Catholic Liturgical Calendar — April 2, 2026

April 2, 2026

Holy Thursday, before the evening Mass

Lent · Holy Week · Violet

Holy day of obligation: No national obligation
National rule: Sundays, Christmas, Ascension, Assumption and All Saints. Personal or local dispensations are not determined here. The U.S. Saturday/Monday abrogation rule is not applied.

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper · Paschal Triduum
Reading references and Mass choices are not available here for this celebration. Do not infer the readings from the calendar alone. In the evening, at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, the Triduum begins. References for this Mass have not been acquired.

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Calendar used: France — national calendar · References, not full Lectionary texts. Check your diocese’s local observances.

Lent continues before the evening Mass; the Lord’s Supper has a separate white-vestment context. Do not assign a single Mass color to the whole date.

Reading references and Mass choices are not available here for this celebration. Do not infer the readings from the calendar alone.

At the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Lent ends and the Paschal Triduum begins.

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