Readings for the day · Lenten Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for March 8, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Third Sunday in Lent; Roman Catholic keeps Third Sunday of Lent; Historic One-Year keeps The Third Sunday in Lent (Oculi). No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonThird Sunday in LentYear A · Mar 8 | Roman CatholicThird Sunday of LentYear A · Mar 8 | LSB Three-YearThird Sunday in LentYear A · Mar 8 | Historic One-YearThe Third Sunday in Lent (Oculi)One-year · Mar 8 |
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| Gospel3 of 4 read John 4 | John 4:5-42 | John 4:5-42 or John 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42or If First Scrutiny of the Elect: John 4:5-42 or John 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 | John 4:5-26 (27-30, 39-42) | Luke 11:14-28 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Romans 5 | Romans 5:1-11 | Romans 5:1-2, 5-8or If First Scrutiny of the Elect: Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 | Romans 5:1-8 | Ephesians 5:1-9 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Exodus 17 | Exodus 17:1-7 | Exodus 17:3-7or If First Scrutiny of the Elect: Exodus 17:3-7 | Exodus 17:1-7 | Exodus 8:16-24or Jeremiah 26:1-15 |
| Psalm3 of 4 read Psalm 95 | Psalm 95 | Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 (8)or If First Scrutiny of the Elect: Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 (8) | Psalm 95:1-9 | Psalm 136:1-16or Psalm 4 |
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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