Readings for the day · Epiphany Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for February 8, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany; Roman Catholic keeps Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps Sexagesima Sunday. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonFifth Sunday after the EpiphanyYear A · Feb 8 | Roman CatholicFifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Feb 8 | LSB Three-YearFifth Sunday after the EpiphanyYear A · Feb 8 | Historic One-YearSexagesima SundayOne-year · Feb 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 5 | Matthew 5:13-20 | Matthew 5:13-16 | Matthew 5:13-20 | Luke 8:4-15 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read 1 Corinthians 2 | 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) | 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 | 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) | 2 Corinthians 11:19-12:9or Hebrews 4:9-13 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 58 | Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12) | Isaiah 58:7-10 | Isaiah 58:3-9a | Isaiah 55:10-13 |
| Psalm3 of 4 read Psalm 112 | Psalm 112:1-9 (10) | Psalm 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (4a) | Psalm 112:1-9 | Psalm 84 |
Every citation above opens its own page: the passage, verse-by-verse commentary, background and word study, the Church Fathers, and worship resources. An “or” line is the second track a lectionary offers for the same day, not a different Sunday. Agreement is judged by chapter, because the four rarely cut a passage to the same length.
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