The Lectionary for Mass - 2002 USA Weekday Edition
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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The "General Introduction to the Lectionary" (Second Edition, 1981) briefly explains the rationale for the reading choices for the Weekdays of Lent:
Full Texts of the Liturgical Readings - from the USCCB website
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
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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).
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