--- title: "Mass Readings for March 16, 2028 (Thursday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/16/ description: "March 16, 2028: Thursday of the Second Week of Lent, Year C, Cycle II, violet. Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; Luke 16:19-31. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Thursday of the Second Week of Lent · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Thursday, March 16, 2028* On Thursday, March 16, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps Thursday of the Second Week of Lent (Cycle II); the liturgical color is violet. The Gospel is Luke 16:19-31. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Violet - **Celebration**: Thursday of the Second Week of Lent - **Season**: Lent · Week 2 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-10 Read in the CPDV: [Jeremiah 17](https://blessbible.app/bible/jeremiah/17/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/1/) ### Verse before the Gospel: Luke 8:15 Read in the CPDV: [Luke 8](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/8/) ### Gospel: Luke 16:19-31 - 19 A certain man was wealthy, and he was clothed in purple and in fine linen. And he feasted splendidly every day. - 20 And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, covered with sores, - 21 wanting to be filled with the crumbs which were falling from the wealthy man’s table. But no one gave it to him. And even the dogs came and licked his sores. - 22 Then it happened that the beggar died, and he was carried by the Angels into the bosom of Abraham. Now the wealthy man also died, and he was entombed in Hell. - 23 Then lifting up his eyes, while he was in torments, he saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. - 24 And crying out, he said: ‘Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to refresh my tongue. For I am tortured in this fire.’ - 25 And Abraham said to him: ‘Son, recall that you received good things in your life, and in comparison, Lazarus received bad things. But now he is consoled, and truly you are tormented. - 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been established, so that those who might want to cross from here to you are not able, nor can someone cross from there to here.’ - 27 And he said: ‘Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, - 28 so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torments.’ - 29 And Abraham said to him: ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’ - 30 So he said: ‘No, father Abraham. But if someone were to go to them from the dead, they would repent.’ - 31 But he said to him: ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe even if someone has resurrected from the dead.’” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 16](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/16/) 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. Heribert of Cologne](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-heribert-of-cologne/) Bishop · Remembered on March 16 [Read about St. Heribert of Cologne](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-heribert-of-cologne/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Thursday of the Second Week of Lent). [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 Wed, Mar 15](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/15/) [Next day Fri, Mar 17](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/17/)