Tempus liturgicum
Lent 2025 Ireland
From Wednesday, 5 March 2025 to Saturday, 12 April 2025. The Sunday readings are from Year C, the weekdays from Year I (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 5 Mar | 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 9 Mar | First Sunday of LentFirst Reading: Deuteronomy 26:4-10 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 · Second Reading: Romans 10:8-13 · Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 | I Sunday of Lent Class IEpistle: 2 Cor. 6:1-10 · Gospel: Matt 4:1-11 |
| Sun 16 Mar | Second Sunday of LentFirst Reading: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18, 21b · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 7-8, 9abc, 13-14 · Second Reading: Philippians 3:17—4:1 · Gospel: Luke 9:28b-36 | II Sunday of Lent Class IEpistle: 1 Thess. 4:1-7 · Gospel: Matt 17:1-9 |
| Mon 17 Mar | Saint Patrick, Bishop, Patron of IrelandFirst Reading: Sirach 39:6-10 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 116:12-19 · Second Reading: 2 Timothy 4:1-8 · Gospel: Matthew 13:24-32 | Feria II after the II Sunday of Lent Class IIIEpistle: Dan 9:15-19 · Gospel: John 8:21-29 |
| Wed 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 |
| Sun 23 Mar | Third Sunday of LentFirst Reading: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8 and 11 · Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12 · Gospel: Luke 13:1-9 | III Sunday of Lent Class IEpistle: Eph 5:1-9 · Gospel: Luke 11:14-28 |
| Tue 25 Mar | The Annunciation of the LordFirst Reading: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11 · Second Reading: Hebrews 10:4-10 · Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 | Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Class IEpistle: Isa 7:10-15 · Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 |
| Sun 30 Mar | Fourth Sunday of LentFirst Reading: Joshua 5:9a, 10-12 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 · Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 · Gospel: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 | IV Sunday of Lent Class IEpistle: Gal 4:22-31 · Gospel: John 6:1-15 |
| Sun 6 Apr | Fifth Sunday of LentFirst Reading: Isaiah 43:16-21 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 126:1-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 · Second Reading: Philippians 3:8-14 · Gospel: John 8:1-11 | Passion Sunday Class IEpistle: Heb 9:11-15. · Gospel: John 8:46-59. |
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.