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February 2026 Sunday Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Scripture<\/strong> Readings for Sundays in February 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays of the Year. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select Month:<\/strong> January<\/a><\/strong> \/ February<\/strong><\/a> \/ March<\/strong><\/a> \/ April<\/strong><\/a> \/ May<\/strong><\/a> \/ June<\/strong><\/a> \/ July<\/strong><\/a> \/ August<\/strong><\/a> \/ September<\/strong><\/a> \/ October<\/strong><\/a> \/ November<\/strong><\/a> \/ December<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday Mass Readings for<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

February 2026  – Year A<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

Sunday 1st February 2026 – 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/a>
Sunday 8th February 2026 – 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/a>
Sunday 15th February 2026 – 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/a>
Sunday 22nd February 2026 – 1st Sunday of Lent<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Sunday 1st February – 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time <\/p> <\/font color><\/b><\/p>\n\n



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A reading from the Prophet Zephaniah 2:3, 3:12-13<\/b> <\/font color>
\n\n In your midst I will leave a humble and a lowly people. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Seek the Lord,
\nall you, the humble of the earth,
\nwho obey his commands.
\nSeek integrity,
\nseek humility:
\nyou may perhaps find shelter
\non the day of the anger of the Lord.
\nIn your midst I will leave
\na humble and lowly people,
\nand those who are left in Israel will seek refuge in the name of the Lord.
\nThey will do no wrong,
\nwill tell no lies;
\nand the perjured tongue will no longer
\nbe found in their mouths.
\nBut they will be able to graze and rest
\nwith no one to disturb them. <\/p>\n\n

\nPsalm: 145:6-10 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\nIt is the Lord who keeps faith for ever,
\nwho is just to those who are oppressed.
\nIt is he who gives bread to the hungry,
\nthe Lord, who sets prisoners free. <\/p>\n\n

It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind,
\nwho raises up those who are bowed down,
\nthe Lord, who protects the stranger
\nand upholds the widow and orphan. <\/p>\n\n

It is the Lord who loves the just
\nbut thwarts the path of the wicked.
\nThe Lord will reign for ever,
\nZion\u2019s God, from age to age. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 1:26-31
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n God chose what is foolish by human reckoning. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Take yourselves for instance, brothers, at the time when you were called: how many of you were wise in the ordinary sense of the word, how many were influential people, or came from noble families? No, it was to shame the wise that God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, and to shame what is strong that he chose what is weak by human reckoning; those whom the world thinks common and contemptible are the ones that God has chosen \u2013 those who are nothing at all to show up those who are everything. The human race has nothing to boast about to God, but you, God has made members of Christ Jesus and by God\u2019s doing he has become our wisdom, and our virtue, and our holiness, and our freedom. As scripture says: if anyone wants to boast, let him boast about the Lord.<\/i> <\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 5:1-12a
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n How happy are the poor in spirit. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:

\n\u2018How happy are the poor in spirit;
\ntheirs is the kingdom of heaven.
\nHappy the gentle:
\nthey shall have the earth for their heritage.
\nHappy those who mourn:
\nthey shall be comforted.
\nHappy those who hunger and thirst for what is right:
\nthey shall be satisfied.
\nHappy the merciful:
\nthey shall have mercy shown them.
\nHappy the pure in heart:
\nthey shall see God.
\nHappy the peacemakers:
\nthey shall be called sons of God.
\nHappy those who are persecuted in the cause of right:
\ntheirs is the kingdom of heaven.
\n\u2018Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.\u2019\n <\/p>
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Sunday 8th February – 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time <\/b><\/font color><\/p>\n\n

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\nA reading from the Prophet Isaiah 58:7-10 <\/b><\/font color>
\n\n Then will your light shine like the dawn <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Thus says the Lord:
\nShare your bread with the hungry,
\nand shelter the homeless poor,
\nclothe the man you see to be naked
\nand do not turn from your own kin.
\nThen will your light shine like the dawn
\nand your wound be quickly healed over.

