Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:22-25
Mass: Nb 21:4-9; Resp Ps 102; Jn 8:21-30

O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you.

Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:22-25
Mass: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62; Resp Ps 23; Jn 8:1-11

Beside restful waters the Lord leads me; he refreshes my soul.

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:22-25
Mass: Ezk 37:12-14; Resp Ps 130; Rm 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45

With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:1-9 The Daily Manual Labor
Mass: Jer 11:18-20; Resp Ps 7; Jn 7:40-53

O Lord, my God, in you I take refuge.

Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Pope Francis, Urbi et Orbi blessing, beginning 6pm Roman time from Saint Peter's Square
Saint John of Egypt (304-394)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 47 Announcing the Hours for the Work of God
Mass: Ws 2;1a, 12-22; Resp Ps 34; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 46 Faults Committed in Other Matters
Mass: Ex 32:7-14; Resp Ps 106; Jn 5:31-47

Remember us, O Lord, as you favor your people.

Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 45 Mistakes in the Oratory
Mass: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Resp Ps 40; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38

To do your will, O my God, is my delight, and your law is within my heart!

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 44 Satisfaction by the Excommunicated
Mass: Ezk 47:1-9, 12; Resp Ps 46; Jn 5:1-16

Come! Behold the deeds of the Lord, the astounding things He has wrought on earth.

Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo (1538-1606)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 43:13-19
Mass: Is 65:17-21; Resp Ps 30; Jn 4:43-54

I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Laetare Sunday: Rejoice, O Jerusalem

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 43:1-12 Tardiness at the Work of God or at Table

Mass: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Resp Ps 23; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41

The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

Saturday of the Third Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 42 Silence After Compline
Mass: Hos 6:1-6; Resp Ps 51; Lk 18:9-14

It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.

Friday of the Third Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 41 The Times for Meals
Mass: Hos 14:2-10; Resp Ps 81; Mk 12:28-34

I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.

Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 40 The Proper Amount of Drink
Mass: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Resp Ps 89; Rm 4:13, 16-18, 22 Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

The Son of David will live for ever.

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop, doctor (315-386)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 39 The Proper Amount of Food
Mass: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Resp Ps 147; Mt 5:17-19

The Lord spreads snow like wool; frost he strews like ashes.

Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent

Saint Patrick, bishop, missionary (385-461)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 38 The Reader for the Week
Mass: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Resp Ps 25; Mt 18:21-35

Remember your mercies, O Lord.

Monday of the Third Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 37 Care for the Elderly and the Young
Mass: 2 Kgs 5:1-151ab; Resp Ps 42-43; Lk 4:24-30

Athirst is my soul for the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?

Third Sunday of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 36 Care of the Sick
Mass: Ex 17:3-7; Resp Ps 95; Rm 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42

If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.

Saturday of the Second Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 35:12-18
Mass: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20; Resp Ps 103; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so surpassing is God's kindness toward those who fear him.

Friday of the Second Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 35:1-11 Kitchen Servers of the Week
Mass: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Resp Ps 105; Mt 21:33-43, 45-46

Remember the marvels the Lord has done.

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 34 Distribution of Goods According to Need
Mass: Jer 17:5-10; Resp Ps 1; Lk 16:19-31

Blessed the one who delights in the law of the Lord.

Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 33 Monks and Private Ownership
Mass: Jer 18:18-20; Resp Ps 31; Mt 20:17-28

Save me, O Lord, in your kindness.

Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent

Saint John Ogilvie (1579-1615)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 32 The Tools and Goods of the Monastery
Mass: Is 1:10, 16-20; Resp Ps 50; Mt 23:1-12

To the upright I will show the saving power of God.

Monday of the Second Week of Lent

Saint Frances of Rome (1384-1440)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 31:13-19
Mass: Dn 9:4b-10; Resp Ps 79; Lk 6:36-38

Lord, do not deal with us according to our sins.

Second Sunday of Lent

In other years: Saint John of God (1495-1550)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 31:1-12 Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer
Mass: Gn 12:1-4a; Resp Ps 33; 2 Tm 1:8b-10; Mt 17:1-

May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us who have put our hope in you.

Saturday of the First Week of Lent

Saints Perpetua and Felicity (-203), early Christian martyrs
First Saturday of the Month

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 30 The Manner of Reproving Children
Mass: Dt 26:16-19; Resp Ps 119; Mt 5:43-48

Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord.

Friday of the First Week of Lent

First Friday of the Month

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 29 Readmission of Those Who Leave the Monastery
Mass: Ezk 18: 21-28; Resp Ps 130; Mt 5:20-26

I trust in the Lord; my soul trusts in his word.

Thursday of the First Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 28 Those Who Refuse to Amend after Frequent Reproofs
Mass: Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Resp Ps 138; Mt 7:7-12

Lord, on the day O called for help, you answered me.

Wednesday of the First Week of Lent

Saint Casimir (1458-1484)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 27 The Abbot's Concern for the Excommunicated
Mass: Jonah 3:1-10; Resp Ps 51; Lk 11:29-32

A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent

Saint Katharine Drexel (1858-1955), second American to be canonized, the first one born a U.S. citizen

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 26 Unauthorized Association with the Excommunicated
Mass: Is 55:10-11; Resp Ps 34; Mt 6:7-15

Glorify the Lord with me, let us together extol his name.

Monday of the First Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 25 Serious Faults
Mass: Lev 19:1-2, 11-18; Resp Ps 19; Mt 25:31-46

Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.

First Sunday of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 24 Degrees of Excommunication
Mass: Gn 2:7-9; Resp Ps 51; Rm 5:12-19; Mt 4:1-11

Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.