An Outline of the Faith
Concerning the Catechism This catechism is primarily intended for use by parish priests, deacons, and lay catechists, to give an outline for instruction. It is a commentary on the creeds, but is not meant to be a complete statement of belief and practice; rather, it is a point of departure for the teacher, and it is cast in the traditional question and answer form for ease of reference. The second use of this catechism is to provide a brief summary of the Church’s teaching for an inquiring stranger who picks up a Prayer Book. It may also be used to form a simple service; since the matter is arranged under headings, it is suitable for selective use, and the leader may introduce prayers and hymns as needed.
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An Outline of the Faith commonly called the Catechism
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What are we by nature? We are part of God’s creation, made in the image of God.
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What does it mean to be created in the image of God? It means that we are free to make choices: to love, to create, to reason, and to live in harmony with creation and with God.
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Why then do we live apart from God and out of harmony with creation? From the beginning, human beings have misused their freedom and made wrong choices.
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Why do we not use our freedom as we should? Because we rebel against God, and we put ourselves in the place of God.
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What help is there for us? Our help is in God.
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How did God first help us? God first helped us by revealing himself and his will, through nature and history, through many seers and saints, and especially through the prophets of Israel.
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What do we learn about God as creator from the revelation to Israel? We learn that there is one God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
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What does this mean? This means that the universe is good, that it is the work of a single loving God who creates, sustains, and directs it.
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What does this mean about our place in the universe? It means that the world belongs to its creator; and that we are called to enjoy it and to care for it in accordance with God’s purposes.
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What does this mean about human life? It means that all people are worthy of respect and honor, because all are created in the image of God, and all can respond to the love of God.
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How was this revelation handed down to us? This revelation was handed down to us through a community created by a covenant with God.
The Old Covenant Q. A.
What is meant by a covenant with God? A covenant is a relationship initiated by God, to which a body of people responds in faith.
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What is the Old Covenant? The Old Covenant is the one given by God to the Hebrew people.
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What did God promise them?
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God promised that they would be his people to bring all the nations of the world to him.
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What response did God require from the chosen people? God required the chosen people to be faithful; to love justice, to do mercy, and to walk humbly with their God.
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Where is this Old Covenant to be found? The covenant with the Hebrew people is to be found in the books which we call the Old Testament.
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Where in the Old Testament is God’s will for us shown most clearly? God’s will for us is shown most clearly in the Ten Commandments.
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The Ten Commandments See pages 317 and 350.
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What are the Ten Commandments? The Ten Commandments are the laws given to Moses and the people of Israel.
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What do we learn from these commandments? We learn two things: our duty to God, and our duty to our neighbors.
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What is our duty to God? Our duty is to believe and trust in God; I To love and obey God and to bring others to know him; II To put nothing in the place of God; III To show God respect in thought, word, and deed; IV And to set aside regular times for worship, prayer, and the study of God’s ways.
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What is our duty to our neighbors? Our duty to our neighbors is to love them as ourselves, and to do to other people as we wish them to do to us; V To love, honor, and help our parents and family; to honor those in authority, and to meet their just demands; VI To show respect for the life God has given us; to work and pray for peace; to bear no malice, prejudice, or hatred in our hearts; and to be kind to all the creatures of God; VII To use all our bodily desires as God intended; VIII To be honest and fair in our dealings; to seek justice, freedom, and the necessities of life for all people; and to use our talents and possessions as ones who must answer for them to God; IX To speak the truth, and not to mislead others by our silence; X To resist temptations to envy, greed, and jealousy; to rejoice in other people’s gifts and graces; and to do our duty for the love of God, who has called us into fellowship with him.
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What is the purpose of the Ten Commandments? The Ten Commandments were given to define our relationship with God and our neighbors.
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Since we do not fully obey them, are they useful at all? Since we do not fully obey them, we see more clearly our sin and our need for redemption.
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What is sin? Sin is the seeking of our own will instead of the will of God, thus distorting our relationship with God, with other people, and with all creation.
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How does sin have power over us? Sin has power over us because we lose our liberty when our relationship with God is distorted.
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What is redemption? Redemption is the act of God which sets us free from the power of evil, sin, and death.
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How did God prepare us for redemption? God sent the prophets to call us back to himself, to show us our need for redemption, and to announce the coming of the Messiah.
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What is meant by the Messiah? The Messiah is one sent by God to free us from the power of sin, so that with the help of God we may live in harmony with God, within ourselves, with our neighbors, and with all creation.
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Who do we believe is the Messiah? The Messiah, or Christ, is Jesus of Nazareth, the only Son of God.
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What do we mean when we say that Jesus is the only Son of God? We mean that Jesus is the only perfect image of the Father, and shows us the nature of God.
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What is the nature of God revealed in Jesus? God is love.
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What do we mean when we say that Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and became incarnate from the Virgin Mary? We mean that by God’s own act, his divine Son received our human nature from the Virgin Mary, his mother.
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Why did he take our human nature? The divine Son became human, so that in him human beings might be adopted as children of God, and be made heirs of God’s kingdom.
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What is the great importance of Jesus’ suffering and death? By his obedience, even to suffering and death, Jesus made the offering which we could not make; in him we are freed from the power of sin and reconciled to God.
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What is the significance of Jesus’ resurrection? By his resurrection, Jesus overcame death and opened for us the way of eternal life.
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What do we mean when we say that he descended to the dead? We mean that he went to the departed and offered them also the benefits of redemption.
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What do we mean when we say that he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father? We mean that Jesus took our human nature into heaven where he now reigns with the Father and intercedes for us. How can we share in his victory over sin, suffering, and death ? We share in his victory when we are baptized into the New Covenant and become living members of Christ.
The New Covenant Q. A.
What is the New Covenant? The New Covenant is the new relationship with God given by Jesus Christ, the Messiah, to the apostles; and, through them, to all who believe in him.
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What did the Messiah promise in the New Covenant? Christ promised to bring us into the kingdom of God and give us life in all its fullness.
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What response did Christ require? Christ commanded us to believe in him and to keep his commandments.
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What are the commandments taught by Christ? Christ taught us the Summary of the Law and gave us the New Commandment.
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What is the Summary of the Law? You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and the great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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What is the New Commandment? The New Commandment is that we love one another as Christ loved us.
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Where may we find what Christians believe about Christ? What Christians believe about Christ is found in the Scriptures and summed up in the creeds.
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The Creeds See pages 53, 96, 326, 327, and 864.
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What are the creeds? The creeds are statements of our basic beliefs about God.
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How many creeds does this Church use in its worship? This Church uses two creeds: The Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed.
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What is the Apostles’ Creed? The Apostles’ Creed is the ancient creed of Baptism; it is used in the Church’s daily worship to recall our Baptismal Covenant.
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What is the Nicene Creed? The Nicene Creed is the creed of the universal Church and is used at the Eucharist.
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What, then, is the Athanasian Creed? The Athanasian Creed is an ancient document proclaiming the nature of the Incarnation and of God as Trinity.
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What is the Trinity? The Trinity is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit Q. A.
Who is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity, God at work in the world and in the Church even now.
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How is the Holy Spirit revealed in the Old Covenant? The Holy Spirit is revealed in the Old Covenant as the giver of life, the One who spoke through the prophets.
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How is the Holy Spirit revealed in the New Covenant? The Holy Spirit is revealed as the Lord who leads us into all truth and enables us to grow in the likeness of Christ.
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How do we recognize the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives? We recognize the presence of the Holy Spirit when we confess Jesus Christ as Lord and are brought into love and harmony with God, with ourselves, with our neighbors, and with all creation.
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How do we recognize the truths taught by the Holy Spirit? We recognize truths to be taught by the Holy Spirit when they are in accord with the Scriptures.
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What are the Holy Scriptures? The Holy Scriptures, commonly called the Bible, are the books of the Old and New Testaments; other books, called the Apocrypha, are often included in the Bible.
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What is the Old Testament? The Old Testament consists of books written by the people of the Old Covenant, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, to show God at work in nature and history.
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What is the New Testament? The New Testament consists of books written by the people of the New Covenant, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, to set forth the life and teachings of Jesus and to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom for all people.
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What is the Apocrypha? The Apocrypha is a collection of additional books written by people of the Old Covenant, and used in the Christian Church.
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Why do we call the Holy Scriptures the Word of God? We call them the Word of God because God inspired their human authors and because God still speaks to us through the Bible.
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How do we understand the meaning of the Bible? We understand the meaning of the Bible by the help of
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the Holy Spirit, who guides the Church in the true interpretation of the Scriptures.
The Church Q. A.
What is the Church? The Church is the community of the New Covenant.
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How is the Church described in the Bible? The Church is described as the Body of which Jesus Christ is the Head and of which all baptized persons are members. It is called the People of God, the New Israel, a holy nation, a royal priesthood, and the pillar and ground of truth.
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How is the Church described in the creeds? The Church is described as one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.
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Why is the Church described as one? The Church is one, because it is one Body, under one Head, our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Why is the Church described as holy? The Church is holy, because the Holy Spirit dwells in it, consecrates its members, and guides them to do God’s work.
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Why is the Church described as catholic? The Church is catholic, because it proclaims the whole Faith to all people, to the end of time.
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Why is the Church described as apostolic? The Church is apostolic, because it continues in the teaching and fellowship of the apostles and is sent to carry out Christ’s mission to all people.
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What is the mission of the Church? The mission of the Church is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.
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How does the Church pursue its mission? The Church pursues its mission as it prays and worships, proclaims the Gospel, and promotes justice, peace, and love.
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Through whom does the Church carry out its mission? The Church carries out its mission through the ministry of all its members.
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Who are the ministers of the Church? The ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests, and deacons.
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What is the ministry of the laity? The ministry of lay persons is to represent Christ and his Church; to bear witness to him wherever they may be and, according to the gifts given them, to carry on Christ’s work of reconciliation in the world; and to take their place in the life, worship, and governance of the Church.
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What is the ministry of a bishop? The ministry of a bishop is to represent Christ and his Church, particularly as apostle, chief priest, and pastor of a diocese; to guard the faith, unity, and discipline of the whole Church; to proclaim the Word of God; to act in Christ’s name for the reconciliation of the world and the building up of the Church; and to ordain others to continue Christ’s ministry.
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What is the ministry of a priest or presbyter? The ministry of a priest is to represent Christ and his Church, particularly as pastor to the people; to share with the bishop in the overseeing of the Church; to proclaim the Gospel; to administer the sacraments; and to bless and declare pardon in the name of God.
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What is the ministry of a deacon? The ministry of a deacon is to represent Christ and his Church, particularly as a servant of those in need; and to assist bishops and priests in the proclamation of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments.
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What is the duty of all Christians? The duty of all Christians is to follow Christ; to come together week by week for corporate worship; and to work, pray, and give for the spread of the kingdom of God.
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What is prayer? Prayer is responding to God, by thought and by deeds, with or without words.
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What is Christian Prayer? Christian prayer is response to God the Father, through Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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What prayer did Christ teach us? Our Lord gave us the example of prayer known as the Lord’s Prayer. See page 364.
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What are the principal kinds of prayer? The principal kinds of prayer are adoration, praise, thanksgiving, penitence, oblation, intercession, and petition.
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What is adoration? Adoration is the lifting up of the heart and mind to God, asking nothing but to enjoy God’s presence.
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Why do we praise God? We praise God, not to obtain anything, but because God’s Being draws praise from us.
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For what do we offer thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is offered to God for all the blessings of this life, for our redemption, and for whatever draws us closer to God.
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What is penitence? In penitence, we confess our sins and make restitution where possible, with the intention to amend our lives.
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What is prayer of oblation? Oblation is an offering of ourselves, our lives and labors, in union with Christ, for the purposes of God.
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What are intercession and petition? Intercession brings before God the needs of others; in petition, we present our own needs, that God’s will may be done.
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What is corporate worship? In corporate worship, we unite ourselves with others to acknowledge the holiness of God, to hear God’s Word, to offer prayer, and to celebrate the sacraments.
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What are the sacraments? The sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace, given by Christ as sure and certain means by which we receive that grace.
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What is grace? Grace is God’s favor towards us, unearned and undeserved; by grace God forgives our sins, enlightens our minds, stirs our hearts, and strengthens our wills.
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What are the two great sacraments of the Gospel? The two great sacraments given by Christ to his Church are Holy Baptism and the Holy Eucharist.
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What is Holy Baptism? Holy Baptism is the sacrament by which God adopts us as his children and makes us members of Christ’s Body, the Church, and inheritors of the kingdom of God.
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What is the outward and visible sign in Baptism? The outward and visible sign in Baptism is water, in which the person is baptized in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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What is the inward and spiritual grace in Baptism? The inward and spiritual grace in Baptism is union with Christ in his death and resurrection, birth into God’s family the Church, forgiveness of sins, and new life in the Holy Spirit.
