Daily readings

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Saint Casimir. Lent. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSaint Casimir

TypeCommemoration

SeasonLent

Year2026 archive

The Roman Catholic readings for this date are shown below on-site. Use plain reading mode if you want clearer modern wording, or switch back to the original Douay-Rheims wording at any time.

Reading mode

Plain mode helps modern readers follow the text more easily.

On-site scripture text: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition. Plain mode is a built-in reading aid that modernizes older wording for easier understanding while keeping the same Roman Catholic reading references for the day.

1

First Reading

Jeremiah 18:18-20

How to approach it

Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.

18And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor guidance from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.

19Give heed to me, OH Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries.

20Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in your sight, so speak good for them, and turn away your indignation from them.

2

Psalm

Psalm 31:5-6, 14, 15-16

How to pray it

The psalm is meant to be prayed, not rushed. If the wording feels older, focus on the main movement of the prayer: trust, praise, sorrow, gratitude, or hope.

5You will bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for you art my protector.

6Into your hands I commend my spirit: you have rescued me, OH Lord, the God of truth.

14For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.

15But I have put my trust in you, OH Lord: I said: You art my God.

16My lots are in your hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.

3

Gospel

Matthew 20:17-28

What to watch for

The Gospel is the center of the reading set. Pay close attention to what Jesus says, what Jesus does, and what response he is asking for.

17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them:

18Look we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and they shall condemn him to death.

19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again.

20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him.

21Who said to her: What will you? She says to him: Say that these my two sons may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on your left, in your kingdom.

22And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can.

23He says to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand, is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.

24And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brothers and sisters.

25But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the leaders of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who are the greater, exercise power upon them.

26It shall not be so among you: but whoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister:

27And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant.

28Even as the Son of Man is not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a rescue for many.

Source note

This page uses the Catholic Readings API for the day's references and liturgical celebration data, while the on-site scripture text is rendered from the public-domain Douay-Rheims Bible distributed through the Open Bibles project.