{"id":14052,"date":"2025-10-23T14:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/?page_id=14052"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:11:01","slug":"calendar-0226","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0226\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendar 0226"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png\" alt=\"Scripture\" class=\"wp-image-440\" style=\"width:219px;height:88px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png 761w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Liturgical Calendar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-1024x186.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302\" style=\"width:1020px;height:185px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-1024x186.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-768x140.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays, and the daily Gospel. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025   <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar0925\/\">September<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar1025\/\">October<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar1125\/\">November<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar1225\/\">December<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2026   <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0126\/\">January<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0226\/\">February<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0326\/\">March<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0426\/\">April<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0526\/\">May<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0626\/\">June<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0726\/\">July<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0826\/\">August<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0926\/\">September<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-1026\/\">October<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-1126\/\">November<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n<table class=\"small-font\">\n<caption>Sundays: Cycle A; Weekdays: Cycle 2;          (OT &#8211; Ordinary Time);<br \/>Season of Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, 18th February<\/caption>\n<thead style=\"font color: #0033CC;\">\n<tr>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">Date<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">Celebration<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">1st Reading<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">Psalm<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">2nd Reading<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">Gospel<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n      <tr><td colspan=\"6\"><\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#b2edf7\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Feb 1<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>4th Sunday OT<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Zephania 2:3; 3:12\u201313<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 146:6\u201310<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>1 Corinthians 1:26\u201331<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Matthew 5:1\u201312a<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 2<\/td>\n<td>Monday of 4th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>2 Samueluel 15:13-14, 30, 16:5-13<\/td>\n<td>Ps 3:2-8<\/td>\n<td>Heb 2:14\u201318<\/td>\n<td>Mark 5:1-20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i> &#8211; Also<\/i><\/td>\n<td>Presentation of the Lord<\/td>\n<td>Malachi 3:1\u20134<\/td>\n<td>Ps 24:7\u201310<\/td>\n<td>Heb 2:14\u201318<\/td>\n<td>Luke 2:22\u201340<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 3<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday of 4th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>2 Samuel 18:9\u201319:3<\/td>\n<td>Ps 86:1\u20136<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 5:21\u201343<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 4<\/td>\n<td>Wednesday of 4th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>2 Samuel 24:2, 9\u201317<\/td>\n<td>Ps 32:1\u20137<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 6:1\u20136<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 5<\/td>\n<td>Thursday of 4th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>1 Kings 2:1\u201312<\/td>\n<td>1 Chronicles 29:10\u201312<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 6:7\u201313<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 6<\/td>\n<td>Friday of 4th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>Sirach 47:2\u201311<\/td>\n<td>Ps 18:31,47,50\u201351<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 6:14\u201329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 7<\/td>\n<td>Saturday of 4th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>1 Kings 3:4\u201313<\/td>\n<td>Ps 119:9\u201314<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 6:30\u201334<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#b2edf7\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Feb 8<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>5th Sunday OT<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Isaiah 58:6-10<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 112:4\u20139<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>1 Corinthians 2:1\u20135<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Matthew 5:13\u201316<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 9<\/td>\n<td>Monday of 5th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>1 Kings 8:1\u201313<\/td>\n<td>Ps 132:6\u201310<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 6:53\u201356<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 10<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday of 5th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>1 Kings 8:22\u201330<\/td>\n<td>Ps 84:3\u201311<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 7:1\u201313<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 11<\/td>\n<td>Wednesday of 5th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>1 Kings 10:1\u201310<\/td>\n<td>Ps 37:5\u201340<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 7:14\u201323<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 12<\/td>\n<td>Thursday of 5th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>1 