15/03/2026
|| THE 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT ||
|| FIRST READING
1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a
The LORD said to Samuel:
βFill your horn with oil, and be on your way.
I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem,
for I have chosen my king from among his sons.β
As Jesse and his sons came to the sacrifice,
Samuel looked at Eliab and thought,
βSurely the LORDβs anointed is here before him.β
But the LORD said to Samuel:
βDo not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature,
because I have rejected him.
Not as man sees does God see,
because man sees the appearance
but the LORD looks into the heart.β
In the same way Jesse presented seven sons before Samuel,
but Samuel said to Jesse,
βThe LORD has not chosen any one of these.β
Then Samuel asked Jesse,
βAre these all the sons you have?β
Jesse replied,
βThere is still the youngest, who is tending the sheep.β
Samuel said to Jesse,
βSend for him;
we will not begin the sacrificial banquet until he arrives here.β
Jesse sent and had the young man brought to them.
He was ruddy, a youth handsome to behold
and making a splendid appearance.
The LORD said,
βThereβanoint him, for this is the one!β
Then Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand,
anointed David in the presence of his brothers;
and from that day on, the spirit of the LORD rushed upon David.
The word of the Lord.
|| RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
|| SECOND READING
Eph 5:8-14
Arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians
Brothers and sisters:
You were once darkness,
but now you are light in the Lord.
Live as children of light,
for light produces every kind of goodness
and righteousness and truth.
Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness;
rather expose them, for it is shameful even to mention
the things done by them in secret;
but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
for everything that becomes visible is light.
Therefore, it says:
βAwake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will give you light.β
The word of the Lord.
|| GOSPEL
Jn 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38
[The man who was blind went off and washed himself and came back able to see.]
β A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.
He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva,
and smeared the clay on his eyes, and said to him,
βGo wash in the Pool of Siloamββwhich means Sentβ.
So he went and washed, and came back able to see.
His neighbors and those who had seen him earlier as a beggar said,
βIsnβt this the one who used to sit and beg?β
Some said, βIt is, β
but others said, βNo, he just looks like him.β
He said, βI am.β
They brought the one who was once blind to the Pharisees.
Now Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes on a sabbath.
So then the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see.
He said to them,
βHe put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.β
So some of the Pharisees said,
βThis man is not from God,
because he does not keep the sabbath.β
But others said,
βHow can a sinful man do such signs?β
And there was a division among them.
So they said to the blind man again,
βWhat do you have to say about him,
since he opened your eyes?β
He said, βHe is a prophet.β
They answered and said to him,
βYou were born totally in sin,
and are you trying to teach us?β
Then they threw him out.
When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out,
he found him and said, βDo you believe in the Son of Man?β
He answered and said,
βWho is he, sir, that I may believe in him?β
Jesus said to him,
βYou have seen him, and
the one speaking with you is he.β
He said,
βI do believe, Lord,β and he worshiped him.
The Gospel of the Lord
