Lent 2027 begins on Ash Wednesday, February 10, and runs until the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, March 25. The Triduum follows, and Easter is Sunday, March 28.
- The Sorrowful Mysteries keep Tuesdays and Fridays through Lent, as all year, and take the Sundays too.
- Orabimus sets them for you, and can set them every day of the season if you choose.
Through Lent, anyone with a free account can join a public Group Rosary on Orabimus when one is praying, or open one at any hour for a family, a parish or a Friday evening.
What are the dates of Lent 2027?
Lent and Easter 2027 at a glance
| Wednesday, February 10 | Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent |
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| Sunday, February 14 | First Sunday of Lent |
| Friday, March 19 | St. Joseph, husband of Mary |
| Sunday, March 21 | Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, and the start of Holy Week |
| Thursday, March 25 | Holy Thursday: Lent ends and the Triduum begins with the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper |
| Friday, March 26 | Good Friday |
| Sunday, March 28 | Easter Sunday |
| Sunday, April 4 | Divine Mercy Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter |
Where do the Sorrowful Mysteries fit in Lent?
The Sorrowful Mysteries walk the road Lent leads to: the Agony in the Garden, the Scourging at the Pillar, the Crowning with Thorns, the Carrying of the Cross and the Crucifixion.
By custom they are prayed on Tuesdays and Fridays all year, and during Lent on Sundays too (USCCB). The other days keep their usual sets: the Joyful Mysteries on Monday and Saturday, the Glorious on Wednesday, the Luminous on Thursday.
Holy Thursday is a Thursday, so its usual set is the Luminous Mysteries, which end with the Institution of the Eucharist, the gift of that very night.
A simple way to pray the Rosary through Lent
- Make it the Lenten promise. One decade a day for the forty days is a real discipline, and a full Rosary a day is the old one. Pick the one you will keep.
- Keep Fridays with the Cross. Pray the Sorrowful Mysteries on the Fridays of Lent, alone or after the Stations of the Cross; the Friday Rosary page shows how the two fit.
- Pray for those coming into the Church. Across the country, adults are preparing for baptism at Easter. Offer a Rosary a week for them.
- Offer a Rosary for a stranger. In Orabimus you can offer a Rosary for an intention someone has shared in the feed, and they see that someone prayed for it.
- Use the forty days as a start. If a daily Rosary is new to you, the 30-day Rosary challenge fits inside Lent with ten days to spare.
Praying the Lent Rosary with others
Lent is the season many parishes add a weekly Rosary.
- A Friday evening Group Rosary on Orabimus lets the people who cannot come in person pray with you at the same moment. One person sets the hour with "Set a time"; everyone else is reminded; and when the Rosary ends, "Same time next week?" sets the next Friday.
- In Holy Week, a family or a group can pray the Sorrowful Mysteries together on Good Friday from wherever they are.
- For a parish, the parish kit has a bulletin blurb in English and Spanish, a pulpit announcement, a QR code and a flyer.
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Questions about the Rosary in Lent
When does Lent 2027 start and end?
It starts on Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2027, and ends with the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, March 25. The Triduum follows, and Easter is Sunday, March 28.
Which mysteries are prayed on the Sundays of Lent?
The Sorrowful Mysteries, by custom, instead of the Glorious Mysteries usually prayed on Sundays. The weekdays keep their usual sets unless you choose to pray the Sorrowful Mysteries every day.
Is it right to pray the Sorrowful Mysteries every day of Lent?
Yes, if it helps you. The schedule by day is a custom, not a rule, and many people stay with the Passion through the whole season.
Why forty days?
Lent joins the Church each year to the forty days Jesus spent in the desert (Catechism 540).
See also: Sorrowful Mysteries · The Friday Rosary · Which Rosary today · 30-day Rosary challenge · The Rosary in Advent
Sources: USCCB, How to Pray the Rosary · John Paul II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae §38 (2002) · Catechism 540