--- title: "Mass Readings for March 17, 2028 (Friday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/17/ description: "March 17, 2028: Friday of the Second Week of Lent, Year C, Cycle II, violet. Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Friday of the Second Week of Lent · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Friday, March 17, 2028* On Friday, March 17, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps Friday of the Second Week of Lent (Cycle II); the liturgical color is violet. The Gospel is Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Violet - **Celebration**: Friday 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: Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a Read in the CPDV: [Genesis 37](https://blessbible.app/bible/genesis/37/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 105 (104 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/104/) ### Verse before the Gospel: John 3:16 Read in the CPDV: [John 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/3/) ### Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 - 33 Listen to another parable. There was a man, the father of a family, who planted a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and dug a press in it, and built a tower. And he loaned it out to farmers, and he set out to sojourn abroad. - 34 Then, when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, so that they might receive its fruits. - 35 And the farmers apprehended his servants; they struck one, and killed another, and stoned yet another. - 36 Again, he sent other servants, more than before; and they treated them similarly. - 37 Then, at the very end, he sent his son to them, saying: ‘They will revere my son.’ - 38 But the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves: ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and then we will have his inheritance.’ - 39 And apprehending him, they cast him outside the vineyard, and they killed him. - 40 Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard arrives, what will he do to those farmers?” - 41 They said to him, “He will bring those evil men to an evil end, and he will loan out his vineyard to other farmers, who shall repay to him the fruit in its time.” - 42 Jesus said to them: “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders have rejected has become the cornerstone. By the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?’ - 43 Therefore, I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and it shall be given to a people who shall produce its fruits. - 45 And when the leaders of the priests, and the Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them. - 46 And though they sought to take hold of him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 21](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/21/) 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. Patrick](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/) Bishop and Missionary · Remembered on March 17 Patron of Ireland and engineers [Read about St. Patrick](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Friday 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 Thu, Mar 16](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/16/) [Next day Sat, Mar 18](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/18/)