Friday, February 26, 2027
Friday of the Second Week of Lent
Lenten weekday
Lent is forty days of prayer, fasting and almsgiving in preparation for Easter.
- Friday of Lent: a day of abstinence from meat (ages 14 and up).
Readings of the day
Sorrowful Mysteries
First Mystery: The Agony in the Garden
“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”Luke 22:42
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prays in anguish as His Passion approaches. His sweat becomes like drops of blood, and He surrenders Himself wholly to the Father’s will.
Fruit of the mystery: Sorrow for sin · conformity to God’s will
The Way of the Cross
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.
On the Fridays of Lent many parishes pray the Stations of the Cross, following Jesus through fourteen moments of his Passion. You can pray them at church or at home, pausing at each station with this acclamation, an Our Father, a Hail Mary and a Glory Be.
Traditional acclamation of the Stations of the Cross
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This day’s five mysteries (Sorrowful Mysteries)
- The Agony in the Garden
- The Scourging at the Pillar
- The Crowning with Thorns
- The Carrying of the Cross
- The Crucifixion
Coming up
- Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin MaryFri, Mar 19 · Solemnity
- Palm Sunday of the Passion of the LordSun, Mar 21 · Sunday
- Holy Thursday: Evening Mass of the Lord’s SupperThu, Mar 25
- Friday of the Passion of the LordFri, Mar 26
- Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the LordSun, Mar 28 · Solemnity
Liturgical calendar for the dioceses of the USA (General Roman Calendar and U.S. proper), checked against the USCCB liturgical calendar. Readings: citations from the U.S. Lectionary for Mass, text from the Douay-Rheims Bible (public domain).
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