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What is required of us at Baptism? It is required that we renounce Satan, repent of our sins, and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior.
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Why then are infants baptized? Infants are baptized so that they can share citizenship in the Covenant, membership in Christ, and redemption by God.
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How are the promises for infants made and carried out?
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Promises are made for them by their parents and sponsors, who guarantee that the infants will be brought up within the Church, to know Christ and be able to follow him.
The Holy Eucharist Q. A.
What is the Holy Eucharist? The Holy Eucharist is the sacrament commanded by Christ for the continual remembrance of his life, death, and resurrection, until his coming again.
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Why is the Eucharist called a sacrifice? Because the Eucharist, the Church’s sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, is the way by which the sacrifice of Christ is made present, and in which he unites us to his one offering of himself.
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By what other names is this service known? The Holy Eucharist is called the Lord’s Supper, and Holy Communion; it is also known as the Divine Liturgy, the Mass, and the Great Offering.
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What is the outward and visible sign in the Eucharist? The outward and visible sign in the Eucharist is bread and wine, given and received according to Christ’s command.
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What is the inward and spiritual grace given in the Eucharist? The inward and spiritual grace in the Holy Communion is the Body and Blood of Christ given to his people, and received by faith.
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What are the benefits which we receive in the Lord’s Supper? The benefits we receive are the forgiveness of our sins,
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the strengthening of our union with Christ and one another, and the foretaste of the heavenly banquet which is our nourishment in eternal life. Q. A.
What is required of us when we come to the Eucharist? It is required that we should examine our lives, repent of our sins, and be in love and charity with all people.
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What other sacramental rites evolved in the Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit? Other sacramental rites which evolved in the Church include confirmation, ordination, holy matrimony, reconciliation of a penitent, and unction. How do they differ from the two sacraments of the Gospel? Although they are means of grace, they are not necessary for all persons in the same way that Baptism and the Eucharist are.
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What is Confirmation? Confirmation is the rite in which we express a mature commitment to Christ, and receive strength from the Holy Spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands by a bishop.
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What is required of those to be confirmed? It is required of those to be confirmed that they have been baptized, are sufficiently instructed in the Christian Faith, are penitent for their sins, and are ready to affirm their confession of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
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What is Ordination? Ordination is the rite in which God gives authority and the grace of the Holy Spirit to those being made bishops,
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priests, and deacons, through prayer and the laying on of hands by bishops. Q. A.
What is Holy Matrimony? Holy Matrimony is Christian marriage, in which the woman and man enter into a life-long union, make their vows before God and the Church, and receive the grace and blessing of God to help them fulfill their vows.
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What is Reconciliation of a Penitent? Reconciliation of a Penitent, or Penance, is the rite in which those who repent of their sins may confess them to God in the presence of a priest, and receive the assurance of pardon and the grace of absolution.
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What is Unction of the Sick? Unction is the rite of anointing the sick with oil, or the laying on of hands, by which God’s grace is given for the healing of spirit, mind, and body.
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Is God’s activity limited to these rites? God does not limit himself to these rites; they are patterns of countless ways by which God uses material things to reach out to us.
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How are the sacraments related to our Christian hope? Sacraments sustain our present hope and anticipate its future fulfillment.
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What is the Christian hope? The Christian hope is to live with confidence in newness and fullness of life, and to await the coming of Christ in glory, and the completion of God’s purpose for the world.
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What do we mean by the coming of Christ in glory? By the coming of Christ in glory, we mean that Christ will come, not in weakness but in power, and will make all things new.
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What do we mean by heaven and hell? By heaven, we mean eternal life in our enjoyment of God; by hell, we mean eternal death in our rejection of God.
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Why do we pray for the dead? We pray for them, because we still hold them in our love, and because we trust that in God’s presence those who have chosen to serve him will grow in his love, until they see him as he is.
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What do we mean by the last judgment? We believe that Christ will come in glory and judge the living and the dead.
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What do we mean by the resurrection of the body? We mean that God will raise us from death in the fullness of our being, that we may live with Christ in the communion of the saints.
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What is the communion of saints? The communion of saints is the whole family of God, the living and the dead, those whom we love and those whom we hurt, bound together in Christ by sacrament, prayer, and praise.
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What do we mean by everlasting life? By everlasting life, we mean a new existence, in which we are united with all the people of God, in the joy of fully knowing and loving God and each other.
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What, then, is our assurance as Christians? Our assurance as Christians is that nothing, not even death, shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
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Definition of the Union of the Divine and Human Natures in the Person of Christ Council of Chalcedon, 451 A.D., Act V Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a reasonable soul and body, of one substance (homoousios) with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance with us as regards his manhood; like us in all respects, apart from sin; as regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages, but yet as regards his manhood begotten, for us men and for our salvation, of Mary the Virgin, the God-bearer (Theotokos); one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation; the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union, but rather the characteristics of each nature being preserved and coming together to form one person and subsistence, not as parted or separated into two persons, but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus Christ; even as the prophets from earliest times spoke of him, and our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us, and the creed of the Fathers has handed down to us.
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The Creed of Saint Athanasius Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith except everyone do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholic Faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one, the Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost. The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate, and the Holy Ghost uncreate. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal. And yet they are not three eternals, but one eternal. As also there are not three incomprehensibles, nor three uncreated, but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible. So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, and the Holy Ghost Almighty. And yet they are not three Almighties, but one Almighty.
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So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not three Gods, but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Ghost Lord. And yet not three Lords, but one Lord. For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by himself to be both God and Lord, So are we forbidden by the Catholic Religion, to say, There be three Gods, or three Lords. The Father is made of none, neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone, not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son, neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. And in this Trinity none is afore, or after other; none is greater, or less than another; But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together and co-equal. So that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped. He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity. Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess, that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man; God, of the Substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and Man, of the Substance of his Mother, born in the world; Perfect God and perfect Man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting; Equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead; and inferior to the Father, as touching his Manhood. Who although he be God and Man, yet he is not two, but one Christ; One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of the Manhood into God; One altogether, not by confusion of Substance, but by unity of Person. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and Man is one Christ; Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead. He ascended into heaven, he sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting, and they that have done evil into everlasting fire. This is the Catholic Faith, which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved.
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Preface The First Book of Common Prayer (1549) There was never any thing by the wit of man so well devised, or so sure established, which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted: as, among other things, it may plainly appear by the common prayers in the Church, commonly called Divine Service: the first original and ground whereof, if a man would search out by the ancient fathers, he shall find, that the same was not ordained, but of a good purpose, and for a great advancement of godliness: For they so ordered the matter, that all the whole Bible (or the greatest part thereof) should be read over once in the year, intending thereby, that the Clergy, and especially such as were Ministers of the congregation, should (by often reading, and meditation of God’s word) be stirred up to godliness themselves, and be more able to exhort others by wholesome doctrine, and to confute them that were adversaries to the truth. And further, that the people (by daily hearing of holy Scripture read in the Church) should continually profit more and more in the knowledge of God, and be the more inflamed with the love of his true religion. But these many years passed, this godly and decent order of the ancient fathers hath been so altered, broken, and neglected, by planting in uncertain stories, Legends, Responds, Verses, vain repetitions, Commemorations, and Synodals, that commonly when any book of the Bible was begun, before three or four Chapters were read out, all the rest were unread. And in this sort the book of Isaiah was begun in Advent, and the book of Genesis in Septuagesima; but they were only begun, and never read through. After a like sort were other books of holy Scripture used. And moreover, whereas St. Paul would have such language spoken to the people in the Church, as they might understand, and have profit by hearing the same, the Service in the Church of England (these many years) hath been read in Latin to the people, which they understood not, so that they have heard with their ears only; and their hearts, spirit, and mind, have not been edified thereby. And furthermore, notwithstanding that the ancient fathers had divided the Psalms into seven portions, whereof every one was called a nocturn, now of late time a few of them have been daily said (and oft repeated), and the rest utterly omitted. Moreover, the number and hardness of the Rules called the Pie, and the manifold changings of the service, was the cause, that to turn the Book only, was so hard and intricate a matter, that many times, there was more business to find out what should be read, than to read it when it was found out. These inconveniences therefore considered, here is set forth such an order, whereby the same shall be redressed. And for a readiness in this matter, here is drawn out a Kalendar for that purpose, which is plain and easy to be understood, wherein (so much as may be) the reading of holy Scripture is so set forth, that all things shall be done in order, without breaking one piece thereof from another. For this cause be cut off Anthems, Responds, Invitatories, and such like things, as did break the continual course of the reading of the Scripture. Yet because there is no remedy, but that of necessity there must he some rules: therefore certain rules are here set forth, which, as they he few in number; so they he plain and easy to he understood. So that here you have an order for prayer (as touching the reading of the holy Scripture), much agreeable to the mind and purpose of the old fathers, and a great deal more profitable and commodious, than that which of late was used. It is more profitable, because here are left out many things, whereof some he untrue, some uncertain, some vain
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and superstitious: and is ordained nothing to be read, but the very pure word of God, the holy Scriptures, or that which is evidently grounded upon the same; and that in such a language and order as is most easy and plain for the understanding, both of the readers and hearers. It is also more commodious, both for the shortness thereof, and for the plainness of the order, and for that the rules be few and easy. Furthermore, by this order the curates shall need none other books for their public service, but this book and the Bible: by the means whereof, the people shall not be at so great charge for books, as in time past they have been. And where heretofore, there hath been great diversity in saying and singing in churches within this realm: some following Salisbury use, some Hereford use, some the use of Bangor, some of York, and some of Lincoln: now from henceforth, all the whole realm shall have but one use. And if any would judge this way more painful, because that all things must be read upon the book, whereas before, by reason of so often repetition, they could say many things by heart: if those men will weigh their labor with the profit in knowledge, which daily they shall obtain by reading upon the book, they will not refuse the pain, in consideration of the great profit that shall ensue thereof. And forasmuch as nothing can, almost, be so plainly set forth, but doubts may arise in the use and practicing of the same: to appease all such diversity (if any arise), and for the resolution of all doubts, concerning the manner how to understand, do, and execute, the things contained in this book: the parties that so doubt, or diversely take any thing, shall always resort to the Bishop of the Diocese, who by his discretion shall take order for the quieting and appeasing of the same; so that the same order be not contrary to any thing contained in this book. Though it be appointed in the afore written preface, that all things shall be read and sung in the church in the English tongue, to the end that the congregation may be thereby edified: yet it is not meant, but when men say Matins and Evensong privately, they may say the same in any language that they themselves do understand. Neither that any man shall be bound to the saying of them, but such as from time to time, in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, parish Churches, and Chapels to the same annexed, shall serve the congregation.
Articles of Religion As established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Convention, on the twelfth day of September, in the Year of our Lord, 1801. I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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II. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man. The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took Man’s nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so that two whole and perfect Natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, and very Man; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for actual sins of men. III. Of the going down of Christ into Hell. As Christ died for us, and was buried, so also is it to be believed, that he went down into Hell. IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ. Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man’s nature; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at the last day. V. Of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God. VI. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation. Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the name of the Holy Scripture we do understand those canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church. Of the Names and Number of the Canonical Books. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth,
The First Book of Samuel, The Second Book of Samuel, The First Book of Kings, The Second Book of Kings, The First Book of Chronicles, The Second Book of Chronicles, The First Book of Esdras, The Second Book of Esdras,
The Book of Esther, The Book of Job, The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes or Preacher, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon, Four Prophets the greater, Twelve Prophets the less.
And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine; such are these following: The Third Book of Esdras, The Fourth Book of Esdras, The Book of Tobias, The Book of Judith,
The rest of the Book of Esther, The Book of Wisdom, Jesus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the Prophet,
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The Song of the Three Children, The Story of Susanna, Of Bel and the Dragon,
The Prayer of Manasses, The First Book of Maccabees, The Second Book of Maccabees.
