---
title: "Mass Readings for March 3, 2028 (Friday) · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/03/
description: "March 3, 2028: Friday after Ash Wednesday, Year C, Cycle II, violet. Isaiah 58:1-9a; Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19; Matthew 9:14-15. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

Friday after Ash Wednesday · Weekday

# Mass Readings *for Friday, March 3, 2028*

On Friday, March 3, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps Friday after Ash Wednesday (Cycle II); the liturgical color is violet. The Gospel is Matthew 9:14-15.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

Violet

- **Celebration**: Friday after Ash Wednesday
- **Season**: Lent
- **Rank**: Weekday
- **Sunday cycle**: Year C
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Isaiah 58:1-9a

Read in the CPDV: [Isaiah 58](https://blessbible.app/bible/isaiah/58/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 51 (50 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/50/)

### Verse before the Gospel: Amos 5:14

Read in the CPDV: [Amos 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/5/)

### Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15

- 14 Then the disciples of John drew near to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples do not fast?”
- 15 And Jesus said to them: “How can the sons of the groom mourn, while the groom is still with them? But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them. And then they shall fast.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 9](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/9/)

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.

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## Saint of the day

[St. Katharine Drexel](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-katharine-drexel/)

Virgin · Remembered on March 3

[Read about St. Katharine Drexel](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-katharine-drexel/)

The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Friday after Ash Wednesday).

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