Daily readings

Friday, March 27, 2026

Friday of the 5th week of Lent. Lent. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationFriday of the 5th week of Lent

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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 20:10-13

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.

10For I heard the reproaches of many, and terror on every side: Persecute him, and let us persecute him: from all the men that were my familiars, and continued at my side: if by any means he may be deceived, and we may prevail against him, and be revenged on him.

11But the Lord is with me as a strong warrior: therefore those who persecute me shall fall, and shall be weak: they shall be greatly put to shame, because they have not understood the eternal shame, which never shall be effaced.

12And you, OH Lord of hosts, prover of the righteous, who seest the reins and the heart: let me see, I beg you, your vengeance on them: for to you I have laid open my cause.

13Sing you to the Lord, praise the Lord: because he has rescued the soul of the poor out of the hand of the evil.

2

Psalm

Psalm 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7

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.

5The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of sin troubled me.

6The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.

7In my suffering I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.

3

Gospel

John 10:31-42

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.

31The Jews then took up stones to stone him.

32Jesus answered them: Many good works I have showed you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?

33The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone you not, but for words against God; and because that you, being a man, makes yourself God.

34Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law: I said you are gods?

35If he called them gods, to whom to word of God was said, and the scripture cannot be broken;

36Do you say of him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world: You blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?

37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

38But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

39They sought therefore to take him; and he escaped out of their hands.

40And he went again beyond the Jordan, into that place where John was baptizing first; and there he abode.

41And many resorted to him, and they said: John indeed did no sign.

42But all things whatever John said of this man, were true. And many believed in him.

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.