21 Ps 30:2–13 John 4:43–54
Mar 17 Tuesday of Lent Week 4 Ezekiel 47:1–9, 12 Ps 46:2–9 John 5:1–16
Mar 18 Wednesday of Lent Week 4 Isaiah 49:8-15 Ps 145:8–18 John 5:17–30
Mar 19 Thursday of Lent Week 4 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16 Ps 89:2–29 Rom 4:13–22 Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
Mar 20 Friday of Lent Week 4 Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 Ps 34:17–23 John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Mar 21 Saturday of Lent Week 4 Jeremiah 11:18-20 Ps 7:2–12 John 7:40–53
Mar 22 5th Sunday of Lent Ezekiel 37:12-14 Ps 130:1–8 Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1–45
Mar 23 Monday of Lent Week 5 Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 Ps 23:1–6 John 8:1–11
Mar 24 Tuesday of Lent Week 5 Numbers 21:4-9 Ps 102:2–21 John 8:21–30
Mar 25 Wednesday of Lent Week 5 Daniel 3:14-20, 24-25, 28 Daniel 3:52-56 John 8:31-42
Also Annunciation of the Lord Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10c Ps 40:7–11 Hebrews 10:4-10 Luke 1:26–38
Mar 26 Thursday of Lent Week 5 Genesis 17:3-9 Ps 18:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7 John 8:51-59
Mar 27 Friday of Lent Week 5 Jeremiah 20:10-13 Ps 34:17–21,23 John 10:31-42
Mar 28 Saturday of Lent Week 5 Ezekiel 37:21-28 Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12b, 13 John 11:45-56

HOLY WEEK

Mar 29 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Isaiah 50:4–7 Ps 22:8–24 Philipians 2:6–11 Matthew 26:14–27:66
The Passion According to Matthew
Mar 30 Monday of Holy Week Isaiah 42:1–7 Ps 27:1–14 John 12:1–11
Mar 31 Tuesday of Holy Week Isaiah 49:1–6 Ps 71:1–6,15,17 John 13:21–33, 36–38

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Excerpt from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reproduced with Permission.
Excerpt from THE GRAIL PSALMS, with permission of A P Watt at United Agents on behalf of The Grail, England. Copyright © 1963 by The Grail, England.
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