Readings for the main services of Holy Communion on Sundays and Wednesdays during March.
1 March – Ash Wednesday
2 Corinthians 5.20b-6.10; Psalm 51.1-18; John 8.1-11
5 March – Lent 1
Genesis 2.15–17 3.1–7; Psalm 32; Romans 5.12–19; Matthew 4.1–11
8 March
Jonah 3; Psalm 51.1–5, 17–18; Luke 11.29–32
12 March – Lent 2
Genesis 12.1–4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4.1–5,13–17; John 3.1–17
15 March
Jeremiah 18.18–20; Psalm 31.4–5, 14–18; Matthew 20.17–28
19 March – Lent 3
Exodus 17.1–7; Psalm 95; Romans 5.1–11; John 4.5–42
22 March
Deuteronomy 4.1, 5–9; Psalm 147.13–21; Matthew 5.17–19
26 March – Mothering Sunday
Exodus 2.1–10; Psalm 34.11–20; Colossians 3.12–17; John 19.25b–27
29 March
Isaiah 49.8–15; Psalm 145.8–18; John 5.17–30
Additional festivals and commemorations in March
- March 2nd
Chad, bishop, missionary, 672 - March 7th
Perpetua, Felicity and companions, martyrs at Carthage, 203 - March 8th
Ember Day, Edward King, bishop of Lincoln, 1910
Felix, bishop, apostle to the East Angles, 647
Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, priest, poet, 1929 - March 10th & 11th
Ember Days - March 17th
Patrick, bishop, missionary, patron of Ireland, c460 - March 18th
Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem, teacher of the faith, 386 - March 20th
Joseph of Nazareth (transferred from March 19th) - March 21st
Thomas Cranmer, archbishop, Reformation martyr, 1556 - March 24th
Walter Hilton, mystic, 1396
Paul Couturier, priest, ecumenist, 1953
Oscar Romero, archbishop, martyr, 1980 - March 25th
Annunciation of our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary - March 31st
John Donne, priest, poet, 1631
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