Lent is the period of preparation for Easter Sunday and one of the major liturgical seasons of the church. Lent is the time leading up to Easter marked by penitence, prayer, fasting and giving,
  
Below are forty-seven daily readings that begin with Ash Wednesday, March 5 and conclude with Easter Sunday, April 20.
 
If you are fasting for 40 days during Lent, read the scripture each day; however, Sundays are not included in the 40-day fast. 
 
Click on the links to read the scriptures and commentaries. 

Save this page and refer to it each day of the Lenten season for your daily reading. Clicking on the link will take you to the scripture and meditation for each day of the Lenten season.
 
Dates
Scriptures
Day 1: Ash Wednesday, March 5Psalm 51
Day 2: Thursday, March 6Exodus 3:1-17
Day 3: Friday, March 71 Samuel 3:5-10
Day 4: Saturday, March 8John 15:13-17
Day 5: Sunday, March 9Matthew 28:16-20
Day 6: Monday, March 10Matthew 4:12-25
Day 7: Tuesday, March 11Psalm 46
Day 8: Wednesday, March 12Colossians 3:12-17
Day 9: Thursday, March 13Luke 10:25-37
Day 10: Friday, March 14John 1:1-18
Day 11: Saturday, March 15Galatians 2:20
Day 12: Sunday, March 16Psalm 121
Day 13: Monday, March 17Matthew 6:10
Day 14: Tuesday, March 18Psalm 119:97-104
Day 15: Wednesday, March 19Jonah 2
Day 16: Thursday, March 20John 17
Day 17: Friday, March 21Mark 10:42-52
Day 18: Saturday, March 22Ruth 1:16-17
Day 19: Sunday, March 23Psalm 23
Day 20: Monday, March 24Romans 12:1 
Day 21: Tuesday, March 25Psalm 100
Day 22: Wednesday, March 26Romans 13:13-14
Day 23: Thursday, March 27Ephesians 2:8-9
Day 24: Friday, March 28Isaiah 6:1-8
Day 25: Saturday, March 29 Luke 19:1-10
Day 26: Sunday, March 30 Philippians 4:4-13
Day 27: Monday, March 31John 14:6
Day 28: Tuesday, April 1Matthew 11:28
Day 29: Wednesday, April 2Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Day 30: Thursday, April 3I John 4:16
Day 31: Friday, April 4I Corinthians 13
Day 32: Saturday, April 5Psalm 103:1-2
Day 33: Sunday, April 6Galatians 5:22-23
Day 34: Monday, April 7Revelation 3:20
Day 35: Tuesday, April 8Galatians 6:9
Day 36: Wednesday, April 9Hebrews 13:8
Day 37: Thursday April 10John 15:1-8
Day 38: Friday, April 11Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Day 39: Saturday, April 12I Corinthians 15:58
Day 40: Palm Sunday, April 13Matthew 21:1-11
Holy Week Begins
Day 41: Monday, April 14		Matthew 21:12-17
Matthew 21:18-22
Day 42: Tuesday, April 15Matthew 21:28
Day 43: Wednesday, April 16Matthew 26:6-13
Day 44: Maundy Thursday
            April 17		John 13:34
Matthew 26:17-75 
Day 45: Good Friday, April 18Matthew 26:47-
Matthew 27:26
Day 46: Saturday, April 19Matthew 27:62-66
Day 47: Easter Sunday, April 20Matthew 28:11-15

 
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