Readings for
February 16, 2027
Lenten Weekday
Mass of the Day
First Reading
Isaiah 55: 10-11
10Yet just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down And do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, Giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats,
11So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me empty, but shall do what pleases me, achieving the end for which I sent it.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 34: 4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19
4Magnify the LORD with me; and let us exalt his name together.
5II - I sought the LORD, and he answered me, delivered me from all my fears.
6Look to him and be radiant, and your faces may not blush for shame.
7This poor one cried out and the LORD heard, and from all his distress he saved him.
16The eyes of the LORD are directed toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.
17The LORD’s face is against evildoers to wipe out their memory from the earth.
18The righteous cry out, the LORD hears and he rescues them from all their afflictions.
19The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed.
Verse Before the Gospel
Matthew 4: 4b
4He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”
Gospel
Matthew 6: 7-15
7In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
8Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9The Lord’s Prayer. “This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
10your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread;
12and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
13and do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us from the evil one.
14If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
15But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.