Sunday, 22 March 2026 Fifth Sunday of Lent, Cycle A Antiphons and Readings on p.296 of Daily Missal and p.113 of Sunday Missal

Send us Fan MailEntrance Antiphon.Give me justice, O God, and plead my cause against a nation that is faithless. From the deceitful and cunning rescue me, for you, O God, are my strength.First Reading:Ezekiel 37: 12-14A reading from the Book of the Prophet EzekielThus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you home into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done it, says the Lord.”The Word of the LordResponsorial Psalm: Psalm 1130: 1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7b-8 (R. 7b)R/: With the Lord there is mercy, in him is plentiful redemption.Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord;Lord, hear my voice!O let your ears be attentiveto the sound of my pleading.If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,Lord, who could stand?But with you is found forgiveness,that you may be revered.I long for you, O Lord, my soul longs for his word.My soul hopes in the Lordmore than watchmen for daybreak.More than watchmen for daybreak,let Israel hope for the Lord.For with the Lord there is mercy, in him is plentiful redemption.It is he who will redeem Israelfrom all its iniquities.R/: With the Lord there is mercy, in him is plentiful redemption.Second Reading: Romans 8: 8-11A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.Brothers and sisters:Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God really dwells in you. Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although your bodies are dead because of sin, your spirits are alive because of righteousness.If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you.The Word of the LordGlory and praise to you, O Christ.I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; he who believes in me shall never die. Glory and praise to you, O Christ.Gospel: John 11:1-45A reading from the holy Gospel according to JohnAt that time:A certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness is not unto death; it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.”Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he stayed two days longe in the place where he was. Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.” The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light