Catholic Daily Readings

Mass Readings For Tomorrow (Readings, Gospel, and Reflection)

Liturgical Calendar

Thursday, February 26, 2026: Thursday of the First Week in Lent

Readings and Gospel

Reading I: Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8

Verse Before the Gospel: Psalm 51:12a, 14a

Gospel: Matthew 7:7-12

Liturgical vestments: Purple

Liturgical Calendar

Thursday, February 26, 2026: Readings & Responsorial Psalm & Gospel

Mass Readings for Tomorrow – Preparing Our Hearts

As we look ahead to tomorrow’s Mass Readings, we are invited to prepare our hearts to receive God’s word more deeply. Each reading, whether from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the Epistles, or the Gospel, is a message of love, guidance, and encouragement for our journey of faith.

Tomorrow’s readings remind us that God is always speaking to us—through His prophets, His apostles, and above all, through His Son, Jesus Christ. As we anticipate the Gospel passage, we reflect on how Christ’s words continue to call us to conversion, to deeper trust, and to a more profound love for God and neighbor.

Taking time to meditate on the Mass Readings for Tomorrow helps us to enter the Eucharistic celebration with open hearts. It allows us to be more attentive, more receptive, and more transformed by His grace. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate our minds and prepare our souls, so that when we hear God’s word proclaimed at Mass, we may not only listen but truly live it.

🙏 Lord, open our hearts to Your word, and let it bear fruit in our lives. Amen.

Reading I

Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25

Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish,
had recourse to the LORD.
She lay prostrate upon the ground, together with her handmaids,
from morning until evening, and said:
“God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, blessed are you.
Help me, who am alone and have no help but you,
for I am taking my life in my hand.
As a child I used to hear from the books of my forefathers
that you, O LORD, always free those who are pleasing to you.
Now help me, who am alone and have no one but you,
O LORD, my God.

“And now, come to help me, an orphan.
Put in my mouth persuasive words in the presence of the lion
and turn his heart to hatred for our enemy,
so that he and those who are in league with him may perish.
Save us from the hand of our enemies;
turn our mourning into gladness
and our sorrows into wholeness.”

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8

R.        (3a) Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart,
            for you have heard the words of my mouth;
            in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise;
I will worship at your holy temple
            and give thanks to your name.
R.        Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
Because of your kindness and your truth;
            for you have made great above all things
            your name and your promise.
When I called, you answered me;
            you built up strength within me.
R.        Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
Your right hand saves me.
The LORD will complete what he has done for me;
            your kindness, O LORD, endures forever;
            forsake not the work of your hands.
R.        Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.

Verse Before the Gospel

Psalm 51:12a, 14a

A clean heart create for me, O God;
give me back the joy of your salvation.

Gospel

Matthew 7:7-12

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Which one of you would hand his son a stone
when he asked for a loaf of bread,
or a snake when he asked for a fish?
If you then, who are wicked,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your heavenly Father give good things
to those who ask him.

“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you.
This is the law and the prophets.”