Friday, 6 March 2026 Friday, Second Week of Lent. Antiphons and Readings on p. 237 of the Daily Missal.

Send us Fan MailEntrance AntiphonIn you, O Lord, I put my trust, let me never be put to shame; release me from the snare they have hidden for me, for you indeed are my refuge.First Reading: Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28A reading from the Book of Genesis.Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a long robe with sleeves. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild beast has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.” But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him to his father. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore; and they took him and cast him into a pit. The pit was empty, there was no water in it.Then they sat down to eat, and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers heeded him. Then Midianite traders passed by, and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver, and they took Joseph to Egypt.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 105:16-17.18-19.20-21 (R. 5a)R/. Remember the wonders the Lord has done.But he called down a famine on the land;he broke their staff of bread.He had sent a man ahead of them,Joseph sold as a slave.His feet were weighed down in chains,his neck was bound with iron,until what he said came to pass,and the word of the Lord proved him true.Then the king sent orders and released him;the ruler of the peoples set him free.He made him master of his houseand ruler of all his possessions,R/. Remember the wonders the Lord has done.Glory and praise to you, O Christ.God so loved the world that he gave his Only Begotten Son; that whoever believes in him should have eternal life.Glory and praise to you, O Christ.Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43.45-46A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.At that time: Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people, “Hear another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. When the season of