All the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive, and account them Canonical. VII. Of the Old Testament. The Old Testament is not contrary to the New: for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to Mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and Man, being both God and Man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, which feign that the old Fathers did look only for transitory promises. Although the Law given from God by Moses, as touching Ceremonies and Rites, do not bind Christian men, nor the Civil precepts thereof ought of necessity to be received in any commonwealth; yet notwithstanding, no Christian man whatsoever is free from the obedience of the Commandments which are called Moral. VIII. Of the Creeds. The Nicene Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles’ Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture. The original Article given Royal assent in 1571 and reaffirmed in 1662, was entitled “Of the Three Creeds”; and began as follows, “The Three Creeds, Nicene Creed, Athanasius’s Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles’ Creed ...” IX. Of Original or Birth-Sin. Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God’s wrath and damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea in them that are regenerated; whereby the lust of the flesh, called in Greek, frønhma sarkøq, (which some do expound the wisdom, some sensuality, some the affection, some the desire, of the flesh), is not subject to the Law of God. And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized; yet the Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin. X. Of Free-Will. The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith; and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
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XI. Of the Justification of Man. We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by Faith only, is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification. XII. Of Good Works. Albeit that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God’s judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit. XIII. Of Works before Justification. Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ; neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the School-authors say) deserve grace of congruity: yea rather, for that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done, we doubt not but they have the nature of sin. XIV. Of Works of Supererogation. Voluntary Works besides, over and above, God’s Commandments, which they call Works of Supererogation. cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety: for by them men do declare, that they do not only render unto God as much as they are bound to do, but that they do more for his sake, than of bounden duty is required: whereas Christ saith plainly When ye have done all that are commanded to you, say, We are unprofitable servants. XV. Of Christ alone without Sin. Christ in the truth of our nature was made like unto us in all things, sin only except, from which he was clearly void, both in his flesh, and in his spirit. He came to be the Lamb without spot, who, by sacrifice of himself once made, should take away the sins of the world; and sin (as Saint John saith) was not in him. But all we the rest, although baptized and horn again in Christ, yet offend in many things; and if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. XVI. Of Sin after Baptism. Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant of repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after Baptism. After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may arise again, and amend our lives. And therefore they are to be condemned, which say, they can no more sin as long as they live here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent.
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XVII. Of Predestination and Election. Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, be called according to God’s purpose by his Spirit working in due season: they through Grace obey the calling: they be justified freely: they be made sons of God by adoption: they be made like the image of his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ: they walk religiously in good works, and at length, by God’s mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity. As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our Election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, and their earthly members, and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things, as well because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal Salvation to be enjoyed through Christ as because it doth fervently kindle their love towards God: So, for curious and carnal persons, lacking the Spirit of Christ, to have continually before their eyes the sentence of God’s Predestination, is a most dangerous downfall, whereby the Devil doth thrust them either into desperation, or into wretchlessness of most unclean living, no less perilous than desperation. Furthermore, we must receive God’s promises in such wise, as they be generally set forth to us in Holy Scripture: and, in our doings, that Will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared unto us in the Word of God. XVIII. Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ. They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved. XIX. Of the Church. The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ’s ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred, so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Faith. XX. Of the Authority of the Church. The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith: and yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God’s Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of Holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree any thing against the same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of Salvation.
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XXI. Of the Authority of General Councils. [The Twenty-first of the former Articles is omitted; because it is partly of a local and civil nature, and is provided for, as to the remaining parts of it, in other Articles.] The original 1571, 1662 text of this Article, omitted in the version of 1801, reads as follows: “General Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture.” XXII. Of Purgatory. The Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping and Adoration, as well of Images as of Relics, and also Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing, vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. XXIII. Of Ministering in the Congregation. It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or ministering the Sacraments in the Congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the Congregation, to call and send Ministers into the Lord’s vineyard. XXIV. Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the people understandeth. It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom of the Primitive Church, to have public Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people. XXV. Of the Sacraments. Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men’s profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God’s good will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm our Faith in him. There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel, being such as have grown partly of the corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures, but yet have not like nature of Sacraments with Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper, for that they have not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God. The Sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed upon, or to be carried about, but that we should duly use them. And in such only as worthily receive the same, they have a wholesome effect or operation: but they that receive them unworthily, purchase to themselves damnation, as Saint Paul saith.
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XXVI. Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacraments. Although in the visible Church the evil be ever mingled with the good, and sometimes the evil have chief authority in the Ministration of the Word and Sacraments, yet forasmuch as they do not the same in their own name, but in Christ’s, and do minister by his commission and authority, we may use their Ministry, both in hearing the Word of God, and in receiving the Sacraments. Neither is the effect of Christ’s ordinance taken away by their wickedness, nor the grace of God’s gifts diminished from such as by faith, and rightly, do receive the Sacraments ministered unto them; which be effectual, because of Christ’s institution and promise, although they be ministered by evil men. Nevertheless, it appertaineth to the discipline of the Church, that inquiry be made of evil Ministers, and that they be accused by those that have knowledge of their offences; and finally, being found guilty, by just judgment be deposed. XXVII. Of Baptism. Baptism is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened, but it is also a sign of Regeneration or New-Birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly are grafted into the Church; the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed, Faith is confirmed, and Grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God. The Baptism of young Children is in any wise to be retained in the Church, as most agreeable with the institution of Christ. XXVIII. Of the Lord’s Supper. The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather it is a Sacrament of our Redemption by Christ’s death: insomuch that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith, receive the same, the Bread which we break is a partaking of the Body of Christ; and likewise the Cup of Blessing is a partaking of the Blood of Christ. Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions. The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper, is Faith. The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper was not by Christ’s ordinance reserved, carried about, lifted up, or worshipped. XXIX. Of the Wicked, which eat not the Body of Christ in the use of the Lord’s Supper. The Wicked, and such as be void of a lively faith, although they do carnally and visibly press with their teeth (as Saint Augustine saith) the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ; yet in no wise are they partakers of Christ: but rather, to their condemnation, do eat and drink the sign or Sacrament of so great a thing.
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XXX. Of both Kinds. The Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay-people: for both the parts of the Lord’s Sacrament, by Christ’s ordinance and commandment, ought to be ministered to all Christian men alike. XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross. The Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits. XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests. Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God’s Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve better to godliness. XXXIII. Of excommunicate Persons, how they are to be avoided. That person which by open denunciation of the Church is rightly cut off from the unity of the Church, and excommunicated, ought to be taken of the whole multitude of the faithful, as an Heathen and Publican, until he be openly reconciled by penance, and received into the Church by a Judge that hath authority thereunto. XXXIV. Of the Traditions of the Church. It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one, or utterly like; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according to the diversity of countries, times, and men’s manners, so that nothing be ordained against God’s Word. Whosoever, through his private judgment, willingly and purposely, doth openly break the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Church, which be not repugnant to the Word of God, and be ordained and approved by common authority, ought to be rebuked openly, (that others may fear to do the like,) as he that offendeth against the common order of the Church, and hurteth the authority of the Magistrate, and woundeth the consciences of the weak brethren. Every particular or national Church hath authority to ordain, change, and abolish, Ceremonies or Rites of the Church ordained only by man’s authority, so that all things be done to edifying. XXXV. Of the Homilies. The Second Book of Homilies, the several titles whereof we have joined under this Article, doth contain a godly and wholesome Doctrine, and necessary for these times, as doth the former Book of Homilies, which were set forth in the time of Edward the Sixth; and therefore we judge them to be read in Churches by the Ministers, diligently and distinctly, that they may he understanded of the people.
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Of the Names of the Homilies. 1 Of the right Use of the Church. 2 Against Peril of Idolatry. 3 Of repairing and keeping clean of Churches. 4 Of good Works: first of Fasting. 5 Against Gluttony and Drunkenness. 6 Against Excess of Apparel. 7 Of Prayer. 8 Of the Place and Time of Prayer. 9 That Common Prayers and Sacraments ought to be ministered in a known tongue. 10 Of the reverend Estimation of God’s Word.
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Of Alms-doing. Of the Nativity of Christ. Of the Passion of Christ. Of the Resurrection of Christ. Of the worthy receiving of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ. Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost. For the Rogation-days. Of the State of Matrimony. Of Repentance. Against Idleness. Against Rebellion.
[This Article is received in this Church, so far as it declares the Books of Homilies to be an explication of Christian doctrine, and instructive in piety and morals. But all references to the constitution and laws of England are considered as inapplicable to the circumstances of this Church; which also suspends the order for the reading of said Homilies in churches, until a revision of them may be conveniently made, for the clearing of them, as well from obsolete words and phrases, as from the local references.] XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers. The Book of Consecration of Bishops, and Ordering of Priests and Deacons, as set forth by the General Convention of this Church in 1792, doth contain all things necessary to such Consecration and Ordering; neither hath it any thing that, of itself, is superstitious and ungodly. And, therefore, whosoever are consecrated or ordered according to said Form, we decree all such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered. The original 1571, 1662 text of this Article reads as follows: “The Book of Consecration of Archbishops and Bishops, and Ordering of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Edward the Sixth, and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such Consecration and Ordering: neither hath it any thing, that of itself is superstitious and ungodly. And therefore whosoever are consecrated or ordered according to the Rites of that Book, since the second year of the forenamed King Edward unto this time, or hereafter shall be consecrated or ordered according to the same Rites; we decree all such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered.” XXXVII. Of the Power of the Civil Magistrates. The Power of the Civil Magistrate extendeth to all men, as well Clergy as Laity, in all things temporal; but hath no authority in things purely spiritual. And we hold it to be the duty of all men who are professors of the Gospel, to pay respectful obedience to the Civil Authority, regularly and legitimately constituted. The original 1571, 1662 text of this Article reads as follows: “The King’s Majesty hath the chief power in this Realm of England, and other his Dominions, unto whom the chief Government of all Estates of this Realm, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Civil, in all causes doth appertain, and is not, nor ought to be, subject to any foreign Jurisdiction. Where we attribute to the King’s Majesty the chief government, by which Titles we understand the minds of some slanderous folks to be offended; we give not our Princes the
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ministering either of God’s Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil-doers. The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England. The Laws of the Realm may punish Christian men with death, for heinous and grievous offences. It is lawful for Christian men, at the commandment of the Magistrate, to wear weapons, and serve in the wars.” XXXVIII. Of Christian Men’s Goods, which are not common. The Riches and Goods of Christians are not common, as touching the right, title, and possession of the same; as certain Anabaptists do falsely boast. Notwithstanding, every man ought, of such things as he possesseth, liberally to give alms to the poor, according to his ability. XXXIX. Of a Christian Man’s Oath. As we confess that vain and rash Swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and James his Apostle, so we judge, that Christian Religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may swear when the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity, so it be done according to the Prophet’s teaching in justice, judgment, and truth.
The Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral 1886, 1888 Adopted by the House of Bishops Chicago, 1886 We, Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Council assembled as Bishops in the Church of God, do hereby solemnly declare to all whom it may concern, and especially to our fellow-Christians of the different Communions in this land, who, in their several spheres, have contended for the religion of Christ: 1. Our earnest desire that the Saviour’s prayer, “That we all may be one,” may, in its deepest and truest sense, be speedily fulfilled; 2. That we believe that all who have been duly baptized with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, are members of the Holy Catholic Church; 3. That in all things of human ordering or human choice, relating to modes of worship and discipline, or to traditional customs, this Church is ready in the spirit of love and humility to forego all preferences of her own;
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4. That this Church does not seek to absorb other Communions, but rather, co-operating with them on the basis of a common Faith and Order, to discountenance schism, to heal the wounds of the Body of Christ, and to promote the charity which is the chief of Christian graces and the visible manifestation of Christ to the world; But furthermore, we do hereby affirm that the Christian unity... can be restored only by the return of all Christian communions to the principles of unity exemplified by the undivided Catholic Church during the first ages of its existence, which principles we believe to be the substantial deposit of Christian Faith and Order committed by Christ and his Apostles to the Church unto the end of the world, and therefore incapable of compromise or surrender by those who have been ordained to be its stewards and trustees for the common and equal benefit of all men. As inherent parts of this sacred deposit, and therefore as essential to the restoration of unity among the divided branches of Christendom, we account the following, to wit: 1. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament as the revealed Word of God. 2. The Nicene Creed as the sufficient statement of the Christian Faith. 3. The two Sacraments,––Baptism and the Supper of the Lord,––ministered with unfailing use of Christ’s words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him. 4. The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the varying needs of the nations and peoples called of God into the unity of His Church. Furthermore, Deeply grieved by the sad divisions which affect the Christian Church in our own land, we hereby declare our desire and readiness, so soon as there shall be any authorized response to this Declaration, to enter into brotherly conference with all or any Christian Bodies seeking the restoration of the organic unity of the Church, with a view to the earnest study of the conditions under which so priceless a blessing might happily be brought to pass. Note: While the above form of the Quadrilateral was adopted by the House of Bishops, it was not enacted by the House of Deputies, but rather incorporated in a general plan referred for study and action to a newly created Joint Commission on Christian Reunion.
Lambeth Conference of 1888 Resolution II That, in the opinion of this Conference, the following Articles supply a basis on which approach may be by God’s blessing made towards Home Reunion: (a) The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as “containing all things necessary to salvation,” and as being the rule and ultimate standard of faith. (b) The Apostles’ Creed, as the Baptismal Symbol; and the Nicene Creed, as the sufficient statement of the Christian faith.
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(c) The two Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself––Baptism and the Supper of the Lord — ministered with unfailing use of Christ’s words of Institution, and of the elements ordained by Him. (d) The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the varying needs of the nations and peoples called of God into the Unity of His Church.
