Scripture Readings

Mar 14 Monday

Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62

Ps 23:1-6

Jn 8:1-11

Mar 15 Tuesday

Nm 21:4-9

Ps 102:2-3, 16-21

Jn 8:21-30

Mar 16 Wednesday

Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95

(Ps) Dn 3:52-56

Jn 8:31-42

Mar 17 Thursday

Gn 17:3-9

Ps 105:4-9

Jn 8:51-59

Mar 18 Friday

Jer 20:10-13

Ps 18:2-7

Jn 10:31-42

Mar 19 Saturday; Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary

2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16

Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29

Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22

Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Mar 20 Palm Sunday

Mt 21:1-11 (procession)

Is 50:4-7

Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24

Phil 2:6-11

Mt 26:14-27:66 or

27:11-54

Mar 21 Monday of Holy Week

Is 42:1-7

Ps 27:1-3, 13-14

Jn 12:1-11

Mar 22 Tuesday of Holy Week

Is 49:1-6

Ps 71:1-4a, 5-6ab, 15, 17

Jn 13:21-33, 36-38

Mar 23 Wednesday of Holy Week

Is 50:4-9a

Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34

Mt 26:14-25

Mar 24 Holy Thursday

Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9

Ps 89:21-22, 25, 27

Rv 1:5-8

Lk 4:16-21

Mar 24 Holy Thursday Evening

Ex 12:1-8, 11-14

Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18

1 Cor 11:23-26

Jn 13:1-15

Mar 25 Good Friday

Is 52:13-53:12

Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15,

17, 25

Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9

Jn 18:1-19:42

Mar 26 Holy Saturday Night: The Easter Vigil

Four parts: Light Service, Liturgies of Word, Baptism and Eucharist

1) Gn 1:1-2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35 or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20, 22

2) Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Ps 16:5, 8-11

3) Ex 14:15-15:1 (Ps) Ex 15:1-6, 17-18

4) Is 54:5-14 Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-12, 13b

5) Is 55:1-11 (Ps) Is 12:2-3, 4-6

6) Bar 3:9-15, 32-4:4 Ps 19:8-11

7) Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28 Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4; or, when baptism is celebrated, (Ps) Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19

8) Rom 6:3-11 Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23

9) Mt 28:1-10

Mar 27 Easter Sunday

Acts 10:34a, 37-43

Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23

Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8

Jn 20:1-9 or 41

Mt 28:1-10 or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, 46: Lk 24:13-35