Catholic Daily Reflection for 5 March 2026 and Today's Readings: The Fate of a Person
Catholic Daily Reflection for Thursday, 5 March 2026
For Catholics, daily reflection is a way to deepen their relationship with God. The Catholic daily reflection for Thursday, 5 March 2026, is based on the 2026 Liturgical Calendar Year A/II prepared by the Liturgical Commission of the Indonesian Bishops’ Conference. It notes that 5 March 2026 is a Ordinary Time weekday in the Second Week of Lent, with the commemoration of Saint John Joseph, Confessor of Faith; Saint Eusebius of Cremona, Confessor of Faith; and Saint Gerasimos, Confessor. The liturgical colour for the day is purple. The reflection, on the theme of the fate of a person, is taken from the book “Inspirasi Pagi” by Alfons Jehadut. The daily reflection also includes the Gospel reading and a Catholic prayer as a concluding prayer.
Liturgical Readings for 5 March 2026
Reading I: Jeremiah 17:5-10
5 This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 He will be like a juniper in the desert; he will not experience the good that comes, and he will dwell in a parched land, in a desert plain that is uninhabited.
7 But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is in the Lord.
8 He will be like a tree planted by the water, sending out its roots by the stream; it does not fear when heat comes, its leaves remain green, and it does not worry in a year of drought, and it never ceases to bear fruit.
9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else and desperately sick; who can understand it?
10 I, the Lord, search the heart and test the mind, to reward a person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”
Psalms: Psalm 1:1-2,3,4,6
1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take, or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither; whatever they do prospers.
4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
19 There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
20 At his gate lay a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores,
21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 The beggar died and was carried by angels to Abraham’s side.
23 The rich man also died and was buried; in Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
24 He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
25 But Abraham replied, ’Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
27 He answered, ’Then I beg you, Father, send Lazarus to my father’s house,
28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them so they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 ‘No, Father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’
Office Readings: Exodus 18:13-15
13 The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.
14 When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said: ‘What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone while all the people stand before you from morning till evening?’
15 Moses said to his father-in-law: ’Because the people come to me to seek guidance from God.
16 When they have a dispute, they come to me, and I decide between one person and another, and I inform them of God’s decrees and laws.’