Daily readings

Monday, March 16, 2026

Monday of the 4th week of Lent. Lent. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationMonday of the 4th week of Lent

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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

Isaiah 65:17-21

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.

17For look I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in remembrance, and they shell not come upon the heart.

18But you shall be glad and rejoice forever in these things, which I create: for look I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, end the people thereof joy.

19And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people, and the voice of weeping shall no more be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

20There shall no more be an infant of days there, nor an old man that shall not fill up his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of them.

2

Psalm

Psalm 30:2 and 4, 5-6, 11-12a and 13b

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.

5Sing to the Lord, OH you his saints: and give praise to the memory of his holiness.

6For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.

3

Gospel

John 4:43-54

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.

43Now after two days, he departed from there, and went into Galilee.

44For Jesus himself gave teaching that a prophet has no honour in his own country.

45And when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things he had done at Jerusalem on the festival day; for they also went to the festival day.

46He came again therefore into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capharnaum.

47He having heard that Jesus was come from Judea into Galilee, went to him, and prayed him to come down, and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.

48Jesus therefore said to him: Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not.

49The ruler says to him: Lord, come down before that my son die.

50Jesus says to him: Go your way; your son liveth. The man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went his way.

51And as he was going down, his servants met him; and they brought word, saying, that his son lived.

52He asked therefore of them the hour in which he grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.

53The father therefore knew, that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him, Your son liveth; and himself believed, and his whole house.

54This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee.

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.