Thursday, 12 March 2026 Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Antiphons and readings on p 262 of the Daily Missal

Send us Fan MailEntrance AntiphonI am the salvation of the people, says the Lord. In whatever tribulation they will call out to me, I will hear them, and I will be their Lord forever.First Reading: Jeremiah 7:23-28A reading from the Book of JeremiahThus says the Lord:“This command I gave my people,‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God,and you shall be my people;and walk in all the way that I command you,that it may be well with you.’But they did not obey or incline their ear,but walked in their own counselsand the stubbornness of their evil hearts,and went backward and not forward.From the day that your fathers| came out of the land of Egyptto this day,I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them,day after day;yet they did not listen to me,or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck.They did worse than their ancestors.So you shall speak all these words to them,but they will not listen to you.You shall call to them, but they will not answer you.And you shall say to them,‘This is the nationthat did not obey the voice of the Lord their God,and did not accept discipline;truth has perished;it is cut off from their lips.’”The word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 95:1-2.6-7abc.7d-9 (R. 7d-8a) R/. O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts.Come, let us ring out our joy to the Lord;hail the rock who saves us.Let us come into his presence, giving thanks;let us hail him with a song of praise.O come; let us bow and bend low.Let us kneel before the God who made us,for he is our God and wethe people who belong to his pasture,the flock that is led by his hand.O that today you would listen to his voice!“Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,as on that day at Massah in the desertwhen your forebears put me to the test;when they tried me, though they saw my work.”R/. O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts.Glory and praise to you, O Christ. Even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, for I am gracious and merciful.Glory and praise to you, O Christ.Gospel: Luke 11:14-23A reading from the holy Gospel according to LukeAt that time:Jesus was casting out a demon that was mute;when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke,and the people marvelled.But some of them said,“He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons”;while others, to test him, sought from him a sign from heaven.But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them,“Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste,and house falls upon house.And if Satan also is divided against himself,how will his kingdom stand?For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul,by whom do your sons cast them out?Therefore they shall be your judges.But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons,then the kingdom of God has come upon you.When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace,his goods are in peace;but when one stronger than he assails him and overcomes him,he takes away his armour in which he trusted,and divides his spoil.He who is not with me is against me,and he who does not gather with me scatters.”The Gospel of the LordCommunion AntiphonYou have laid down your precepts to be carefully kept; may my ways be firm in keeping your statutes.