Readings for the day · Lenten Season · All Four Lectionaries

The readings for March 15, 2026, in all four lectionaries

Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Fourth Sunday in Lent; Roman Catholic keeps Fourth Sunday of Lent; Historic One-Year keeps The Fourth Sunday in Lent (Laetare). No reading is common to all four.

Reading	Revised Common Fourth Sunday in LentYear A · Mar 15	Roman Catholic Fourth Sunday of LentYear A · Mar 15	LSB Three-Year Fourth Sunday in LentYear A · Mar 15	Historic One-Year The Fourth Sunday in Lent (Laetare)One-year · Mar 15
Gospel3 of 4 read John 9	John 9:1-41	John 9:1-41 or John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 or If Second Scrutiny of the Elect: John 9:1-41 or John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38	John 9:1-41 or John 9:1-7, 13-17, 34-39	John 6:1-15
Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Ephesians 5	Ephesians 5:8-14	Ephesians 5:8-14 or If Second Scrutiny of the Elect: Ephesians 5:8-14	Ephesians 5:8-14	Galatians 4:21-31 or Acts 2:41-47
Old Testament / First Reading2 of 4 read 1 Samuel 16	1 Samuel 16:1-13	1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a or If Second Scrutiny of the Elect: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a	Isaiah 42:14-21	Exodus 16:2-21 or Isaiah 49:8-13
Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 23	Psalm 23	Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 (1)or If Second Scrutiny of the Elect: Psalm 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6, (1)	Psalm 142	Psalm 132:8-18

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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