"Your Word, Lord, is truth." † John 17:17
First Week of Lent – The Transfiguration of the Lord “His face shone like the sun.” In this first week of Lent, the Church gives us the Gospel of the Transfiguration which may seem surprising. We have just entered a season marked by ashes, repentance, fasting, and sacrifice and now we are taken up a … Read more
These are the Catholic mass readings for the Saturday, 28th February 2026, first week of Lent. FIRST READING“You shall be a people holy to the Lord your God.” A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy (DEUTERONOMY 26: 16 – 19) Moses spoke to the people, saying: “This day the Lord your God commands you to … Read more
These are the Catholic mass readings for the Friday 27th February 2026, first week of Lent. FIRST READING“Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?” A reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel (EZEKIEL 18: 21 – 28) Thus says … Read more
First Week of Lent In this first week of Lent, the Church places before us the words of Jesus that are simple, direct, and deeply comforting: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” These are not complicated instructions but invitations to trust, to … Read more
These are the Catholic mass readings for Thursday the 26th February 2026, first week of Lent. FIRST READINGI have no helper but you, Lord. A reading from the Book of Esther (ESTHER 14: 1, 3 – 4, 11, 13 – 14) In those days: Esther the queen, seized with deathly anxiety, fled to the Lord. … Read more