Saturday, 14 March 2026 Saturday of the Third Week of Lent Antiphons and readings on p 267 of the Daily Missal

Send us Fan MailEntrance AntiphonBless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all his benefits; it is he who forgives all your sins.first Reading: Hosea 6:1-6A reading from the Book of the Prophet HoseaThus says the Lord:“Come, let us return to the Lord;for he has torn, that he may heal us;he has stricken, and he will bind us up.After two days he will revive us;on the third day he will raise us up,that we may live before him.Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord;his going forth is sure as the dawn;he will come to us as the showers,as the spring rains that water the earth.”What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?What shall I do with you, O Judah?Your love is like a morning cloud,like the dew that goes early away.Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,I have slain them by the words of my mouth,and my judgment goes forth as the light.For I desire mercy and not sacrifice,the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings.The word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab (R. Hosea 6:6)R/. I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.Have mercy on me , O God,according to your merciful love;according to your great compassion,blot our my transgressions.Wash me completely from my iniquity,and cleanse me from my sin.For in sacrifice you take no delight;burnt offering from me would not please you.My sacrifice to God, a broken spirit:a broken and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn.In your good pleasure, show favour to Sion;rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.Then you will delight in right sacrifice,burnt offerings wholly consumed.R/. I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.Glory and praise to you, O Christ. Today, harden not your hearts, but listen to the voice of the Lord.Glory and praise to you, O Christ.Gospel: Luke 18:9-14A reading from the holy Gospel according to LukeAt that time:Jesus told this parableto some who trusted in themselves that they were righteousand despised others:“Two men went up into the temple to pray,one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself,‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people,extortioners, unjust, adulterers,or even like this tax collector.I fast twice a week,I give tithes of all that I get.’But the tax collector, standing far off,would not even lift up his eyes to heaven,but beat his breast, saying,‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other;for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”The Gospel of the Lordcommunion AntiphonThe tax collector stood at a distance, beating his breast and saying: O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.