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Tables for Finding Holy Days
Tables and Rules for Finding the Date of Easter Day Rules for Finding the Date of Easter Day Easter Day is always the Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox on March 21, a date which is fixed in accordance with an ancient ecclisiastical computation, and which does not always correspond to the astronomical equinox. This full moon may happen on any date between March 21 and April 18 inclusive. If the full moon falls on a Sunday, Easter nay is the Sunday following. But Easter Day cannot be earlier than March 22 or later than April 25. To find the date of Easter Day in any particular year, it is necessary to have two points of reference-—the Golden Number and the Sunday Letter for that year. 1. The Golden Number indicates the date of the full moon on or after the spring equinox of March 21, according to a nineteen-year cycle. These Numbers are prefixed in the Calendar to the days of the month from March 22 to April 18 inclusive. In the present Calendar they are applicable from A.D. 1900 to A.D. 2099, after which they will change. 2. The Sunday Letter identifies the days of the year when Sundays occur. After every date in the Calendar a letter appears--from A to g. Thus, if January 1 is a Sunday, the Sunday Letter for the year is A, and every date in the Calendar marked by A is a Sunday. If January 2 is a Sunday, then every date marked with b is a Sunday, and so on through the seven letters. In Leap Years, however, the Sunday Letter changes on the first day of March. In such years, when A is the Sunday Letter, this applies only to Sundays in January and February, and g is the Sunday Letter for the rest of the year. Or if d is the Sunday Letter, then c is the Sunday Letter on and after March 1. To Find the Golden Number The Golden Number of any year is calculated as follows: Take the number of the year, add 1, and then divide the sum by 19. The remainder, if any, is the Golden Number. If nothing remains, then 19 is the Golden Number. To Find the Sunday Letter The following Table provides ready reference to the Sunday Letter of any year between A.D. 1900 and A.D. 2099. It will be found on the line of the hundredth year above the column that contains the remaining digits of the year. But in Leap Years the Letter above the number marked with an asterisk is the Sunday Letter for January and February, and the Letter over the number not so marked is the Sunday Letter for the rest of the year.
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Hundred Years: 1900 2000 Years in Excess of Hundreds
b 00*
g A 00 06 12* 17 23 28 34 40* 45 51 56 62 68* 73 79 84 90 96*
f g 01 07 12 18 24* 29 35 40 46 52* 57 63 68 74 80* 85 91 96
e f
d e
c d
b c
A b
02 08* 13 19 24 30 36* 41 47 52 58 64* 69 75 80 86 92* 97
03 08 14 20* 25 31 36 42 48* 53 59 64 70 76* 81 87 92 98
04* 09 15 20 26 32* 37 43 48 54 60* 65 71 76 82 88* 93 99
04 10 16* 21 27 32 38 44* 49 55 60 66 72* 77 83 88 94
05 11 16 22 28* 33 39 44 50 56* 61 67 72 78 84* 89 95
To Find Easter Day When one has both the Golden Number and the Sunday Letter for any particular year, then the date of Easter Day may be found in the Calendar, pages 21 and 22, as follows: 1. The Golden Number prefixed to a day in the month of March or of April in the Calendar marks the date of the full moon in that year. 2. Easter Day will be the next date bearing the Sunday Letter of that year. But when the Golden Number of a given year and the Sunday Letter of that year occur on the same date, then Easter day is one week later. (For example, if the Golden Number is 19—which appears in the Calendar prefixed to March 27––and the Sunday Letter is d, then Easter Day in that year will fall on March 29. If the Golden Number is 10 and the Sunday Letter is A, then Easter Day will fall on April 9. But if the Golden Number is 19 and the Sunday Letter is b, then Easter Day will be one week later, namely April 3.)
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A Table to Find Easter Day Golden Number
Year
Easter Day
Year
Easter Day
Year
Easter Day
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904* 1905 1906 1907 1908* 1909 1910 1911 1912* 1913 1914 1915 1916* 1917 1918
April 15 April 7 March 30 April 12 April 3 April 23 April 15 March 31 April 19 April 11 March 27 April 16 April 7 March 23 April 12 April 4 April 23 April 8 March 31
1938 1939 1940* 1941 1942 1943 1944* 1945 1946 1947 1948* 1949 1950 1951 1952* 1953 1954 1955 1956*
April 17 April 9 March 24 April 13 April 5 April 25 April 9 April 1 April 21 April 6 March 28 April 17 April 9 March 25 April 13 April 5 April 18 April 10 April 1
1976* 1977 1978 1979 1980* 1981 1982 1983 1984* 1985 1986 1987 1988* 1989 1990 1991 1992* 1993 1994
April 18 April 10 March 26 April 15 April 6 April 19 April 11 April 3 April 22 April 7 March 30 April 19 April 3 March 26 April 15 March 31 April 19 April 11 April 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1919 1920* 1921 1922 1923 1924* 1925 1926 1927 1928* 1929 1930 1931 1932* 1933 1934 1935 1936* 1937
April 20 April 4 March 27 April 16 April 1 April 20 April 12 April 4 April 17 April 8 March 31 April 20 April 5 March 27 April 16 April 1 April 21 April 12 March 28
1957 1958 1959 1960* 1961 1962 1963 1964* 1965 1966 1967 1968* 1969 1970 1971 1972* 1973 1974 1975
April 21 April 6 March 29 April 17 April 2 April 22 April 14 March 29 April 18 April 10 March 26 April 14 April 6 March 29 April 11 April 2 April 22 April 14 March 30
1995 1996* 1997 1998 1999 2000* 2001 2002 2003 2004* 2005 2006 2007 2008* 2009 2010 2011 2012* 2013
April 16 April 7 March 30 April 12 April 4 April 23 April 15 March 31 April 20 April 11 March 27 April 16 April 8 March 23 April 12 April 4 April 24 April 8 March 31
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A Table to Find Easter Day Golden Number
Year
Easter Day
Year
Easter Day
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
2014 2015 2016* 2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021 2022 2023 2024* 2025 2026 2027 2028* 2029 2030 2031 2032*
April 20 April 5 March 27 April 16 April 1 April 21 April 12 April 4 April 17 April 9 March 31 April 20 April 5 March 28 April 16 April 1 April 21 April 13 March 28
2052* 2053 2054 2055 2056* 2057 2058 2059 2060* 2061 2062 2063 2064* 2065 2066 2067 2068* 2069 2070
April 21 April 6 March 29 April 18 April 2 April 22 April 14 March 30 April 18 April 10 March 26 April 15 April 6 March 29 April 11 April 3 April 22 April 14 March 30
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
2033 2034 2035 2036* 2037 2038 2039 2040* 2041 2042 2043 2044* 2045 2046 2047 2048* 2049 2050 2051
April 17 April 9 March 25 April 13 April 5 April 25 April 10 April 1 April 21 April 6 March 29 April 17 April 9 March 25 April 14 April 5 April 18 April 10 April 2
2071 2072* 2073 2074 2075 2076* 2077 2078 2079 2080* 2081 2082 2083 2084* 2085 2086 2087 2088* 2089
April 19 April 10 March 26 April 15 April 7 April 19 April 11 April 3 April 23 April 7 March 30 April 19 April 4 March 26 April 15 March 31 April 20 April 11 April 3
* The years marked with an asterisk are Leap Years.
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A Table to Find Movable Feasts and Holy Days Easter Day
Sundays after Epiphany*
Pentecost
Numbered Proper of 2 Pentecost‡
Ash Wednesday†
Ascension Day
Advent Sunday
March 22 March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31
4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 13
April 30 May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9
May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19
#3 #3 #3 #3 #3 #4 #4 #4 #4 #4
November 29 November 30 December 1 December 2 December 3 November 27 November 28 November 29 November 30 December 1
April 1 April 2 April 3 April 4 April 5 April 6 April 7
6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 20
May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16
May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 26
#4 #4 #5 #5 #5 #5 #5
December 2 December 3 November 27 November 28 November 29 November 30 December 1
* In Leap Years, the number of Sundays after the Epiphany will be the same as if Easter Day were one day later than in the above Table. † In Leap Years, the date of Ash Wednesday will be one day later in the month of February than in the above Table. ‡ Indicates the numbered Proper to be used on the Sunday after Trinity Sunday. Subsequently, the Propers are used consecutively.
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Easter Day
Sundays after Epiphany*
Ash Wednesday†
Ascension Day
April 8 April 9 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16 April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21 April 22 April 23 April 24 April 25
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 March 1 March 2 March 3 March 4 March 5 March 6 March 7 March 8 March 9 March 10
May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31 June 1 June 2 June 3
Pentecost
Numbered Proper of 2 Pentecost ‡
Advent Sunday
May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31 June 1 June 2 June 3 June 4 June 5 June 6 June 7 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13
#5 #5 #6 #6 #6 #6 #6 #6 #6 #7 #7 #7 #7 #7 #7 #7 #8 #8
December 2 December 3 November 27 November 28 November 29 November 30 December 1 December 2 December 3 November 27 November 28 November 29 November 30 December 1 December 2 December 3 November 27 November 28
* In Leap Years, the number of Sundays after the Epiphany will be the same as if Easter Day were one day later than in the above Table. † In Leap Years, the date of Ash Wednesday will be one day later in the month of February than in the above Table. ‡ Indicates the numbered Proper to be used on the Sunday after Trinity Sunday. Subsequently, the Propers are used consecutively.
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The Lectionary
Concerning the Lectionary The Lectionary for Sundays is arranged in a three-year cycle, in which Year A always begins on the First Sunday of Advent in years evenly divisible by three. (For example, 1977 divided by 3 is 659 with no remainder. Year A, therefore, begins on Advent Sunday of that year.) The Psalms and Lessons appointed for the Sundays and for other major Holy Days are intended for use at all public services on such days, except when the same congregation attends two or more services. Thus, the same Lessons are to be read at the principal morning service, whether the Liturgy of the Word takes the form given in the Holy Eucharist, or that of the Daily Office. When the same congregation is present for Morning or Evening Prayer, in addition to the Eucharist, the Lessons at the Office may be selected from one of the other years of the three-year Sunday cycle, or from the Lectionary for the Daily Office. The Psalms at such Offices are normally those appointed in the Office Lectionary; but, when desired, the Psalm cited in the selected Sunday Proper may be used instead. In this Lectionary, the selections from the Psalter are frequently cited in a longer and shorter version, usually from the same Psalm. The longer version is particularly appropriate for use at the Office, the shorter version when the Psalm is sung between the Lessons at the Eucharist. The selections may be further lengthened or shortened at discretion. When an alternative Lesson is cited, it is sometimes identical with a Lesson appointed for the same day in the Daily Office Lectionary. In the opening verses of Lessons, the Reader should omit initial conjunctions which refer only to what has preceded, substitute nouns for pronouns when the referent is not otherwise clear, or else prefix to the Reading some such introduction as, “N. said (to N.).� Any Reading may be lengthened at discretion. Suggested lengthenings are shown in parentheses.
