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The Lectionary for Mass - 2002 USA Weekday Edition

Weekday Masses for Years I & II
in the
Season of Lent

2024 Lect. # Day First Reading Responsorial Psalm Alleluia Verse Gospel
2/14/24 219* Ash Wednesday Joel 2:12-18
and 2 Cor 5:20—6:2
Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14+17 See Ps 95:8 Matt 6:1-6, 16-18
2/15/24 220 Thursday after Ash Wed. Deut 30:15-20 Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 Matt 4:17 Luke 9:22-25
2/16/24 221 Friday after Ash Wed. Isa 58:1-9a Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 See Amos 5:14 Matt 9:14-15
2/17/24 222* Saturday after Ash Wed. Isa 58:9b-14 Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Ezek 33:11 Luke 5:27-32
2/19/24 224 1st Week of Lent – Mon Lev 19:1-2, 11-18 Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 2 Cor 6:2b Matt 25:31-46
2/20/24 225 1st Week of Lent – Tues Isa 55:10-11 Ps 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 Matt 4:4b Matt 6:7-15
2/21/24 226 1st Week of Lent – Wed Jonah 3:1-10 Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19 Joel 2:12-13 Luke 11:29-32
[2/22/24] 227 1st Week of Lent – Thurs
[2024: Chair of Peter, Apostle]
Esth C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 Ps 51:12a+14a Matt 7:7-12
2/23/24 228 1st Week of Lent – Fri Ezek 18:21-28 Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8 Ezek 18:31 Matt 5:20-26
2/24/24 229 1st Week of Lent – Sat Deut 26:16-19 Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8 2 Cor 6:2b Matt 5:43-48
2/26/24 230 2nd Week of Lent – Mon Dan 9:4b-10 Ps 78:8, 9, 11+13 See John 6:63c+68c Luke 6:36-38
2/27/24 231 2nd Week of Lent – Tues Isa 1:10, 16-20 Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21+23 Ezek 18:31 Matt 23:1-12
2/28/24 232 2nd Week of Lent – Wed Jer 18:18-20 Ps 31:5-6, 14, 15-16 John 8:12 Matt 20:17-28
2/29/24 233 2nd Week of Lent – Thurs Jer 17:5-10 Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 See Luke 8:15 Luke 16:19-31
3/1/24 234 2nd Week of Lent – Fri Gen 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21 John 3:16 Matt 21:33-43, 45-46
3/2/24 235 2nd Week of Lent – Sat Mic 7:14-15, 18-20 Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 Luke 15:18 Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
x 236* 3rd Week of Lent – optional Mass Exod 17:1-7 Ps 95:1-2, 6-7ab, 7c-9 See John 4:42, 15 John 4:5-42
3/4/24 237 3rd Week of Lent – Mon 2 Kgs 5:1-15a Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4 See Ps 130:5+7 Luke 4:24-30
3/5/24 238 3rd Week of Lent – Tues Dan 3:25, 34-43 Ps 25:4-5ab, 6+7bc, 8-9 Joel 2:12-13 Matt 18:21-35
3/6/24 239 3rd Week of Lent – Wed Deut 4:1, 5-9 Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20 See John 6:63c+68c Matt 5:17-19
3/7/24 240 3rd Week of Lent – Thurs Jer 7:23-28 Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Joel 2:12-13 Luke 11:14-23
3/8/24 241 3rd Week of Lent – Fri Hos 14:2-10 Ps 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14+17 Matt 4:17 Mark 12:28b-34
3/9/24 242 3rd Week of Lent – Sat Hos 6:1-6 Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab Ps 95:8 Luke 18:9-14
x 243* 4th Week of Lent – optional Mass Mic 7:7-9 Ps 26:1, 7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14 John 8:12 John 9:1-41
3/11/23 244 4th Week of Lent – Mon Isa 65:17-21 Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b Amos 5:14 John 4:43-54
3/12/24 245 4th Week of Lent – Tues Ezek 47:1-9, 12 Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 Ps 51:12a+14a John 5:1-3a, 5-16
3/13/24 246 4th Week of Lent – Wed Isa 49:8-15 Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18 John 11:25a+26 John 5:17-30
3/14/24 247 4th Week of Lent – Thurs Exod 32:7-14 Ps 106:19-20, 21-22, 23 John 3:16 John 5:31-47
3/15/24 248 4th Week of Lent – Fri Wis 2:1a, 12-22 Ps 34:17-18, 19-20, 21+23 Matt 4:4b John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
3/16/24 249 4th Week of Lent – Sat Jer 11:18-20 Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12 See Luke 8:15 John 7:40-53
x 250* 5th Week of Lent – optional Mass 2 Kgs 4:18b-21, 32-37 Ps 17:1, 6-7, 8b+15 John 11:25a+26 John 11:1-45
3/18/24 251 5th Week of Lent – Mon Dan 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62
or 13:41c-62
Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Ezek 33:11 John 8:1-11
or, in Year C, John 8:12-20
[3/19/24] 252 5th Week of Lent – Tues
[2024: St. Joseph]
Num 21:4-9 Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21 [no bibl. ref.] John 8:21-30
3/20/24 253 5th Week of Lent – Wed Dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 See Luke 8:15 John 8:31-42
3/21/24 254 5th Week of Lent – Thurs Gen 17:3-9 Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Ps 95:8 John 8:51-59
3/22/24 255 5th Week of Lent – Fri Jer 20:10-13 Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7 See John 6:63c+68c John 10:31-42
3/23/24 256 5th Week of Lent – Sat Ezek 37:21-28 Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 Ezek 18:31 John 11:45-56
3/25/24 257 Holy Week – Mon Isa 42:1-7 Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 [no bibl. ref.] John 12:1-11
3/26/24 258 Holy Week – Tues Isa 49:1-6 Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15+17 [no bibl. ref.] John 13:21-33, 36-38
3/27/24 259 Holy Week – Wed Isa 50:4-9a Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31+33-34 [no bibl. ref.] Matt 26:14-25
x 260 Holy Week – Chrism Mass Isa 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9
and Rev 1:5-8
Ps 89:21-22, 25+27 Isa 61:1
(cited in Luke 4:18)
Luke 4:16-21
2024 Lect. # Day First Reading Responsorial Psalm Alleluia Verse Gospel

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Notes:

Rationale:

The "General Introduction to the Lectionary" (Second Edition, 1981) briefly explains the rationale for the reading choices for the Weekdays of Lent:

 


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Weekday Readings for the other Liturgical Seasons:
Advent and Christmas | Lent | Easter | Ordinary Time: Year I | Ordinary Time: Year II | Saints and Feast Days

Readings from the Lectionary for Mass, Volume 4:
Commons | Ritual Masses | Various Needs & Occasions | Votive Masses | Masses for the Dead

 


Source: Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition
© 2001, 1998, 1992, 1986, 1970, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.

The Lectionary for Mass used in the USA is based on the Ordo Lectionum Missae, editio typical altera (Latin Lectionary, second edition, 1981).

For the full texts of the readings for the current and upcoming months,
please refer to the official web-site of the New American Bible, sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

 

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