Sunday, 22 February 2026 First Sunday in Lent - Year A. Antiphons and Readings on p. 197 of the Daily Missal and page 93 of the Sunday Missal.

Send us Fan MailEntrance Antiphon.When he calls on me, I will answer him; I will deliver him and give him glory, I will grant him length of days.First Reading: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7A reading from the Book of Genesis.The Lord God formed man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made.    He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 51:3-6ab.12-14 & 17 (R. cf. 3a)R/. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.Have mercy on me, O God,according to your merciful love;according to your great compassion,blot out my transgressions.Wash me completely from my iniquity,and cleanse me from my sin.My transgressions, truly I know them;my sin is always before me.Against you, you alone, have I sinned;what is evil in your sight I have done.Create a pure heart for me, O God;renew a steadfast spirit within me.Do not cast me away from your presence;take not your holy spirit from me.Restore in me the joy of your salvation;sustain in me a willing spirit.O Lord, open my lipsand my mouth shall proclaim your praise.R/. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.Second Reading: Romans 5:12-19A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.Brothers and sisters: As sin came into the world through one person and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all people sinned—sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one person’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the gift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the gift is not like the effect of that one person’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the gift following many trespasses brings justification. If, because of one person’s trespass, death reigned through that one person, much