Gospel for Monday, March 9, 2026

Monday of the third week of Lent

Gospel for Monday, March 9, 2026

A reading from the Holy Gospel, Luke 4:24-30

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. ²⁵But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; ²⁶But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. ²⁷And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. ²⁸And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, ²⁹And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. ³⁰But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

Responsorial psalm Psalm 42:2, 3, 43:3, 4

Scripture quotations: King James Version (KJV), public domain. Mass readings: Roman Lectionary references.