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💜 Lent

Lent is a 40-day fast before Easter. It begins Ash Wednesday (no earlier than Febuary 3, no later than March 10) and ends at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday. Counting Sundays, Lent lasts a total of 46 days.

The season commemorates the 40 days Jesus fasted and was tempted in the desert before beginning his public ministry.

The last week of Lent, called Holy Week, commemorates the final days before Jesus’s death. It begins with Palm Sunday, recalling Jesus’s arrival at Jerusalem. Holy Week also includes Maudy Thursday, dedicated to the Last Supper Jesus shared with the disciples, followed by Good Friday, recalling Jesus’s crucixion by Rome, and ending at the Easter Vigil.

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Daily Office Lectionary Readings for Lent (Year One)
🗓️ Day🌞 Morning
🎶 Psalm		1️⃣ First2️⃣ Second🗞️ Gospel🌛 Evening
🎶 Psalm
Ash Wednesday
(Wednesday)

BibleGateway		95, 32, 143Jonah 3:1–4:11Heb 12:1–14Luke 18:9–14102, 130
Thursday

BibleGateway		37:1–18Deut 7:6–11Titus 1:1–16John 1:29–3437:19–42
Friday

BibleGateway		95, 31Deut 7:12–16Titus 2:1–15John 1:35–4235
Saturday

BibleGateway		30, 32Deut 7:17–26Titus 3:1–15John 1:43–5142, 43
First Sunday in Lent

BibleGateway		63:1–8(9–11), 98Deut 8:1–101 Cor 1:17–31Mark 2:18–22103
Monday

BibleGateway		41, 52Deut 8:11–20Heb 2:11–18John 2:1–1244
Tuesday

BibleGateway		45Deut 9:4–12Heb 3:1–11John 2:13–2247, 48
Wednesday

BibleGateway		119:49–72Deut 9:13–21Heb 3:12–19John 2:23–3:1549, [53]
Thursday

BibleGateway		50Deut 9:23–10:5Heb 4:1–10John 3:16–21[59], [60], 19, 46
Friday

BibleGateway		95, 40, 54Deut 10:12–22Heb 4:11–16John 3:22–3651
Saturday

BibleGateway		55Deut 11:18–28Heb 5:1–10John 4:1–26138, 139:1–17(18–23)
Second Sunday in Lent

BibleGateway		24, 29Jer 1:1–101 Cor 3:11–23Mark 3:31–4:98, 84
Monday

BibleGateway		56, 57, [58]Jer 1:11–19Rom 1:1–15John 4:27–4264, 65
Tuesday

BibleGateway		61, 62Jer 2:1–13Rom 1:16–25John 4:43–5468:1–20(21–23)24–36
St. Joseph
(Wednesday)

BibleGateway		132Isa 63:7–16
2 Chr 6:12–17		Eph 3:14–21Matt 1:18–2534
Thursday

BibleGateway		[70], 71Jer 4:9–10, 19–28Rom 2:12–24John 5:19–2974
Friday

BibleGateway		95, 69:1–23(24–30)31–38Jer 5:1–9Rom 2:25–3:18John 5:30–4773
Saturday

BibleGateway		75, 76Jer 5:20–31Rom 3:19–31John 7:1–1323, 27
Third Sunday in Lent

BibleGateway		93, 96Jer 6:9–151 Cor 6:12–20Mark 5:1–2034
Eve of the Annunciation
(Monday)

BibleGateway		80Jer 7:1–15
Gen 3:1–15		Rom 4:1–12
Eph 3:14–21		John 7:14–368, 138
The Annuciation
(Tuesday)

BibleGateway		85, 87Isa 52:7–12
Wis 9:1–12		Heb 2:5–10John 1:9–14110:1–5(6–7), 132
Wednesday

BibleGateway		119:97–120Jer 8:18–9:6Rom 5:1–11John 8:12–2081, 82
Thursday

BibleGateway		[83], 42, 43Jer 10:11–24Rom 5:12–21John 8:21–3285, 86
Friday

BibleGateway		95, 88Jer 11:1–8, 14–20Rom 6:1–11John 8:33–4791, 92
Saturday

BibleGateway		87, 90Jer 13:1–11Rom 6:12–23John 8:47–59136
Fourth Sunday in Lent

BibleGateway		66, 67Jer 14:1–9, 17–22Gal 4:21–5:1Mark 8:11–2119, 46
Monday

BibleGateway		89:1–18Jer 16:10–21Rom 7:1–12John 6:1–1589:19–52
Tuesday

BibleGateway		97, 99, [100]Jer 17:19–27Rom 7:13–25John 6:16–2794, [95]
Wednesday

BibleGateway		101, 109:1–4(5–19)20–30Jer 18:1–11Rom 8:1–11John 6:27–40119:121–144
Thursday

BibleGateway		69:1–23(24–30)31–38Jer 22:13–23Rom 8:12–27John 6:41–5173
Friday

BibleGateway		95, 102Jer 23:1–8Rom 8:28–39John 6:52–59107:1–32
Saturday

BibleGateway		107:33–43, 108:1–6(7–13)Jer 23:9–15Rom 9:1–18John 6:60–7133
Fifth Sunday in Lent

BibleGateway		118Jer 23:16–321 Cor 9:19–27Mark 8:31–9:1145
Monday

BibleGateway		31Jer 24:1–10Rom 9:19–33John 9:1–1735
Tuesday

BibleGateway		[120], 121, 122, 123Jer 25:8–17Rom 10:1–13John 9:18–41124, 125, 126, [127]
Wednesday

BibleGateway		119:145–176Jer 25:30–38Rom 10:14–21John 10:1–18128, 129, 130
Thursday

BibleGateway		131, 132, [133]Jer 26:1–16Rom 11:1–12John 10:19–42140, 142
Friday

BibleGateway		95, 22Jer 29:1, 4–13Rom 11:13–24John 11:1–27
John 12:1–10		141, 143:1–11(12)
Saturday

BibleGateway		137:1–6(7–9), 144Jer 31:27–34Rom 11:25–36John 11:28–44
John 12:37–50		42, 43
Palm Sunday
(Sunday)

BibleGateway		24, 29Zech 9:9–12
Zech 12:9–11; 13:1, 7–9		1 Tim 6:12–16Matt 21:12–17103
Monday in Holy Week

BibleGateway		51:1–18(19–20)Jer 12:1–16Phil 3:1–14John 12:9–1969:1–23
Tuesday in Holy Week

BibleGateway		6, 12Jer 15:10–21Phil 3:15–21John 12:20–2694
Wednesday in Holy Week

BibleGateway		55Jer 17:5–10, 14–17Phil 4:1–13John 12:27–3674
Maundy Thursday

BibleGateway		102Jer 20:7–111 Cor 10:14–17; 11:27–32John 17:1–11(12–26)142, 143
Good Friday

BibleGateway		95, 22Wis 1:16–2:1, 12–22
Gen 22:1–14		1 Pet 1:10–20John 13:36–38
John 19:38–42		40:1–14(15–19)
Holy Saturday

BibleGateway		95, 88Job 19:21–27aHeb 4:1–16
Rom 8:1–11		27
Note: References follow abbreviations from the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).