Everyone older then 14 years of age is bound to observe the law of abstinence. Abstinence is to be observed on all Fridays within the season of Lent and on Ash Wednesday.

On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, everyone over 18 and up to the beginning of their 60th year also is bound to observe the law of fast. On these two days only one full meatless meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal.Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, therefore, are the only days of both fast and abstinence.

The following was written by Saint Bonaventure: “The outcome or the fruit of reading holy Scripture is by no means negligible: it is the fullness of eternal happiness. For these are the books which tell us of eternal life, which were written not only that we might believe but also that we might have everlasting life. When we do live that life we shall understand fully, we shall love completely, and our desires will be totally satisfied. Then, with all our needs fulfilled, we shall truly know the love that surpasses understanding and so be filled with the fullness of God. The purpose of the Scriptures, which come to us from God, is to lead us to this fullness according to the truths contained in those sayings of the apostles to which I have referred. In order to achieve this, we must study holy Scripture carefully, and teach it and listen to it in the same way.”

USCCB Daily Lenten Readings

February 18, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021826.cfm
February 19, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021926.cfm
February 20, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022026.cfm
February 21, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022126.cfm
February 22, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022226.cfm
February 23, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022326.cfm
February 24, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022426.cfm
February 25, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022526.cfm
February 26, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022626.cfm
February 27, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022726.cfm
February 28, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022826.cfm
March 1, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030126.cfm

March 2, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030226.cfm
March 3, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030326.cfm
March 4, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030426.cfm
March 5, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030526.cfm
March 6, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030626.cfm
March 7, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030726.cfm
March 8, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030826.cfm

March 9, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030926.cfm
March 10, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031026.cfm
March 11, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031126.cfm
March 12, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031226.cfm
March 13, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031326.cfm
March 14, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031426.cfm
March 15, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031526.cfm

March 16, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031626.cfm
March 17, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031726.cfm
March 18,2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031826.cfm
March 19, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031926.cfm
March 20, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032026.cfm
March 21, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032126.cfm
March 22, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032226.cfm

March 23, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032326.cfm
March 24, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032426.cfm
March 25, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032526.cfm
March 26, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032626.cfm
March 27, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032726.cfm
March 28, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032826.cfm
March 29, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032926.cfm

March 30, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/033026.cfm
March 31, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/033126.cfm
April 1, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040126.cfm
April 2, 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040226-Supper.cfm