\n\nYour integrity will go before you
\nand the glory of the Lord behind you.
\nCry, and the Lord will answer;
\ncall, and he will say, \u2018I am here.\u2019
\nIf you do away with the yoke,
\nthe clenched fist, the wicked word,
\nif you give your bread to the hungry,
\nand relief to the oppressed,
\nyour light will rise in the darkness,
\nand your shadows become like noon. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 111:4-9 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\nHe is a light in the darkness for the upright:
\nhe is generous, merciful and just.
\nThe good man takes pity and lends,
\nhe conducts his affairs with honour. <\/p>\n\n

The just man will never waver:
\nhe will be remembered for ever.
\nHe has no fear of evil news;
\nwith a firm heart he trusts in the Lord. <\/p>\n\n

With a steadfast heart he will not fear;
\nopen-handed, he gives to the poor;
\nhis justice stands firm for ever.
\nHis head will be raised in glory. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nA reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 2:1-5
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n During my stay with you, the only knowledge I claimed to have was about Jesus as the crucified Christ <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

When I came to you, brothers, it was not with any show of oratory or philosophy, but simply to tell you what God had guaranteed. During my stay with you, the only knowledge I claimed to have was about Jesus, and only about him as the crucified Christ. Far from relying on any power of my own, I came among you in great \u2018fear and trembling\u2019 and in my speeches and the sermons that I gave, there were none of the arguments that belong to philosophy; only a demonstration of the power of the Spirit. And I did this so that your faith should not depend on human philosophy but on the power of God. <\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 5:13-16
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n You are the light of the world. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus said to his disciples: \u201cYou are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, what can make it salty again? It is good for nothing, and can only be thrown out to be trampled underfoot by men.
\n\u201cYou are the light of the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp to put it under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand where it shines for everyone in the house. In the same way your light must shine in the sight of men, so that, seeing your good works, they may give the praise to your Father in heaven.\u201d\n <\/p>
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\nA reading from the Book of Ecclesiasticus 15:16-21 <\/b><\/font color>
\n\n He never commanded anyone to be godless. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

If you wish, you can keep the commandments,
\nto behave faithfully is within your power.
\nHe has set fire and water before you; put out your hand to whichever you prefer.
\nMan has life and death before him; whichever a man likes better will be given him.
\nFor vast is the wisdom of the Lord; he is almighty and all-seeing.
\nHis eyes are on those who fear him, he notes every action of man.
\nHe never commanded anyone to be godless, he has given no one permission to sin. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 118:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34 <\/b><\/font color>
\n\nThey are happy whose life is blameless,
\nwho follow God\u2019s law!
\nThey are happy who do his will,
\nseeking him with all their hearts.<\/p>\n\n

You have laid down your precepts
\nto be obeyed with care.
\nMay my footsteps be firm
\nto obey your statutes. <\/p>\n\n

Bless your servant and I shall live
\nand obey your word.
\nOpen my eyes that I may see
\nthe wonders of your law. <\/p>\n\n

Teach me the demands of your statutes
\nand I will keep them to the end.
\nTrain me to observe your law,
\nto keep it with my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n

\nA reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 2:6-10
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n God predestined wisdom to be for our glory before the ages began <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

We have a wisdom to offer those who have reached maturity: not a philosophy of our age, it is true, still less of the masters of our age, which are coming to their end. The hidden wisdom of God which we teach in our mysteries is the wisdom that God predestined to be for our glory before the ages began. It is a wisdom that none of the masters of this age have ever known, or they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory; we teach what scripture calls: the things that no eye has seen and no ear has heard, things beyond the mind of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him.
\nThese are the very things that God has revealed to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit reaches the depths of everything, even the depths of God.\n <\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 5:17-37
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n You have learnt how it was said to our ancestors; but I say this to you <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus said to his disciples: \u2018Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them. I tell you solemnly, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, shall disappear from the Law until its purpose is achieved. Therefore, the man who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of heaven; but the man who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of heaven.
\n \u2018For I tell you, if your virtue goes no deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.
\n \u2018You have learnt how it was said to our ancestors: You must not kill; and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court. But I say this to you: anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it before the court; if a man calls his brother \u201cFool\u201d he will answer for it before the Sanhedrin; and if a man calls him \u201cRenegade\u201d he will answer for it in hell fire. So then, if you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering. Come to terms with your opponent in good time while you are still on the way to the court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison. I tell you solemnly, you will not get out till you have paid the last penny.
\n \u2018You have learnt how it was said: You must not commit adultery. But I say this to you: if a man looks at a woman lustfully, he has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye should cause you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of you than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand should cause you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of you than to have your whole body go to hell.
\n \u2018It has also been said: Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a writ of dismissal. But I say this to you: everyone who divorces his wife, except for the case of fornication, makes her an adulteress; and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
\n \u2018Again, you have learnt how it was said to our ancestors: You must not break your oath, but must fulfil your oaths to the Lord. But I say this to you: do not swear at all, either by heaven, since that is God\u2019s throne; or by the earth, since that is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the great king. Do not swear by your own head either, since you cannot turn a single hair white or black. All you need say is \u201cYes\u201d if you mean yes, \u201cNo\u201d if you mean no; anything more than this comes from the evil one.\u2019 <\/p>
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Sunday 22nd February – 1st Sunday of Lent <\/b><\/font color><\/p> \n\n