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Year A Psalm
Lessons
First Sunday of Advent
122
Isaiah 2:1-5 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44
Second Sunday of Advent
72:1-7,18-19
Isaiah 11:1-10 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12
Third Sunday of Advent
146:4-9 or Canticle 3 or 15
Isaiah 35:1-10 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11
Fourth Sunday of Advent
80:1-7,16-18
Isaiah 7:10-16 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25
Christmas Day I
96
Isaiah 9:2-7 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14,(15-20)
Christmas Day II
97
Isaiah 62:6-12 Titus 3:4-7 Luke 2:(1-7),8-20
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Lessons
Christmas Day III
98
Isaiah 52:7-10 Hebrews 1:1-4,(5-12) John 1:1-14
First Sunday after Christmas
147 or 147:13-21
Isaiah 61:10—62:3 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18
Holy Name January 1
8
Numbers 6:22-27 Galatians 4:4-7 or Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 2:15-21
Second Sunday after Christmas
84 or 84:1-8
Jeremiah 31:7-14 Ephesians 1:3-6; 15-19a Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 or Luke 2:41-52 or Matthew 2:1-12
The Epiphany January 6
72:1-7,10-14
Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12
Season of Epiphany (Ordinary Time) First Sunday after Epiphany
29
Isaiah 42:1-9 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 3:13-17
Second Sunday after Epiphany
40:1-12
Isaiah 49:1-7 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 John 1:29-42
Third Sunday after Epiphany
27:1,5-13
Isaiah 9:1-4 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 4:12-23
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Psalm
Lessons
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
15
Micah 6:1-8 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
112:1-9(10)
Isaiah 58:1-9a(9b-12) 1 Corinthians 2:1-12(13-16) Matthew 5:13-20
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
119:1-8
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 or Sirach 15:15-20 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:21-37
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
119:33-40
Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18 1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23 Matthew 5:38-48
Eighth Sunday after Epiphany
131
Isaiah 49:8-16a 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Matthew 6:24-34
Last Sunday 2 after the Epiphany or 99
Exodus 24:12-18 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9
Ash Wednesday
103 or 103:8-14
Joel 2:1-2,12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21
First Sunday in Lent
32
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11
Second Sunday in Lent
121
Genesis 12:1-4a Romans 4:1-5,13-17 John 3:1-17
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Lessons
Third Sunday in Lent
95
Exodus 17:1-7 Romans 5:1-11 John 4:5-42
Fourth Sunday in Lent
23
1 Samuel 16:1-13 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41
Fifth Sunday in Lent
130
Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45
Liturgy of the Palms
118:1-2,19-29
Matthew 21:1-11
Liturgy of the Word
31:9-16
Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 26:14—27:66 or Matthew 27:11-54
Monday in Holy Week
36:5-11
Isaiah 42:1-9 Hebrews 9:11-15 John 12:1-11
Tuesday in Holy Week
71:1-14
Isaiah 49:1-7 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 John 12:20-36
Wednesday in Holy Week
70
Isaiah 50:4-9a Hebrews 12:1-3 John 13:21-32
Maundy Thursday
116:1,10-17
Exodus 12:1-4,(5-10),11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17,31b-35
Palm Sunday
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Psalm
Lessons
Good Friday
22
Isaiah 52:13—53:12 Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1–19:42
Holy Saturday
31:1-4,15-16
Job 14:1-14 or Lamentations 3:1-9,19-24 1 Peter 4:1-8 Matthew 27:57-66 or John 19:38-42
Easter Day The Great Vigil At least two of the following Lessons are read, of which one is always the Lesson from Exodus. After each Lesson, the Psalm or Canticle listed, or some other suitable psalm, canticle, or hymn, may be sung. A period of silence may be kept; and the Collects provided on pages 288-91, or some other suitable Collect, may be said. It is recommended that the first Collect on page 290 be used after the Lesson from Baruch or Proverbs. 136:1-9,23-26 46 16 Canticle 8 Canticle 9 19 42 and 43 143 98 114
Genesis 1:1—2:4a Genesis 7:1-5,11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13 Genesis 22:1-18 Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 Isaiah 55:1-11 Baruch 3:9-15,32—4:4 or Proverbs 8:1-8,19-21; 9:4b-6 Ezekiel 36:24-28 Ezekiel 37:1-14 Zephaniah 3:14-20 Romans 6:3-11 Matthew 28:1-10 (Year A) Mark 16:1-8 (Year B) Luke 24:1-12 (Year C)
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Psalm
Lessons
Principal Service
118:1-2,14-24
Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6 Colossians 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Matthew 28:1-10
Evening Service
114
Isaiah 25:6-9 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 Luke 24:13-49
Monday in Easter Week
16:8-11 or 118:19-24
Acts 2:14,22b-32 Matthew 28:9-15
Tuesday in Easter Week
33:18-22 or 118:19-24
Acts 2:36-41 John 20:11-18
Wednesday in Easter Week
105:1-8 or 118:19-24
Acts 3:1-10 Luke 24:13-35
Thursday in Easter Week
8 or 114 or 118:19-24
Acts 3:11-26 Luke 24:36b-48
Friday in Easter Week
116:1-8 or 118:19-24
Acts 4:1-12 John 21:1-14
Saturday in Easter Week
118:14-18 or 118:19-24
Acts 4:13-21 Mark 16:9-15,20
Second Sunday of Easter
16
Acts 2:14a,22-32 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31
Third Sunday of Easter
116:1-3,10-17
Acts 2:14a,36-41 1 Peter 1:17-23 Luke 24:13-35
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Psalm
Lessons
Fourth Sunday of Easter
23
Acts 2:42-47 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10
Fifth Sunday of Easter
31:1-5,15-16
Acts 7:55-60 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14
Sixth Sunday of Easter
66:7-18
Acts 17:22-31 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21
Ascension Day
47 or 93
Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53
Seventh Sunday of Easter
68:1-10,33-36
Acts 1:6-14 1 Peter 4:12-14,5:6-11 John 17:1-11
33:12-22 Canticle 2 or 13
Genesis 11:1-9 or Exodus 19:1-9a,16-20a; 20:18-20 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 or Joel 2:28-32 Acts 2:1-11 or Romans 8:14-17,22-27 John 7:37-39a
Day of Pentecost Early or Vigil Service
130 Canticle 9 104:25-32
Principal Service
104:25-35,37
Acts 2:1-21 or Numbers 11:24-30 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 or Acts 2:1-21 John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39
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Psalm
Lessons
On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds most closely to the date of Pentecost in that year is used. See page 158. Trinity Sunday
8 or Canticle 2 or 13
Genesis 1:1—2:4a 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20
On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds most closely to the date of Trinity Sunday in that year is used.
The Season after Pentecost (Ordinary Time) This lectionary provides two patterns for the Old Testament reading during the Season after Pentecost, beginning with Proper 4. In one pattern, the Old Testament and Gospel readings are closely related each Sunday; in the other, the Old Testament is read in semi-continuous fashion throughout the season, and the readings are not paired with each Sunday Gospel. Congregations may choose each year whether to use the semi-continuous Old Testament readings or the readings that are related to the Gospel, using as well the psalm associated with their choice of Old Testament reading. They should remain with that pattern for the entire lectionary year and may make a different choice in another year. Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 1 Closest to May 11
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 or Sirach 15:15-20 Matthew 5:21-37 Ps. 119:1-8
Proper 2 Closest to May 18
Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18 Ps. 119:33-40
1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23 Matthew 5:38-48
Proper 3 Closest to May 25
Isaiah 49:8-16a Ps. 131
1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Matthew 6:24-34
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New Testament Lessons
Proper 4 Closest to June 1
Genesis 6:9-22; 7:24; 8:14-19 Ps. 46 or Deuteronomy 11:18-21,26-28 Ps.31:1-5,19-24
Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28,(29-31) Matthew 7:21-29
Proper 5 Closest to June 8
Genesis 12:1-9 Ps. 33:1-12 or Hosea 5:15—6:6 Ps. 50:7-15
Romans 4:13-25 Matthew 9:9-13,18-26
Proper 6 Closest to June 15
Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) Ps. 116:1,10-17 or Exodus 19:2-8a Ps. 100
Romans 5:1-8 Matthew 9:35—10:8,(9-23)
Proper 7 Closest to June 22
Genesis 21:8-21 Ps. 86:1-10,16-17 or Jeremiah 20:7-13 Ps. 69: 8-11, (12-17),18-20
Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39
Proper 8 Closest to June 29
Genesis 22:1-14 Ps. 13 or Jeremiah 28:5-9 89:1-4,15-18
Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42
Proper 9 Closest to July 6
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49,58-67 Ps. 45:11-18 or Song of Solomon 2:8-13* or Zechariah 9:9-12 Ps. 145:8-15
Romans 7:15-25a Matthew 11:16-19,25-30
*As a Canticle
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New Testament Lessons
Proper 10 Closest to July 13
Genesis 25:19-34 Ps. 119:105-112 or Isaiah 55:10-13 Ps. 65:(1-8),9-14
Romans 8:1-11 Matthew 13:1-9,18-23
Proper 11 Closest to July 20
Genesis 28:10-19a Romans 8:12-25 Ps. 139:1-11,22-23 Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 or Wisdom of Solomon 12:13,16-19* or Isaiah 44:6-8 Ps.86:11-17
Proper 12 Closest to July 27
Genesis 29:15-28 Ps. 105:1-11,45b or 128 or 1 Kings 3:5-12 Ps. 119:129-136
Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33,44-52
Proper 13 Closest to August 3
Genesis 32:22-31 Ps. 17:1-7,16 or Isaiah 55:1-5 Ps. 145:8-9,15-22
Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21
Proper 14 Closest to August 10
Genesis 37:1-4,12-28 Romans 10:5-15 Ps. 105:1-6,16-22,45b Matthew 14:22-33 or 1 Kings 19:9-18 Ps. 85:8-13
Proper 15 Closest to August 17
Genesis 45:1-15 Ps. 133 or Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 Ps. 67
Romans 11:1-2a,29-32 Matthew 15:(10-20),21-28
Proper 16 Closest to August 24
Exodus 1:8—2:10 Ps. 124 or Isaiah 51:1-6 Ps. 138
Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20
*As a Canticle
898 Lectionary A
Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 17 Closest to August 31
Exodus 3:1-15 Romans 12:9-21 Ps. 105:1-6,23-26,45c Matthew 16:21-28 or Jeremiah 15:15-21 Ps. 26:1-8
Proper 18 Closest to September 7
Exodus 12:1-14 Ps. 149 or Ezekiel 33:7-11 Ps. 119:33-40
Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20
Proper 19 Closest to September 14
Exodus 14:19-31 Ps. 114 or Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21* or Genesis 50:15-21 Ps. 103:(1-7),8-13
Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35
Proper 20 Closest to September 21
Exodus 16:2-15 Ps. 105:1-6,37-45 or Jonah 3:10—4:11 Ps. 145:1-8
Philippians 1:21-30 Matthew 20:1-16
Proper 21 Closest to September 28
Exodus 17:1-7 Philippians 2:1-13 Ps. 78:1-4,12-16 Matthew 21:23-32 or Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32 Ps. 25:1-8
Proper 22 Closest to October 5
Exodus 20:1-4,7-9, 12-20 Ps. 19 or Isaiah 5:1-7 Ps. 80:7-14
Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46
Proper 23 Closest to October 12
Exodus 32:1-14 Ps. 106:1-6,19-23 or Isaiah 25:1-9 Ps. 23
Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14
*As a Canticle
Lectionary A 899
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Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 24 Closest to October 19
Exodus 33:12-23 Ps. 99 or Isaiah 45:1-7 Ps. 96:1-9,(10-13)
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22
Proper 25 Closest to October 26
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Ps. 90:1-6,13-17 Matthew 22:34-46 or Leviticus 19:1-2,15-18 Ps. 1
Proper 26 Closest to November 2
Joshua 3:7-17 Ps. 107:1-7,33-37 or Micah 3:5-12 Ps. 43
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Matthew 23:1-12
Proper 27 Closest to November 9
Joshua 24:1-3a,14-25 Ps. 78:1-7 or Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-16 or Amos 5:18-24 Wisdom of Solomon 6:17-20* or Ps. 70
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13
Proper 28 Closest to November 16
Judges 4:1-7 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Ps. 123 Matthew 25:14-30 or Zephaniah 1:7,12-18 Ps. 90:1-8,(9-11),12
Proper 29 Christ the King Closest to November 23
Ezekiel 34:11-16,20-24 Ephesians 1:15-23 Ps. 100 Matthew 25:31-46 or Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Ps. 95:1-7a *As a Canticle
900 Lectionary A
Year B Psalm
Lessons
First Sunday of Advent
80:1-7,16-18
Isaiah 64:1-9 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37
Second Sunday of Advent
85:1-2,8-13
Isaiah 40:1-11 2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8
Third Sunday of Advent
126 or Canticle 3 or 15
Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8,19-28
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Canticle 3 or 15 or 89:1-4,19-26
2 Samuel 7:1-11,16 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38
Christmas Day I
96
Isaiah 9:2-7 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14,(15-20)
Christmas Day II
97
Isaiah 62:6-12 Titus 3:4-7 Luke 2:(1-7),8-20
Christmas Day III
98
Isaiah 52:7-10 Hebrews 1:1-4,(5-12) John 1:1-14
First Sunday after Christmas
147 or 147:13-21
Isaiah 61:10—62:3 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18
Holy Name January 1
8
Numbers 6:22-27 Galatians 4:4-7 or Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 2:15-21
Lectionary B 901
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Psalm
Lessons
Second Sunday after Christmas
84 or 84:1-8
Jeremiah 31:7-14 Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 or Luke 2:41-52 or Matthew 2:1-12
The Epiphany January 6
72:1-7,10-14
Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12
Season of Epiphany (Ordinary Time) First Sunday after Epiphany
29
Genesis 1:1-5 Acts 19:1-7 Mark 1:4-11
Second Sunday after Epiphany
139:1-5,12-17
1 Samuel 3:1-10,(11-20) 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 John 1:43-51
Third Sunday after Epiphany
62:6-14
Jonah 3:1-5,10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
111
Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
147:1-12,21c
Isaiah 40:21-31 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
30
2 Kings 5:1-14 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Mark 1:40-45
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
41
Isaiah 43:18-25 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 Mark 2:1-12
902 Lectionary B
Psalm
Lessons
Eighth Sunday after Epiphany
103:1-13,22
Hosea 2:14-20 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 Mark 2:13-22
Last Sunday after Epiphany
50:1-6
2 Kings 2:1-12 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9
Ash Wednesday
103 or 103:8-14
Joel 2:1-2,12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21
First Sunday in Lent
25:1-9
Genesis 9:8-17 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15
Second Sunday in Lent
22:22-30
Genesis 17:1-7,15-16 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38
Third Sunday in Lent
19
Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22
Fourth Sunday in Lent
107:1-3,17-22
Numbers 21:4-9 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21
Fifth Sunday in Lent
51:1-13 or 119:9-16
Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33
118:1-2,19-29
Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16
Palm Sunday Liturgy of the Palms
Lectionary B 903
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Psalm
Lessons
Liturgy of the Word
31:9-16
Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 14:1—15:47 or Mark 15:1-39,(40-47)
Monday in Holy Week
36:5-11
Isaiah 42:1-9 Hebrews 9:11-15 John 12:1-11
Tuesday in Holy Week
71:1-14
Isaiah 49:1-7 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 John 12:20-36
Wednesday in Holy Week
70
Isaiah 50:4-9a Hebrews 12:1-3 John 13:21-32
Maundy Thursday 116:1,10-17
Exodus 12:1-4,(5-10),11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17,31b-35
Good Friday
22
Isaiah 52:13—53:12 Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1—19:42
Holy Saturday
31:1-4,15-16
Job 14:1-14 or Lamentations 3:1-9,19-24 1 Peter 4:1-8 Matthew 27:57-66 or John 19:38-42
Easter Day The Great Vigil
See page 893.
