Weekdays after Ash Wednesday
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In Lent
About this day
The Thursday, Friday and Saturday after Ash Wednesday, the first days of Lent before its First Sunday. Their readings speak of choosing life, of the fasting that pleases God, and of taking up the cross daily to follow Christ.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Thu 11 Feb 2027 — Year B · I
- Thu 11 – Sat 13 Feb 2027
Music
Mass
- Ash Wednesday to Week 1 – Propers (Organ) (2020) [[a] Propers. Organ. Lent. Ash Wed. Wk 1. 2020] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory
- Advent – Week 1 to Week 7 – Propers [Propers. II. Weekdays. TEMP. book. long. 03.09.20 final] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Ash Wednesday to Week 1 – Propers (Organ) (2019) [Propers. Wkdays. organ [aa] Ash. Wk 1.2019] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory
Divine Office: Daytime Prayer
- Weekdays after Ash Wednesday – Saturday – Daytime Prayer [Terce. SAT Wk 4 after Ash Wed. 2019] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading
From the Missal
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “When I cried to the Lord…” Cf. Ps 54: 17-20, 23
- Communion — Roman Missal “Create a pure heart for me…” Cf. Ps 50: 12
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “The Lord heard and had mercy…” Ps 29: 11
- Communion — Roman Missal “O Lord, make me know your…” Ps 24: 4
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Answer us, Lord, for your mercy…” Cf. Ps 68: 17
- Communion — Roman Missal “I desire mercy, not sacrifice, says…” Mt 9: 13