--- title: "Mass Readings for March 30, 2028 (Thursday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/30/ description: "March 30, 2028: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent, Year C, Cycle II, violet. Exodus 32:7-14; Psalm 106; John 5:31-47. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Thursday, March 30, 2028* On Thursday, March 30, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent (Cycle II); the liturgical color is violet. The Gospel is John 5:31-47. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Violet - **Celebration**: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent - **Season**: Lent · Week 4 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Exodus 32:7-14 Read in the CPDV: [Exodus 32](https://blessbible.app/bible/exodus/32/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 106:19-20, 21-22, 23 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 106 (105 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/105/) ### Verse before the Gospel: John 3:16 Read in the CPDV: [John 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/3/) ### Gospel: John 5:31-47 - 31 If I offer testimony about myself, my testimony is not true. - 32 There is another who offers testimony about me, and I know that the testimony which he offers about me is true. - 33 You sent to John, and he offered testimony to the truth. - 34 But I do not accept testimony from man. Instead, I say these things, so that you may be saved. - 35 He was a burning and shining light. So you were willing, at the time, to exult in his light. - 36 But I hold a greater testimony than that of John. For the works which the Father has given to me, so that I may complete them, these works themselves that I do, offer testimony about me: that the Father has sent me. - 37 And the Father who has sent me has himself offered testimony about me. And you have never heard his voice, nor have you beheld his appearance. - 38 And you do not have his word abiding in you. For the one whom he sent, the same you would not believe. - 39 Study the Scriptures. For you think that in them you have eternal life. And yet they also offer testimony about me. - 40 And you are not willing to come to me, so that you may have life. - 41 I do not accept glory from men. - 42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you. - 43 I have come in the name of my Father, and you do not accept me. If another will arrive in his own name, him you will accept. - 44 How are you able to believe, you who accept glory from one another and yet do not seek the glory that is from God alone? - 45 Do not consider that I might accuse you with the Father. There is one who accuses you, Moses, in whom you hope. - 46 For if you were believing in Moses, perhaps you would believe in me also. For he wrote about me. - 47 But if you do not believe by his writings, how will you believe by my words?” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of John 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/5/) 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. John Climacus](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-climacus/) Abbot · Remembered on March 30 [Read about St. John Climacus](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-climacus/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Thursday of the Fourth 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 29](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/29/) [Next day Fri, Mar 31](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/31/)