904 Lectionary B
Psalm
Lessons
Principal Service
118:1-2,14-24
Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 25:6-9 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-8
Evening Service
114
Isaiah 25:6-9 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 Luke 24:13-49
Monday in Easter Week
16:8-11 or 118:19-24
Acts 2:14,22b-32 Matthew 28:9-15
Tuesday in Easter Week
33:18-22 or 118:19-24
Acts 2:36-41 John 20:11-18
Wednesday in Easter Week
105:1-8 or 118:19-24
Acts 3:1-10 Luke 24:13-35
Thursday in Easter Week
8 or 114 or 118:19-24
Acts 3:11-26 Luke 24:36b-48
Friday in Easter Week
116:1-8 or 118:19-24
Acts 4:1-12 John 21:1-14
Saturday in Easter Week
118:14-18 or 118:19-24
Acts 4:13-21 Mark 16:9-15,20
Second Sunday of Easter
133
Acts 4:32-35 1 John 1:1—2:2 John 20:19-31
Third Sunday of Easter
4
Acts 3:12-19 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48
Lectionary B 905
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Psalm
Lessons
Fourth Sunday of Easter
23
Acts 4:5-12 1 John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18
Fifth Sunday of Easter
22:24-30
Acts 8:26-40 1 John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8
Sixth Sunday of Easter
98
Acts 10:44-48 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17
Ascension Day
47 or 93
Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53
Seventh Sunday of Easter
1
Acts 1:15-17,21-26 1 John 5:9-13 John 17:6-19
33:12-22 Canticle 2 or 13
Genesis 11:1-9 or Exodus 19:1-9a,16-20a; 20:18-20 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 or Joel 2:28-32 Acts 2:1-11 or Romans 8:14-17,22-27 John 7:37-39a
Day of Pentecost Early or Vigil Service
130 Canticle 9 104:25-32
Principal Service
104:25-35,37
Acts 2:1-21 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:22-27 or Acts 2:1-21 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds most closely to the date of Pentecost in that year is used. See page 158.
906 Lectionary B
Trinity Sunday
Psalm
Lessons
29 or Canticle 2 or 13
Isaiah 6:1-8 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17
On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds most closely to the date of Trinity Sunday in that year is used.
The Season after Pentecost (Ordinary Time) Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Directions for the Propers which follow are on page 896. Proper 1 Closest to May 11
2 Kings 5:1-14 Ps. 30
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Mark 1:40-45
Proper 2 Closest to May 18
Isaiah 43:18-25 Ps. 41
2 Corinthians 1:18-22 Mark 2:1-12
Proper 3 Closest to May 25
Hosea 2:14-20 Ps. 103:1-13,22
2 Corinthians 3:1-6 Mark 2:13-22
Proper 4 Closest to June 1
1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20) 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Ps. 139:1-5,12-17 Mark 2:23—3:6 or Deuteronomy 5:12-15 Ps. 81:1-10
Proper 5 Closest to June 8
1 Samuel 8:4-11(12-15), 2 Corinthians 4:13—5:1 16-20(11:14-15) Mark 3:20-35 Ps. 138 or Genesis 3:8-15 Ps. 130
Lectionary B 907
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Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 6 Closest to June 15
I Samuel 15:34—16:13 2 Corinthians 5: 6-10, Ps. 20 (11-13),14-17 or Ezekiel 17:22-24 Mark 4:26-34 Ps. 92:1-4,11-14
Proper 7 Closest to June 22
1 Samuel 17:(1a,4-11, 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 19-23),32-49 Mark 4:35-41 Ps. 9:9-20 or 1 Samuel 17:57— 18:5,10-16 Ps. 133 or Job 38:1-11 Ps. 107:1-3,23-32
Proper 8 Closest to June 29
2 Samuel 1:1,7-27 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Ps. 130 Mark 5:21-43 or Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15; 2:23-24 Lamentations 3:21-33* or Ps. 30
Proper 9 Closest to July 6
2 Samuel 5:1-5,9-10 Ps. 48 or Ezekiel 2:1-5 Ps. 123
Proper 10 Closest to July 13
2 Samuel 6:1-5,12b-19 Ephesians 1:3-14 Ps. 24 Mark 6:14-29 or Amos 7:7-15 Ps. 85:8-13
Proper 11 Closest to July 20
2 Samuel 7:1-14a Ps. 89:20-37 or Jeremiah 23:1-6 Ps. 23 *As a Canticle
908 Lectionary B
2 Corinthians 12:2-10 Mark 6:1-13
Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34,53-56
Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 12 Closest to July 27
2 Samuel 11:1-15 Ps. 14 or 2 Kings 4:42-44 Ps. 145:10-19
Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21
Proper 13 Closest to August 3
2 Samuel 11:26—12:13a Ephesians 4:1-16 Ps. 51:1-13 John 6:24-35 or Exodus 16:2-4,9-15 Ps. 78:23-29
Proper 14 Closest to August 10
2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 Ps. 130 or 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ps. 34:1-8
Proper 15 Closest to August 17
1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Ephesians 5:15-20 Ps. 111 John 6:51-58 or Proverbs 9:1-6 Ps. 34:9-14
Proper 16 Closest to August 24
1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), Ephesians 6:10-20 22-30, 41-43 John 6:56-69 Ps. 84 or Joshua 24:1-2a,14-18 Ps. 34:15-22
Proper 17 Closest to August 31
Song of Solomon 2:8-13 James 1:17-27 Ps. 45:1-2,7-10 Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23 or Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 Ps. 15
Proper 18 Closest to September 7
Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9,22-23 Ps. 125 or Isaiah 35:4-7a Ps. 146
Ephesians 4:25—5:2 John 6:35,41-51
James 2:1-10(11-13),14-17 Mark 7:24-37
Lectionary B 909
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Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 19 Closest to September 14
Proverbs 1:20-33 James 3:1-12 Ps. 19 Mark 8:27-38 or Wisdom of Solomon 7:26—8:1* or Isaiah 50:4-9a Ps. 116:1-8
Proper 20 Closest to September 21
Proverbs 31:10-31 James 3:13—4:3,7-8a Ps. 1 Mark 9:30-37 or Wisdom of Solomon 1:16—2:1,12-22 or Jeremiah 11:18-20 Ps. 54
Proper 21 Closest to September 28
Esther 7:1-6,9-10; 9:20-22 Ps. 124 or Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16,24-29 Ps. 19:7-14
James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50
Proper 22 Closest to October 5
Job 1:1;2:1-10 Ps. 26 or Genesis 2:18-24 Ps. 8
Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16
Proper 23 Closest to October 12
Job 23:1-9,16-17 Ps. 22:1-15 or Amos 5:6-7,10-15 Ps. 90:12-17
Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31
Proper 24 Closest to October 19
Job 38:1-7,(34-41) Ps. 104:1-9,25,37b or Isaiah 53:4-12 Ps. 91:9-16
Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45
*As a Canticle
910 Lectionary B
Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 25 Closest to October 26
Job 42:1-6,10-17 Ps. 34:1-8,(19-22) or Jeremiah 31:7-9 Ps. 126
Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52
Proper 26 Closest to November 2
Ruth 1:1-18 Hebrews 9:11-14 Ps. 146 Mark 12:28-34 or Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Ps. 119:1-8
Proper 27 Closest to November 9
Ruth 3:1-5;4:13-17 Ps. 127 or 1 Kings 17:8-16 Ps. 146
Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44
Proper 28 Closest to November 16
1 Samuel 1:4-20 1 Samuel 2:1-10* or Daniel 12:1-3 Ps. 16
Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18)19-25 Mark 13:1-8
Proper 29 Christ the King Closest to November 23
2 Samuel 23:1-7 Revelation 1:4b-8 Ps. 132:1-13,(14-19) John 18:33-37 or Daniel 7:9-10,13-14 Ps. 93 *As a Canticle
Year C First Sunday of Advent
Psalm
Lessons
25:1-9
Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36
Lectionary C 911
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Psalm
Lessons
Second Sunday of Advent
Canticle 4 or 16
Baruch 5:1-9 or Malachi 3:1-4 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6
Third Sunday of Advent
Canticle 9
Zephaniah 3:14-20 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:7-18
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Canticle 3 or 15 or Psalm 80:1-7
Micah 5:2-5a Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-45,(46-55)
Christmas Day I
96
Isaiah 9:2-7 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14(15-20)
Christmas Day II
97
Isaiah 62:6-12 Titus 3:4-7 Luke 2:(1-7)8-20
Christmas Day III
98
Isaiah 52:7-10 Hebrews 1:1-4,(5-12) John 1:1-14
First Sunday after Christmas
147 or 147:13-21
Isaiah 61:10—62:3 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18
Holy Name January 1
8
Numbers 6:22-27 Galatians 4:4-7 or Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 2:15-21
Second Sunday after Christmas
84 or 84:1-8
Jeremiah 31:7-14 Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 or Luke 2:41-52 or Matthew 2:1-12
912 Lectionary C
The Epiphany January 6
Psalm
Lessons
72:1-7,10-14
Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12
Season of Epiphany (Ordinary Time) First Sunday after Epiphany
29
Isaiah 43:1-7 Acts 8:14-17 Luke 3:15-17,21-22
Second Sunday after Epiphany
36:5-10
Isaiah 62:1-5 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 John 2:1-11
Third Sunday after Epiphany
19
Nehemiah 8:1-3,5-6,8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Luke 4:14-21
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
71:1-6
Jeremiah 1:4-10 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
138
Isaiah 6:1-8,(9-13) 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
1
Jeremiah 17:5-10 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Luke 6:17-26
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
37:1-12,41-42
Genesis 45:3-11,15 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50 Luke 6:27-38
Eighth Sunday after Epiphany
92:1-4,11-14
Sirach 27:4-7 or Isaiah 55:10-13 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 Luke 6:39-49
Lectionary C 913
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Psalm
Lessons
Last Sunday after Epiphany
99
Exodus 34:29-35 2 Corinthians 3:12—4:2 Luke 9:28-36,(37-43a)
Ash Wednesday
103 or 103:8-14
Joel 2:1-2,12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21
First Sunday in Lent
91:1-2,9-16
Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13
Second Sunday in Lent
27
Genesis 15:1-12,17-18 Philippians 3:17—4:1 Luke 13:31-35
Third Sunday in Lent
63:1-8
Exodus 3:1-15 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9
Fourth Sunday in Lent
32
Joshua 5:9-12 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3,11b-32
Fifth Sunday in Lent
126
Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8
Liturgy of the Palms
118:1-2,19-29
Luke 19:28-40
Liturgy of the Word
31:9-16
Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 22:14—23:56 or Luke 23:1-49
Palm Sunday
914 Lectionary C
Psalm
Lessons
Monday in Holy Week
36:5-11
Isaiah 42:1-9 Hebrews 9:11-15 John 12:1-11
Tuesday in Holy Week
71:1-14
Isaiah 49:1-7 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 John 12:20-36
Wednesday in Holy Week
70
Isaiah 50:4-9a Hebrews 12:1-3 John 13:21-32
Maundy Thursday 116:1,10-17
Exodus 12:1-4,(5-10),11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17,31b-35
Good Friday
22
Isaiah 52:13—53:12 Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1—19:42
Holy Saturday
31:1-4,15-16
Job 14:1-14 or Lamentations 3:1-9,19-24 1 Peter 4:1-8 Matthew 27:57-66 or John 19:38-42
Easter Day The Great Vigil
See page 893.
