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Monday of the 5th week of Lent, (commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor) First reading Daniel 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62+ Susannah and the elders In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim. He had married Susanna daughter of Hilkiah, a woman of great beauty; and she was God-fearing, because her parents were worthy people and had … Read moreMon 18 March

5th Sunday of Lent First reading Jeremiah 31:31-34 I will write my Law in their hearts See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel (and the House of Judah), but not a covenant like the one I made with their … Read moreSun 17 March

Saturday of the 4th week of Lent First reading Jeremiah 11:18-20 ‘Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten’ The Lord revealed it to me; I was warned. O Lord, that was when you opened my eyes to their scheming. I for my part … Read moreSat 16 March

Friday of the 4th week of Lent First reading Wisdom 2:1,12-22 Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man and condemn him to a shameful death The godless say to themselves, with their misguided reasoning:‘Our life is short and dreary,nor is there any relief when man’s end comes,nor is anyone known who can give … Read moreFri 15 March

Thursday of the 4th week of Lent First reading Exodus 32:7-14 Moses pleads with the Lord his God to spare Israel The Lord spoke to Moses, ‘Go down now, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have apostatised. They have been quick to leave the way I marked out for them; they have … Read moreThu 14 March

Wednesday of the 4th week of Lent First reading Isaiah 49:8-15 On the day of salvation I will help you Thus says the Lord:At the favourable time I will answer you,on the day of salvation I will help you.(I have formed you and have appointed youas covenant of the people.)I will restore the landand assign … Read moreWed 13 March

Tuesday of the 4th week of Lent First reading Ezekiel 47:1-9,12 Wherever the water flows, it will bring life and health The angel brought me to the entrance of the Temple, where a stream came out from under the Temple threshold and flowed eastwards, since the Temple faced east. The water flowed from under the … Read moreTue 12 March

Monday of the 4th week of Lent First reading Isaiah 65:17-21 Be glad and rejoice for ever at what I am creating Thus says the Lord: Now I create new heavens and a new earth, and the past will not be remembered, and will come no more to men’s minds. Be glad and rejoice for … Read moreMon 11 March

4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday) First reading 2 Chronicles 36:14-16,19-23 God’s wrath and mercy are revealed in the exile and release of his people All the heads of the priesthood, and the people too, added infidelity to infidelity, copying all the shameful practices of the nations and defiling the Temple that the Lord had … Read moreSun 10 March

Saturday of the 3rd week of Lent, (commemoration of Saint Frances of Rome, Religious) First reading Hosea 5:15-6:6 What I want is love, not sacrifice and holocausts The Lord says this:They will search for me in their misery.‘Come, let us return to the Lord.He has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us;he has … Read moreSat 9 March