--- title: "Mass Readings for March 1, 2028: Ash Wednesday · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/01/ description: "March 1, 2028: Ash Wednesday, Year C, Cycle II, violet. Joel 2:12-18; Psalm 51; 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Ash Wednesday · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Wednesday, March 1, 2028* On Wednesday, March 1, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps Ash Wednesday (Cycle II); the liturgical color is violet. The Gospel is Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Violet - **Celebration**: Ash Wednesday - **Season**: Lent - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Joel 2:12-18 Read in the CPDV: [Joel 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/joel/2/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 51 (50 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/50/) ### Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2 - 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, so that God is exhorting through us. We beseech you for Christ: be reconciled to God. - 21 For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him. - 6:1 But, as a help to you, we exhort you not to receive the grace of God in vain. - 2 For he says: “In a favorable time, I heeded you; and on the day of salvation, I helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 2 Corinthians 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/5/) [The whole of 2 Corinthians 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/6/) ### Verse before the Gospel: Psalm 95:8 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 95 (94 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/94/) ### Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 - 1 “Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven. - 2 Therefore, when you give alms, do not choose to sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the towns, so that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. - 3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, - 4 so that your almsgiving may be in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you. - 5 And when you pray, you should not be like the hypocrites, who love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets to pray, so that they may be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. - 6 But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and having shut the door, pray to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you. - 16 And when you fast, do not choose to become gloomy, like the hypocrites. For they alter their faces, so that their fasting may be apparent to men. Amen I say to you, that they have received their reward. - 17 But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, - 18 so that your fasting will not be apparent to men, but to your Father, who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/6/) Computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. In US parishes the readings are proclaimed from the NABRE; the text shown here is the Catholic Public Domain Version. Old Testament readings and the psalm are listed with a link to their chapter: the US Lectionary numbers some of their verses differently from the CPDV, so their text is not printed here. Psalm citations keep the Lectionary’s Hebrew numbering; the CPDV numbers the Psalms as the Vulgate does. Spotted a wrong date, color or citation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. ## Saint of the day [St. David of Wales](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-david-of-wales/) Bishop · Remembered on March 1 Patron of Wales [Read about St. David of Wales](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-david-of-wales/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Ash Wednesday). [March 2028, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/) [Liturgical calendar 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Tue, Feb 29](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/02/29/) [Next day Thu, Mar 2](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/02/)