Principal Service
118:1-2,14-24
Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 65:17-25 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12
Lectionary C 915
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Psalm
Lessons
Evening Service
114
Isaiah 25:6-9 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 Luke 24:13-49
Monday in Easter Week
16:8-11 or 118:19-24
Acts 2:14,22b-32 Matthew 28:9-15
Tuesday in Easter Week
33:18-22 or 118:19-24
Acts 2:36-41 John 20:11-18
Wednesday in Easter Week
105:1-8 or 118:19-24
Acts 3:1-10 Luke 24:13-35
Thursday in Easter Week
8 or 114 or 118:19-24
Acts 3:11-26 Luke 24:36b-48
Friday in Easter Week
116:1-8 or 118:19-24
Acts 4:1-12 John 21:1-14
Saturday in Easter Week
118:14-18 or 118:19-24
Acts 4:13-21 Mark 16:9-15,20
Second Sunday of Easter
118:14-29 or 150
Acts 5:27-32 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31
Third Sunday of Easter
30
Acts 9:1-6,(7-20) Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19
Fourth Sunday of Easter
23
Acts 9:36-43 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30
Fifth Sunday of Easter
148
Acts 11:1-18 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35
916 Lectionary C
Psalm
Lessons
Sixth Sunday of Easter
67
Acts 16:9-15 Revelation 21:10,22—22:5 John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9
Ascension Day
47 or 93
Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53
Seventh Sunday of Easter
97
Acts 16:16-34 Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17,20-21 John 17:20-26
33:12-22 Canticle 2 or 13
Genesis 11:1-9 or Exodus 19:1-9a,16-20a; 20:18-20 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 or Joel 2:28-32 Acts 2:1-11 or Romans 8:14-17,22-27 John 7:37-39a
Day of Pentecost Early or Vigil Service
130 Canticle 9 104:25-37
Principal Service
104:25-35,37
Acts 2:1-21 or Genesis 11:1-9 Romans 8:14-17 or Acts 2:1-21 John 14:8-17,(25-27)
On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds most closely to the date of Pentecost in that year is used. See page 158. Trinity Sunday
8 or Canticle 2 or 13
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15
On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds most closely to the date of Trinity Sunday in that year is used.
Lectionary C 917
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The Season after Pentecost (Ordinary Time) Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Directions for the Propers which follow are on page 896. Proper 1 Closest to May 11
Jeremiah 17:5-10 Ps. 1
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Luke 6:17-26
Proper 2 Closest to May 18
Genesis 45:3-11,15 Ps. 37:1-12,41-42
1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50 Luke 6:27-38
Proper 3 Closest to May 25
Sirach 27:4-7 or Isaiah 55:10-13 Ps. 92:1-4,11-14
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 Luke 6:39-49
Proper 4 Closest to June 1
1 Kings 18:20-21 (22-29),30-39 Ps. 96 or 1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43 Ps. 96:1-9
Galatians 1:1-12 Luke 7:1-10
Proper 5 Closest to June 8
1 Kings 17:8-16(17-24) Galatians 1:11-24 Ps. 146 Luke 7:11-17 or 1 Kings 17:17-24 Ps. 30
Proper 6 Closest to June 15
1 Kings 21:1-10, (11-14),15-21a Ps. 5:1-8 or 2 Samuel 11:26— 12:10,13-15 Ps.32
918 Lectionary C
Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36—8:3
Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 7 Closest to June 22
1 Kings 19:1-4,(5-7), 8-15a Ps. 42 and 43 or Isaiah 65:1-9 Ps. 22:18-27
Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39
Proper 8 Closest to June 29
2 Kings 2:1-2,6-14 Ps. 77:1-2,11-20 or 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 Ps. 16
Galatians 5:1,13-25 Luke 9:51-62
Proper 9 Closest to July 6
2 Kings 5:1-14 Ps. 30 or Isaiah 66:10-14 Ps. 66:1-8
Galatians 6:(1-6),7-16 Luke 10:1-11,16-20
Proper 10 Closest to July 13
Amos 7:7-17 Colossians 1:1-14 Ps. 82 Luke 10:25-37 or Deuteronomy 30:9-14 Ps. 25:1-9
Proper 11 Closest to July 20
Amos 8:1-12 Ps. 52 or Genesis 18:1-10a Ps. 15
Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42
Proper 12 Closest to July 27
Hosea 1:2-10 Ps. 85 or Genesis 18:20-32 Ps. 138
Colossians 2:6-15,(16-19) Luke 11:1-13
Proper 13 Closest to August 3
Hosea 11:1-11 Ps. 107:1-9,43 or Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 Ps. 49:1-11
Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21
Lectionary C 919
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Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 14 Closest to August 10
Isaiah 1:1,10-20 Ps. 50:1-8,23-24 or Genesis 15:1-6 Ps. 33:12-22
Hebrews 11:1-3,8-16 Luke 12:32-40
Proper 15 Closest to August 17
Isaiah 5:1-7 Hebrews 11:29—12:2 Ps. 80:1-2,8-18 Luke 12:49-56 or Jeremiah 23:23-29 Ps. 82
Proper 16 Closest to August 24
Jeremiah 1:4-10 Ps. 71:1-6 or Isaiah 58:9b-14 Ps. 103:1-8
Hebrews 12:18-29 Luke 13:10-17
Proper 17 Closest to August 31
Jeremiah 2:4-13 Ps. 81:1,10-16 or Sirach 10:12-18 or Proverbs 25:6-7 Ps. 112
Hebrews 13:1-8,15-16 Luke 14:1,7-14
Proper 18 Closest to September 7
Jeremiah 18:1-11 Ps. 139:1-5,12-17 or Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Ps. 1
Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33
Proper 19 Closest to September 14
Jeremiah 4:11-12,22-28 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Ps. 14 Luke 15:1-10 or Exodus 32:7-14 Ps. 51:1-11
Proper 20 Closest to September 21
Jeremiah 8:18—9:1 Ps. 79:1-9 or Amos 8:4-7 Ps. 113
920 Lectionary C
1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13
Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 21 Closest to September 28
Jeremiah 32:1-3a,6-15 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Ps. 91:1-6,14-16 Luke 16:19-31 or Amos 6:1a,4-7 Ps. 146
Proper 22 Closest to October 5
Lamentations 1:1-6 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Lamentations 3:19-26* Luke 17:5-10 or Ps. 137 or Habakkuk 1:1-4,2:1-4 Ps. 37:1-10
Proper 23 Closest to October 12
Jeremiah 29:1,4-7 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Ps. 66:1-11 Luke 17:11-19 or 2 Kings 5:1-3,7-15c Ps. 111
Proper 24 Closest to October 19
Jeremiah 31:27-34 Ps. 119:97-104 or Genesis 32:22-31 Ps. 121
2 Timothy 3:14—4:5 Luke 18:1-8
Proper 25 Closest to October 26
Joel 2:23-32 Ps. 65 or Sirach 35:12-17 or Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 Ps. 84:1-6
2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18 Luke 18:9-14
Proper 26 Closest to November 2
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4,11-12 Ps. 119:137-144 Luke 19:1-10 or Isaiah 1:10-18 Ps. 32:1-8
Proper 27 Closest to November 9
Haggai 1:15b—2:9 Ps. 145:1-5,18-22 or 98 or Job 19:23-27a Ps. 17:1-9
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5,13-17 Luke 20:27-38
*As a Canticle
Lectionary C 921
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Old Testament Lessons and Psalms
New Testament Lessons
Proper 28 Closest to November 16
Isaiah 65:17-25 Canticle 9 or Malachi 4:1-2a Ps. 98
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19
Proper 29 Christ the King Closest to November 23
Jeremiah 23:1-6 Canticle 4 or 16 or Jeremiah 23:1-6 Ps. 46
Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43
Psalm
Lessons
St. Andrew November 30
19 or 19:1-6
Deuteronomy 30:11-14 Romans 10:8b-18 Matthew 4:18-22
St. Thomas December 21
126
Habakkuk 2:1-4 Hebrews 10:35––11:1 John 20:24-29
St. Stephen December 26
31 or 31:1-5
Jeremiah 26:1-9,12-15 Acts 6:8––7:2a,51c-60 Matthew 23:34-39
St. John December 27
92 or 92:1-4,11-14
Exodus 33:18-23 1 John 1:1-9 John 21:19b-24
Holy Innocents December 28
124
Jeremiah 31:15-17 Revelation 21:1-7 Matthew 2:13-18
Holy Days
922 Holy Days
Psalm
Lessons
Confession of St. Peter January 18
23
Acts 4:8-13 1 Peter 5:1-4 Matthew 16:13-19
Conversion of St. Paul January 25
67
Acts 26:9-21 Galatians 1:11-24 Matthew 10:16-22
The Presentation February 2
84 or 24:7-10
Malachi 3:1-4 Hebrews 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40
St. Matthias February 24
15
Acts 1:15-26 Philippians 3:13b-21 John 15:1,6-16
St. Joseph March 19
89:1-29 or 89:1-4,26-29
2 Samuel 7:4,8-16 Romans 4:13-18 Luke 2:41-52
The Annunciation March 25
45 or 40:5-10 or Canticle 3 or 15
Isaiah 7:10-14 Hebrews 10:4-10 Luke 1:26-38
St. Mark April 25
2 or 2:7-10
Isaiah 52:7-10 Ephesians 4:7-8,11-16 Mark 1:1-15 or Mark 16:15-20
St. Philip & St. James May 1
119:33-40
Isaiah 30:18-21 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 John 14:6-14
The Visitation May 31
113
1 Samuel 2:1-10 Romans 12:9-16b Luke 1:39-57
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Psalm
Lessons
St. Barnabas June 11
112
Isaiah 42:5-12 Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3 Matthew 10:7-16
Nativity of St. John the Baptist June 24
85 or 85:7-13
Isaiah 40:1-11 Acts 13:14b-26 Luke 1:57-80
St. Peter & St. Paul June 29
87
Ezekiel 34:11-16 2 Timothy 4:1-8 John 21:15-19
Independence Day July 4
145 or 145:1-9
Deuteronomy 10:17-21 Hebrews 11:8-16 Matthew 5:43-48
The Psalm and Lessons “For the Nation,” page 930, may he used instead. St. Mary Magdalene July 22
42:1-7
Judith 9:1,11-14 2 Corinthians 5:14-18 John 20:11-18
St. James July 25
7:1-10
Jeremiah 45:1-5 Acts 11:27––12:3 Matthew 20:20-28
The Transfiguration 99 August 6 or 99:5-9
Exodus 34:29-35 2 Peter 1:13-21 Luke 9:28-36
St. Mary the Virgin August 15
34 or 34:1-9
Isaiah 61:10-11 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 1:46-55
St. Bartholomew August 24
91 or 91:1-4
Deuteronomy 18:15-18 1 Corinthians 4:9-15 Luke 22:24-30
924 Holy Days
Psalm
Lessons
Holy Cross Day September 14
98 or 98:1-4
Isaiah 45:21-25 Philippians 2:5-11 or Galatians 6:14-18 John 12:31-36a
St. Matthew September 21
119:33-40
Proverbs 3:1-6 2 Timothy 3:14-17 Matthew 9:9-13
St. Michael & All Angels September 29
103 or 103:19-22
Genesis 28:10-17 Revelation 12:7-12 John 1:47-51
St. Luke October 18
147 or 147:1-7
Ecclesiasticus 38:1-4, 6-10,12-14 2 Timothy 4:5-13 Luke 4:14-21
St. James of Jerusalem October 23
1
Acts 15:12-22a 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Matthew 13:54-58
St. Simon & St. Jude October 28
119:89-96
Deuteronomy 32:1-4 Ephesians 2:13-22 John 15:17-27
All Saints’ Day November 1 Year A
34:1-10,22
Revelation7:9-17 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5:1-12
Year B
24
Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 or Isaiah 25:6-9 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44
Year C
149
Daniel 7:1-3,15-18 Ephesians 1:11-23 Luke 6:20-31
Holy Days 925
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Psalm
Lessons
Thanksgiving Day Year A
65
Deuteronomy 8:7-18 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Luke 17:11-19
Year B
126
Joel 2:21-27 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Matthew 6:25-33
Year C
100
Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Philippians 4:4-9 John 6:25-35
The Common of Saints Of a Martyr I
126 or 121
2 Esdras 2:42-48 1 Peter 3:14-18,22 Matthew 10:16-22
Of a Martyr II
116 or 116:1-8
Ecclesiasticus 51:1-12 Revelation 7:13-17 Luke 12:2-12
Of a Martyr III
124 or 31:1-5
Jeremiah 15:15-21 1 Peter 4:12-19 Mark 8:34-38
Of a Missionary I
96 or 96:1-7
Isaiah 52:7-10 Acts 1:1-9 Luke 10:1-9
Of a Missionary II 98 or 98:1-4
926 Commons
Isaiah 49:1-6 Acts 17:22-31 Matthew 28:16-20
Psalm
Lessons
Of a Pastor I
23
Ezekiel 34:11-16 1 Peter 5:1-4 John 21:15-17
Of a Pastor II
84 or 84:7-11
Acts 20:17-35 Ephesians 3:14-21 Matthew 24:42-47
Of a Theologian and Teacher I
119:97-104
Wisdom 7:7-14 1 Corinthians 2:6-10,13-16 John 17:18-23
Of a Theologian and Teacher II
119:89-96
Proverbs 3:1-7 1 Corinthians 3:5-11 Matthew 13:47-52
Of a Monastic I
34 or 34:1-8
Song of Songs 8:6-7 Philippians 3:7-15 Luke 12:33-37 or Luke 9:57-62
Of a Monastic II
133 or 119:161-168
Acts 2:42-47a 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 Matthew 6:24-33
Of a Saint I
15
Micah 6:6-8 Hebrews 12:1-2 Matthew 25:31-40
Of a Saint II
34 or 34:15-22
Wisdom 3:1-9 Philippians 4:4-9 Luke 6:17-23
Of a Saint III
1
Ecclesiasticus 2:7-11 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Matthew 25:1-13
Commons 927
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Various Occasions Psalm
Lessons
1. Of the Holy Trinity
29
Exodus 3:11-15 Romans 11:33-36 Matthew 28:18-20
2. Of the Holy Spirit
139:1-17 or 139:1-9
Isaiah 61:1-3 1 Corinthians 12:4-14 Luke 11:9-13
3. Of the Holy Angels
148 or 103:19-22
Daniel 7:9-10a or 2 Kings 6:8-17 Revelation 5:11-14 John 1:47-51
4. Of the Incarnation
111 or 132:11-19
Isaiah 11:1-10 or Genesis 17:1-8 1 John 4:1-11 or 1 Timothy 3:14-16 Luke 1:26-33(34-38) or Luke 11:27-28
5. Of the Holy Eucharist
34 or 116:10-17
Deuteronomy 8:2-3 Revelation 19:1-2a,4-9 or 1 Corinthians 10:1-4,16-17 or 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 John 6:47-58
6. Of the Holy Cross
40:1-11 or 40:5-11
Isaiah 52:13-15; 53:10-12 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 John 12:23-33
7. For All Baptized Christians
16:5-11
Jeremiah 17:7-8 or Ezekiel 36:24-28 Romans 6:3-11 Mark 10:35-45
928 Various Occasions
8. For the Departed
Psalm
Lessons
116 or 103:13-22 or 130
Isaiah 25: 6-9 or Wisdom 3:1-9 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 John 5:24-27 or John 6:37-40 or John 11:21-27
Any of the Psalms and Lessons appointed at the Burial of the Dead may be used instead. 9. Of the Reign of Christ
93 or Canticle 18
Daniel 7:9-14 Colossians 1:11-20 John 18:33-37
Any of the Psalms and Lessons appointed in Proper 29 may be used instead. 10. At Baptism
15 or 23 or 27 or 42:1-7 or 84 or Canticle 9
Ezekiel 36:24-28* Romans 6:3-5 or Romans 8:14-17 or 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 Mark 1:9-11 or Mark 10:13-16 or John 3:1-6
*Any of the other Old Testament Lessons for the Easter Vigil may be substituted.
