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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 the Sundays in Lent, the season 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.

The following table lists each day’s morning and evening psalms as well as the first, second, and gospel readings.

In Year One, the second reading is traditionally meant for the morning and the gospel for evening. In Year Two, the gospel is for the morning and the second reading for evening.

When there is more than one first, second, or gospel reading, then those specified for morning or evening are marked by the 🌞 and 🌛 emoji, respectively. Alternative readings are marked by the 🔀 emoji.

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Daily Office Lectionary Readings for Lent (Year Two)
🗓️ Day🌞 Morning
🎶 Psalm		1️⃣ First2️⃣ Second🗞️ Gospel🌛 Evening
🎶 Psalm
First Day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday
95, 32, 143Amos 5:6–15Heb 12:1–14Luke 18:9–14102, 130
Thursday
37:1–18Hab 3:1–10(11–15)16–18Phil 3:12–21John 17:1–837:19–42
Friday
95, 31Ezek 18:1–4, 25–32Phil 4:1–9John 17:9–1935
Saturday
30, 32Ezek 39:21–29Phil 4:10–20John 17:20–2642, 43
First Sunday in Lent
63:1–8(9–11), 98Dan 9:3–10Heb 2:10–18John 12:44–50103
Monday
41, 52Gen 37:1–111 Cor 1:1–19Mark 1:1–1344
Tuesday
45Gen 37:12–241 cor 1:20–31Mark 1:14–2847, 48
Wednesday
119:49–72Gen 37:25–361 Cor 2:1–13Mark 1:29–4549, [53]
Thursday
50Gen 39:1–231 Cor 2:14–3:15Mark 2:1–12[59], [60], 19, 46
Friday
95, 40, 54Gen 40:1–231 Cor 3:16–23Mark 2:13–2251
Saint Matthias the Apostle
(Saturday)
801 Sam 16:1–13
1 Sam 12:1–5		1 John 2:18–25
Acts 20:17–35		33
Second Sunday in Lent
24, 29Gen 41:14–45Rom 6:3–14John 5:19–248, 84
Monday
56, 57, [58]Gen 41:46–571 Cor 4:8–20(21)Mark 3:7–19a64, 65
Tuesday
61, 62Gen 42:1–171 Cor5:1–8Mark 3:19b–3568:1–20(21–23)24–36
Wednesday
72Gen 42:18–281 Cor 5:9–6:8Mark 4:1–20119:73–96
Thursday
[70], 71Gen 42:29–381 Cor 6:12–20Mark 4:21–3474
Friday
95, 69:1–23(24–30)31–38Gen 43:1–151 Cor 7:1–9Mark 4:35–4173
Saturday
75, 76Gen 43:16–341 Cor 7:10–24Mark 5:1–2023, 27
Third Sunday in Lent
93, 96Gen 44:1–7Rom 8:1–10John 5:25–2934
Monday
80Gen 44:18–341 Cor 7:25–31Mark 5:21–4377, [79]
Tuesday
78:1–39Gen 45:1–151 Cor 7:32–40Mark 6:1–1378:40–72
Wednesday
119:97–120Gen 45:16–281 Cor 8:1–13Mark 6:13–2981, 82
Thursday
[83], 42, 43Gen 46:1–7, 28–341 Cor 9:1–15Mark 6:30–4685, 86
Friday
95, 88Gen 47:1–261 Cor 9:16–27Mark 6:47–5691, 92
Saturday
87, 90Gen 47:27–48:71 Cor 10:1–13Mark 7:1–23136
Fourth Sunday in Lent
66, 67Gen 48L8–22Rom 8:11–25John 6:27–4019, 46
Monday
89:1–18Gen 49:1–281 Cor 10:14–11:2Mark 7:24–3789:19–52
Tuesday
97, 99, [100]Gen 49:29–50:141 Cor 11:17–34Mark 8:1–1094, [95]
Wednesday
101, 109:1–4(5–19)20–30Gen 50:15–261 Cor 12:1–11Mark 8:11–26119:121–144
Thursday
69:1–23(24–30)31–38Exod 1:6–221 Cor 12:12–26Mark 8:27–9:173
Friday
95, 102Exod 2:1–221 Cor 12:27–13:3Mark 9:1–13107:1–32
Saturday
107:33–43, 108:1–6(7–13)Exod 2:23–3:151 Cor 13:1–13Mark 9:14–2933
Fifth Sunday in Lent
118Exod 3:16–4:12Rom 12:1–21John 8:46–59145
Monday
31Exod 4:10–20(21–26)27–311 Cor 14:1–19Mark 9:30–4135
Saint Joseph
(Tuesday)
132Isa 63:7–16
2 Chr 6:12–17		Eph 3:14–21Matt 1:18–2534
Wednesday
119:145–176Exod 7:8–242 Cor 2:14–3:6Mark 10:1–16128, 129, 130
Thursday
131, 132, [133]Exod 7:25–8:192 Cor 3:7–18Mark 10:176–31140, 142
Friday
95, 22Exod 9:13–352 Cor 4:1–12Mark 10:32–45141, 143:1–11(12)
Saturday
137:1–6(7–9), 144Exod 10:21–11:82 Cor 4:13–18Mark 10:46–5242, 43
The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday
24, 29Zech 9:9–12
Zech 12:9–11; 13:1, 7–9		1 Tim 6:12–16Luke 19:41–48103
The Annuciation of Christ to Mary
(Monday)
85, 87Isa 52:7–12
Wis 9:1–12		Heb 2:5–10John 1:9–14110:1–5(6–7), 132
Tuesday in Holy Week
6, 12Lam 1:17–222 Cor 1:8–22Mark 11:27–3394
Wednesday in Holy Week
55Lam 2:1–92 Cor 1:23–2:11Mark 12:1–1174
Maundy Thursday
102Lam 2:10–181 Cor 10:14–17; 11:27–32Mark 14:12–25142, 143
Good Friday
95, 22Lam 3:1–9, 19–331 Pet 1:10–20John 13:36–38
John 19:38–42		40:1–14(15–19)
Easter Vigil
(Saturday)
95, 88Lam 3:37–58Heb 4:1–16
Rom 8:1–11		27
Note: References follow abbreviations from the Society of Biblical Literature.