Lent<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Book of Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\n The Creation, and the sin of our first parents <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being.
\nThe Lord God planted a garden in Eden which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned. The Lord God caused to spring up from the soil every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, with the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden.
\nNow the serpent was the most subtle of all the wild beasts that the Lord God had made. It asked the woman, \u2018Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?\u2019 The woman answered the serpent, \u2018We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, \u201cYou must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death.\u201d\u2019 Then the serpent said to the woman, \u2018No! You will not die! God knows in fact that on the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.\u2019 The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was desirable for the knowledge that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She gave some also to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 50:3-6, 12-14, 17 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\nHave mercy on me, God, in your kindness.
\nIn your compassion blot out my offence.
\nO wash me more and more from my guilt
\nand cleanse me from my sin. <\/p>\n\n

My offences truly I know them;
\nmy sin is always before me
\nAgainst you, you alone, have I sinned;
\nwhat is evil in your sight I have done. <\/p>\n\n

A pure heart create for me, O God,
\nput a steadfast spirit within me.
\nDo not cast me away from your presence,
\nnor deprive me of your holy spirit. <\/p>\n\n

Give me again the joy of your help;
\nwith a spirit of fervour sustain me,
\nO Lord, open my lips
\nand my mouth shall declare your praise. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Romans 5:12-19
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n However great the number of sins committed, grace was even greater <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Sin entered the world through one man, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned. Sin existed in the world long before the Law was given. There was no law and so no one could be accused of the sin of \u2018law-breaking\u2019, yet death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even though their sin, unlike that of Adam, was not a matter of breaking a law.
\nAdam prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall. If it is certain that through one man\u2019s fall so many died, it is even more certain that divine grace, coming through the one man, Jesus Christ, came to so many as an abundant free gift. The results of the gift also outweigh the results of one man\u2019s sin: for after one single fall came judgement with a verdict of condemnation, now after many falls comes grace with its verdict of acquittal. If it is certain that death reigned over everyone as the consequence of one man\u2019s fall, it is even more certain that one man, Jesus Christ, will cause everyone to reign in life who receives the free gift that he does not deserve, of being made righteous. Again, as one man\u2019s fall brought condemnation on everyone, so the good act of one man brings everyone life and makes them justified. As by one man\u2019s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man\u2019s obedience many will be made righteous. <\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 4:1-11
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n Jesus fasts for forty days and is tempted. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was very hungry, and the tempter came and said to him, \u2018If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves.\u2019 But he replied, \u2018Scripture says:<\/p>\n\n

Man does not live on bread alone
\nbut on every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n\n

The devil then took him to the holy city and made him stand on the parapet of the Temple. \u2018If you are the Son of God\u2019 he said \u2018throw yourself down; for scripture says:<\/p>\n\n

He will put you in his angels\u2019 charge,
\nand they will support you on their hands
\nin case you hurt your foot against a stone.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n\n

Jesus said to him, \u2018Scripture also says:<\/p>\n\n

You must not put the Lord your God to the test.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n\n

Next, taking him to a very high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. \u2018I will give you all these\u2019 he said, \u2018if you fall at my feet and worship me.\u2019 Then Jesus replied, \u2018Be off, Satan! For scripture says:<\/p>\n\n

You must worship the Lord your God,
\nand serve him alone.\u2019<\/i>

\n\nThen the devil left him, and angels appeared and looked after him. <\/p>
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