Catholic Daily Reflection: Wednesday 4 March 2026 — Today's Readings: The Sacrifice
Catholic Daily Reflection for Wednesday 4 March 2026
For Catholics, the daily reflection is a way to deepen their relationship with God. The reflections are typically accompanied by readings and prayers. According to the 2026 Liturgical Calendar Year A/II prepared by the Liturgy Commission of the KWI, 4 March 2026 marks the memorial of Saint Casimir, Confessor; and Saint Lucius, Pope and Martyr. The liturgical colour for the day is violet.
Theme: Sacrifice. Let us read the Catholic daily reflection for Wednesday, 4 March 2026, quoted from the book “Inspirasi Pagi” by Alfons Jehadut. The Catholic daily reflection for this day also includes the Gospel reading and prayers for today.
Catholic Daily Reflection Wednesday 4 March 2026
Liturgical Readings for 4 March 2026
Before reflecting in today’s Catholic reflection, believers may read the day’s Catholic readings, 4 March 2026. In the liturgical calendar of the Indonesian Bishops’ Conference (KWI), the readings today begin with Jeremiah 18:18-20; followed by Psalm 31:5-6,14,15-16; the Gospel of Matthew 20:17-28; and the Office Reading from Exodus 17:1-16. Here is the outline:
First Reading: Jeremiah 18:18-20
Jeremiah 18:18 They said, “Let us conspire against Jeremiah, for the priest will not lack instruction, the wise man will not lack counsel, and the prophet will not lack words. Let us strike him with the tongue and pay no attention to any of his words!”
Jeremiah 18:19 “Listen to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my supplication!”
Jeremiah 18:20 “Shall good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me! Remember that I stood before you to plead on their behalf, to turn your wrath away from them.”
Psalm 31:5,6,14-16
Psalm 31:5 (31-6) “Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, O Lord, faithful God.”
Psalm 31:6 (31-7) “You hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.”
Psalm 31:14 (31-15) “But I, I trust in you, O Lord; I say, you are my God.”
Psalm 31:15 (31-16) “My life is in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who persecute me.”
Psalm 31:16 (31-17) “Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love.”
Gospel: Matthew 20:17-28
Matthew 20:17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and on the way said to them,
Matthew 20:18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify him, and on the third day he will be raised.”
Matthew 20:19 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, kneeling and asking for something from him.
Matthew 20:21 He asked, “What do you want?” She said, “Declare that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right hand and the other on your left, in your kingdom.”
Matthew 20:22 Jesus replied, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
Matthew 20:23 He said, “My cup indeed you shall drink, but to sit at my right or left is not mine to grant; these places belong to those for whom the Father has prepared them.”
Matthew 20:24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them to himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
Matthew 20:26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
Matthew 20:27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave;
Matthew 20:28 just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Office Reading: Exodus 17:1-16
Exodus 17:1 Then all the congregation of the people of Israel set out from the wilderness of Sin, traveling from place to place, according to the Lord’s command; and they camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 17:2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
Exodus 17:3 The people thirsted for water there and grumbled against Moses, saying, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?”
Exodus 17:4 So Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
Exodus 17:5 The Lord said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Exodus 17:7 He called the place Massah and Meribah because the people quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”