Saturday 7 March 2026 Saturday,Second Week of Lent Antiphons and Readings on p.239 of Daily Missal

Send us Fan Mail Entrance AntiphonThe Lord is kind and full of compassion, slow to anger, abounding in mercy. How good is the Lord to all his creatures.First Reading: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20A reading from the Book of MicahShepherd your people, [O Lord,] with your staff,the flock of your inheritance,who dwell alone in a forestin the midst of a garden land;let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,I will show them marvellous things.Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquityand passing over transgressionfor the remnant of his inheritance?He does not retain his anger for everbecause he delights in mercy.He will again have compassion upon us,he will tread our iniquities under foot.You will cast all our sinsinto the depths of the sea.You will show faithfulness to Jacoband mercy to Abraham,as you have sworn to our fathersfrom the days of old.The Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103:1-2.3-4.9-10.11-12 (R. 8a)R/. The Lord is compassionate and gracious.Bless the Lord, O my soul,and all within me, his holy name.Bless the Lord, O my soul,and never forget all his benefits.It is the Lord who forgives all your sins,who heals every one of your ills,who redeems your life from the grave,who crowns you with mercy and compassion.He will not always find fault;nor persist in his anger forever.He does not treat us according to our sins,nor repay us according to our faults.For as the heavens are high above the earth,so strong his mercy for those who fear him.As far as the east is from the west,so far from us does he remove our transgressions.R/. The Lord is compassionate and gracious.Glory and praise to you, O Christ. I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him: Father I have sinned against heaven and before you.Glory and praise to you, O Christ.Gospel: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32A reading from the holy Gospel according to LukeAt that time:The tax collectors and sinnerswere all drawing near to hear JesusAnd the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying,“This man receives sinners and eats with them.”So, he told them this parable:And he said, “There was a man who had two sons;and the younger of them said to his father,‘Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.’And he divided his living between them.Not many days later,the younger son gathered all he hadand took his journey into a far country,and there he squandered his property in loose living.And when he had spent everything,a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want.So, he went and joined himselfto one of the citizens of that country,who sent him into his fields to feed swine.And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate;and no one gave him anything.But when he came to himself, he said,‘How many of my father’s hired servantshave bread enough and to spare,but I perish here with hunger!I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;I am no longer worthy to be called your son;treat me as one of your hired servants.”’And he arose and came to his father But while he was yet at a distance,his father saw him and had compassion,and ran and embraced him and kissed him.And the son said to him, ‘Father,I have sinned against heaven and before you;I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’But the father said to his servants,Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him;and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet;and bring the