Friday 13 March 2026 (other days)
Friday of the 3rd week of Lent
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Liturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).
| First reading | Hosea 14:2-10 |
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A call to conversion and promise of safety
The Lord says this:
Israel, come back to the Lord your God;
your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.
Provide yourself with words
and come back to the Lord.
Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity away
so that we may have happiness again
and offer you our words of praise.
Assyria cannot save us,
we will not ride horses any more,
or say, “Our God!” to what our own hands have made,
for you are the one in whom orphans find compassion.’
– I will heal their disloyalty,
I will love them with all my heart,
for my anger has turned from them.
I will fall like dew on Israel.
He shall bloom like the lily,
and thrust out roots like the poplar,
his shoots will spread far;
he will have the beauty of the olive
and the fragrance of Lebanon.
They will come back to live in my shade;
they will grow corn that flourishes,
they will cultivate vines
as renowned as the wine of Helbon.
What has Ephraim to do with idols any more
when it is I who hear his prayer and care for him?
I am like a cypress ever green,
all your fruitfulness comes from me.
Let the wise man understand these words.
Let the intelligent man grasp their meaning.
For the ways of the Lord are straight,
and virtuous men walk in them,
but sinners stumble.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Psalm 80(81):6,8-11,14,17 |
I am the Lord, your God: hear my voice.
A voice I did not know said to me:
‘I freed your shoulder from the burden;
your hands were freed from the load.
You called in distress and I saved you.
I am the Lord, your God: hear my voice.
‘I answered, concealed in the storm cloud;
at the waters of Meribah I tested you.
Listen, my people, to my warning.
O Israel, if only you would heed!
I am the Lord, your God: hear my voice.
‘Let there be no foreign god among you,
no worship of an alien god.
I am the Lord your God,
who brought you from the land of Egypt.
I am the Lord, your God: hear my voice.
‘O that my people would heed me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
But Israel I would feed with finest wheat
and fill them with honey from the rock.’
I am the Lord, your God: hear my voice.
| Gospel Acclamation | Mt4:17 |
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Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ!
Repent, says the Lord;
the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ!
| Gospel | Mark 12:28-34 |
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'You are not far from the kingdom of God'
One of the scribes came up to Jesus and put a question to him, ‘Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied, ‘This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.’ The scribe said to him, ‘Well spoken, Master; what you have said is true: that he is one and there is no other. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, this is far more important than any holocaust or sacrifice.’ Jesus, seeing how wisely he had spoken, said, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’ And after that no one dared to question him any more.
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Universalis podcast: The week ahead – from 15 to 21 March
St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland: his life and his breastplate. Sin: what makes a sin a sin? The Seven Deadly Sins and the Divine Comedy. The other story of the healing of a blind man. (27 minutes)
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Christian Art
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Dates
Today
(Automatic)Thu 12 March
Thursday of the 3rd week of LentFri 13 March
Friday of the 3rd week of LentSat 14 March
Saturday of the 3rd week of LentSun 15 March
4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)Mon 16 March
Monday of the 4th week of LentTue 17 March
Saint Patrick, Bishop, MissionaryWed 18 March
Wednesday of the 4th week of Lent(commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor)
Thu 19 March
Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin MaryFri 20 March
Friday of the 4th week of LentOther Dates
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