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Lent 2024 Australia
From Wednesday, 14 February 2024 to Saturday, 23 March 2024. The Sunday readings are from Year B, the weekdays from Year II (why).
Lent runs from Ash Wednesday until the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, in violet, with rose permitted on the fourth Sunday, Laetare Sunday. The Gospels of the Samaritan woman, the man born blind and Lazarus belong to Year A but may be read in any year.
In the 1962 Missal Lent is prepared for by the three Sundays of Septuagesima, its first week has the Ember days, and its last two weeks, from Passion Sunday, are Passiontide.
| Day | Ordinary Form | 1962 Missal |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 14 Feb | Ash WednesdayFirst Reading: Joel 2:12-18 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17 · Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2 · Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 | Ash Wednesday Class IEpistle: Joel 2:12-19 · Gospel: Matt 6:16-21 |
| Sun 18 Feb | First Sunday of LentFirst Reading: Genesis 9:8-15 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 · Second Reading: 1 Peter 3:18-22 · Gospel: Mark 1:12-15 | I Sunday of Lent Class IEpistle: 2 Cor. 6:1-10 · Gospel: Matt 4:1-11 |
| Thu 22 Feb | The Chair of Saint Peter the ApostleFirst Reading: 1 Peter 5:1-4 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 · Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19 | Chair of St. Peter Class IIEpistle: 1 Pet 1:1-7 · Gospel: Matt 16:13-19 |
| Sun 25 Feb | Second Sunday of LentFirst Reading: Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 · Second Reading: Romans 8:31b-34 · Gospel: Mark 9:2-10 | II Sunday of Lent Class IEpistle: 1 Thess. 4:1-7 · Gospel: Matt 17:1-9 |
| Sun 3 Mar | Third Sunday of LentFirst Reading: Exodus 20:1-17 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11 · Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 · Gospel: John 2:13-25 | III Sunday of Lent Class IEpistle: Eph 5:1-9 · Gospel: Luke 11:14-28 |
| Sun 10 Mar | Fourth Sunday of LentFirst Reading: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 · Second Reading: Ephesians 2:4-10 · Gospel: John 3:14-21 | IV Sunday of Lent Class IEpistle: Gal 4:22-31 · Gospel: John 6:1-15 |
| Sun 17 Mar | Fifth Sunday of LentFirst Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15 · Second Reading: Hebrews 5:7-9 · Gospel: John 12:20-33 | Passion Sunday Class IEpistle: Heb 9:11-15. · Gospel: John 8:46-59. |
| Mon 18 Mar | Saint Patrick, BishopFirst Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-9 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 117:1bc, 2 · Second Reading: Acts 13:46-49 · Gospel: Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 | Feria II of Passion Week Class IIIEpistle: Jonas 3:1-10 · Gospel: John 7:32-39 |
| Tue 19 Mar | Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin MaryFirst Reading: 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29 · Second Reading: Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 · Gospel: Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a | St. Joseph, Spouse of the Bl. Virgin Mary Class IEpistle: Ecclus 45:1-6 · Gospel: Matt 1:18-21 |
Each day’s page has the readings in full (World English Bible) and the 1962 propers in Latin and English. Read about the liturgical colours.