Daily readings

Saturday, March 21, 2026

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

CelebrationSaturday of the 4th week of Lent

TypeWeekday

SeasonLent

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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

Jeremiah 11:18-20

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.

18But you, OH Lord, have shewn me, and I have known: then you shewedst me their doings.

19And I was as a gentle lamb, that is carried to be a victim: and I knew not that they had devised guidance against me, saying: Let us put wood on his bread, and cut him off from the land of the living, and let his name be remembered no more.

20But you, OH Lord of Sabaoth, who judgest justly, and triest the reins and hearts, let me see your revenge on them: for to you I have revealed my cause.

2

Psalm

Psalm 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12

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.

2OH Lord my God, in you have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.

3Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.

11Righteous is my help from the Lord: who saveth the upright of heart.

12God is a righteous judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?

3

Gospel

John 7:40-53

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.

40Of that crowd therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed.

41Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Does the Christ come out of Galilee?

42Does not the scripture say: That Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem the town where David was?

43So there arose a dissension among the people because of him.

44And some of them would have apprehended him: but no man laid hands on him.

45The ministers therefore came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them: Why have you not brought him?

46The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man.

47The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced?

48Has any one of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?

49But this crowd, that knows not the law, are accursed.

50Nicodemus said to them, (he that came to him by night, who was one of them:)

51Does our law judge any man, unless it first hear him, and know what he does?

52They answered, and said to him: Art you also a Galilean? Search the scriptures, and see, that out of Galilee a prophet rises not.

53And every man returned to his own house.

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.