March 2026
17 Tuesday  27
violetTuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [245] Ezek 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; John 5:1-16.
Hours of the day.
St Patrick, bishopCommemoration
Archdioc. of Boston and Dioceses of Erie, Norwich, and Sacramento
white  St. Patrick, bishop (Principal Patron)Feast
(As on solemnity, except 2 readings and no Creed. No Even. Prayer I.)
Archdioceses of San Francisco and New York
white  St. Patrick, bishop (Principal Co-patron [SF] or Patron [NY])Solemnity
Mass of the Saint, Gloria, 3 Readings, cf. Lect. [541] or Commons (3 readings), Creed, Preface of Pastors.
Hours of the Saint, Te Deum
Variables for the Year
Golden Number  13
Epact  xi
Solar Cycle 19
Letter of the Martyrology: l
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period: Year 6739
Years since the confirmation of the Society: 486
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  470
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II