Kings 11:4\u201313<\/td>\n<td>Ps 106:3\u201340<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 7:24\u201330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 13<\/td>\n<td>Friday of 5th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>1 Kings 11:29\u201332; 12:19<\/td>\n<td>Ps 81:10\u201317<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 7:31\u201337<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 14<\/td>\n<td>Saturday of 5th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>1 Kings 12:26-32, 13:33-34<\/td>\n<td>Ps 106:6-7,19-22<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 8:1-10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#b2edf7\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Feb 15<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>6th Sunday OT<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Sirach 15:15\u201320<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 119:1\u201334<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>1 Corinthians  2:6\u201310<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Matthew 5:17\u201337<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 16<\/td>\n<td>Monday of 6th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>Jas 1:1\u201311<\/td>\n<td>Ps 119:67\u201377<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 8:11\u201313<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 17<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday of 6th Week of OT<\/td>\n<td>Jas 1:12\u201318<\/td>\n<td>Ps 94:12\u201319<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Mark 8:14\u201321<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"6\"><\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#efe5f7\">\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0033cc; align: center;\"><b>The Season of Lent<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#d8bfeb\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Feb 18<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ash Wednesday<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Joel 2:12\u201318<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 51:3\u201317<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>2 Corinthians  5:20\u20136:2<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#efe5f7\">\n<td>Feb 19<\/td>\n<td>Thursday after Ash Wed<\/td>\n<td>Deuteronomy 30:15-20<\/td>\n<td>Ps 1:1\u20136<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Luke 9:22\u201325<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#efe5f7\">\n<td>Feb 20<\/td>\n<td>Friday after Ash Wed<\/td>\n<td>Isaiah 58:1\u20139a<\/td>\n<td>Ps 51:3\u201319<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Matthew 9:14\u201315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#efe5f7\">\n<td>Feb 21<\/td>\n<td>Saturday after Ash Wed<\/td>\n<td>Isaiah 58:9b\u201314<\/td>\n<td>Ps 86:1\u20136<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Luke 5:27\u201332<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#d8bfeb\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Feb 22<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>1st Sunday of Lent<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 51:3&#8230;17<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Romans 5:12-19<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Matthew 4:1-11<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#efe5f7\">\n<td>Feb 23<\/td>\n<td>Monday of Lent Week 1<\/td>\n<td>Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18<\/td>\n<td>Ps 19:8\u201315<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Matthew 25:31\u201346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#efe5f7\">\n<td>Feb 24<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday of Lent Week 1<\/td>\n<td>Isaiah 55:10-11<\/td>\n<td>Ps 34:4\u201319<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Matthew 6:7\u201315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#efe5f7\">\n<td>Feb 25<\/td>\n<td>Wednesday of Lent Week 1<\/td>\n<td>Jonah 3:1-10<\/td>\n<td>Ps 51:3\u201319<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Luke 11:29\u201332<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#efe5f7\">\n<td>Feb 26<\/td>\n<td>Thursday of Lent Week 1<\/td>\n<td>Esther 4:17<\/td>\n<td>Ps 138:1&#8230;8<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Matthew 7:7-12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#efe5f7\">\n<td>Feb 27<\/td>\n<td>Friday of Lent Week 1<\/td>\n<td>Ezekiel 18:21-28\n<\/td>\n<td>Ps 130:1&#8230;8.<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Matthew 5:20-26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#efe5f7\">\n<td>Feb 28<\/td>\n<td>Saturday of Lent Week 1<\/td>\n<td>Deuteronomy 26:16-19<\/td>\n<td>Ps 119:1&#8230;8<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Matthew 5:43-48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n      <tr><td colspan=\"6\"><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style='text-align: justify;'><font size=\"1\"><i>Excerpt from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1966 by Darton, Longman &amp; Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reproduced with Permission. <br>\nExcerpt from THE GRAIL PSALMS, with permission of A P Watt at United Agents on behalf of The Grail, England. Copyright \u00a9 1963 by The Grail, England. <br>\nCopyright \u00a9 2019-2026 Prayerfulness.com. Users must not reproduce, download, store in any medium, distribute, transmit or retransmit or manipulate any text contained in this website except for non-commercial worship purposes. Thank you.<\/i><\/font size=\"1\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liturgical Calendar Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays, and the daily Gospel. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer. February 2026 Sundays: Cycle A; Weekdays: Cycle 2; (OT &#8211; Ordinary Time);Season of Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, 18th February Date Celebration 1st Reading Psalm 2nd Reading Gospel Feb 1 4th Sunday &#8230; <a title=\"Calendar 0226\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0226\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Calendar 0226\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14052","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14052"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14589,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14052\/revisions\/14589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}