11. At Confirmation 1 or 139:1-9
Isaiah 61:1-9 or Jeremiah 31:31-34 or Ezekiel 37:1-10 Romans 8:18-27 or Romans 12:1-8 or Galatians 5:16-25 or Ephesians 4:7,11-16 Matthew 5:1-12 or Matthew 16:24-27 or Luke 4:16-22 or John 14:15-21
Various Occasions 929
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Psalm
Lessons
12. Anniversary of the Dedication of a Church
84 or 84:1-6
1 Kings 8:22-30 or Genesis 28:10-17 1 Peter 2:1-5,9-10 Matthew 21:12-16
13. For a Church Convention
19:7-14
Isaiah 55:1-13 2 Corinthians 4:1-10 John 15:1-11
14. For the Unity of the Church
122
Isaiah 35:1-10 Ephesians 4:1-6 John 17:6a,15-23
15. For the Ministry I
99 or 27:1-9
Numbers 11:16-17,24-29 1 Corinthians 3:5-11 John 4:31-38
15. For the Ministry II
63:1-8
1 Samuel 3:1-10 Ephesians 4:11-16 Matthew 9:35-38
15. For the Ministry III
15
Exodus 19:3-8 1 Peter 4:7-11 Matthew 16:24-27
16. For the Mission of the Church I
96 or 96:1-7
Isaiah 2:2-4 Ephesians 2:13-22 Luke 10:1-9
16. For the Mission of the Church II
67
Isaiah 49:5-13 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 28:16-20
17. For the Nation
47
Isaiah 26:1-8 Romans 13:1-10 Mark 12:13-17
The Psalm and any of the Lessons appointed for Independence Day may be used instead.
930 Various Occasions
Psalm
Lessons
18. For Peace
85:7-13
Micah 4:1-5 Ephesians 2:13-18 or Colossians 3:12-15 John 16:23-33 or Matthew 5:43-48
19. For Rogation Days I
147 or 147:1-13
Deuteronomy 11:10-15 or Ezekiel 47:6-12 or Jeremiah 14:1-9 Romans 8:18-25 Mark 4:26-32
19. For Rogation Days II
107:1-9
Ecclesiasticus 38:27-32 1 Corinthians 3:10-14 Matthew 6:19-24
19. For Rogation Days III
104:25-37 or 104:1,13-15, 25-32
Job 38:1-11,16-18 1 Timothy 6:7-10,17-19 Luke 12:13-21
20. For the Sick
13 or 86:1-7
2 Kings 20:1-5 James 5:13-16 Mark 2:1-12
Any of the Psalms and Lessons appointed at the Ministration to the Sick may be used instead. 21. For Social Justice
72 or 72:1-4,12-14
Isaiah 42:1-7 James 2:5-9,12-17 Matthew 10:32-42
22. For Social Service
146 or 22:22-27
Zechariah 8:3-12,16-17 1 Peter 4:7-11 Mark 10:42-52
23. For Education
78:1-7
Deuteronomy 6:4-9,20-25 2 Timothy 3:14––4:5 Matthew 11:25-30
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Psalm
Lessons
24. For Vocation in Daily Work
8
Ecclesiastes 3:1,9-13 1 Peter 2:11-17 Matthew 6:19-24
25. For Labor Day
107:1-9 or 90:1-2,16-17
Ecclesiasticus 38:27-32 1 Corinthians 3:10-14 Matthew 6:19-24
932 Various Occasions
Daily Office Lectionary
Concerning the Daily Office Lectionary The Daily Office Lectionary is arranged in a two-year cycle. Year One begins on the First Sunday of Advent preceding odd-numbered years, and Year Two begins on the First Sunday of Advent preceding even-numbered years. (Thus, on the First Sunday of Advent, 1976, the Lectionary for Year One is begun.) Three Readings are provided for each Sunday and weekday in each of the two years. Two of the Readings may be used in the morning and one in the evening; or, if the Office is read only once in the day, all three Readings may be used. When the Office is read twice in the day, it is suggested that the Gospel Reading be used in the evening in Year One, and in the morning in Year Two. If two Readings are desired at both Offices, the Old Testament Reading for the alternate year is used as the First Reading at Evening Prayer. When more than one Reading is used at an Office, the first is always from the Old Testament (or the Apocrypha). When a Major Feast interrupts the sequence of Readings, they may be re-ordered by lengthening, combining, or omitting some of them, to secure continuity or avoid repetition. Any Reading may be lengthened at discretion. Suggested lengthenings are shown in parentheses. In this Lectionary (except in the weeks from 4 Advent to 1 Epiphany, and Palm Sunday to 2 Easter), the Psalms are arranged in a seven-week pattern which recurs throughout the year, except for appropriate variations in Lent and Easter Season. In the citation of the Psalms, those for the morning are given first, and then those for the evening. At the discretion of the officiant, however, any of the Psalms appointed for a given day may be used in the morning or in the evening. Likewise, Psalms appointed for any day may be used on any other day in the same week, except on major Holy Days.
934 Daily Office
Brackets and parentheses are used (brackets in the case of whole Psalms, parentheses in the case of verses) to indicate Psalms and verses of Psalms which may be omitted. In some instances, the entire portion of the Psalter assigned to a given Office has been bracketed, and alternative Psalmody provided. Those who desire to recite the Psalter in its entirety should, in each instance, use the bracketed Psalms rather than the alternatives. Antiphons drawn from the Psalms themselves, or from the opening sentences given in the Offices, or from other passages of Scripture, may be used with the Psalms and biblical Canticles. The antiphons may be sung or said at the beginning and end of each Psalm or Canticle, or may be used as refrains after each verse or group of verses. On Special Occasions, the officiant may select suitable Psalms and Readings.
Daily Office 935
Week of 1 Advent Sunday
146, 147 Isa. 1:1-9
Monday
1, 2, 3 & Isa. 1:10-20
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
111, 112, 113 2 Pet. 3:1-10 Matt. 25:1-18
&
4, 7 1 Thess. 1:1-10
Luke 20:1-8
5, 6 & 10, 11 Isa. 1:21-31 1 Thess. 2:1-12
Luke 20:9-18
119:1-24 Isa. 2:1-11
12, 13, 14 1 Thess. 2:13-20
Luke 20:19-26
18:21-50 1 Thess. 3:1-13
Luke 20:27-40
&
18:1-20 & Isa. 2:12-22 16, 17 & Isa. 3:8-15
22 I Thess. 4:1-12
Luke 20:41––21:4
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 110:5(6-7), 116, 117 Isa. 4:2-6 1 Thess. 4:13-18 Luke 21:5-19 Week of 2 Advent
Sunday
148, 149, 150 & 114, 115 Isa. 5:1-7 2 Pet. 3:11-18 Luke 7:28-35
Monday
25 & 9, 15 Isa. 5:8-12, 18-23
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Thess. 5:1-11
Luke 21:20-28
26, 28 & 36, 39 Isa. 5:13-17, 24-25 1 Thess. 5:12-28 38 & 119:25-48 Isa. 6:1-13 2 Thess. 1:1-12 37:1-18 Isa. 7:1-9
&
37:19-42 2 Thess. 2:1-12
John 7:53––8:11 Luke 22:1-13
31 & 35 Isa. 7:10-25 2 Thess. 2:13––3:5 30, 32 & Isa. 8:1-15
42, 43 2 Thess. 3:6-18
936 Daily Office Year One
Luke 21:29-38
Luke 22:14-30
Luke 22:31-38
Week of 1 Advent Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
146, 147 & 111, 112, 113 Amos 1:1-5,13––2:8 1 Thess. 5:1-11 1, 2, 3 & Amos 2:6-16
4, 7 2 Pet. 1:1-11
Matt. 21:1-11
5, 6 & 10, 11 Amos 3:1-11 2 Pet. 1:12-21
Matt. 21:12-22
119:1-24 & 12, 13, 14 Amos 3:12––4:5 2 Pet. 3:1-10 18:1-20 & Amos 4:6-13 16, 17 & Amos 5:1-17
18:21-50 2 Pet. 3:11-18 22 Jude 1-16
Luke 21:5-19
Matt. 21:23-32 Matt. 21:33-46
Matt. 22:1-14
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Amos 5:18-27 Jude 17-25 Matt. 22:15-22 Week of 2 Advent
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
148, 149, 150 Amos 6:1-14
114, 115 2 Thess. 1:5-12 &
25 & 9, 15 Amos 7:1-9 Rev. 1:1-8
Matt. 22:23-33
26, 28 & 36, 39 Amos 7:10-17 Rev. 1:9-16
Matt. 22:34-46
38 & 119:25-48 Amos 8:1-14 Rev. 1:17––2:7 37:1-18 & Amos 9:1-10 31 & 35 Haggai 1:1-15 30, 32 & Haggai 2:1-9
37:19-42 Rev. 2:8-17 Rev. 2:18-29 42, 43 Rev. 3:1-6
Luke 1:57-68
Matt. 23:1-12 Matt. 23:13-26 Matt. 23:27-39
Matt. 24:1-14
Daily Office Year Two 937
Week of 3 Advent Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 & 103 Isa. 13:6-13 Heb. 12:18-29
John 3:22-30
41, 52 & 44 Isa. 8:16––9:1 2 Pet. 1:1-11
Luke 22:39-53
45 & Isa. 9:1-7
47, 48 2 Pet. 1:12-21
119:49-72 Isa. 9:8-17
49, [53] 2 Pet. 2:1-10a
Luke 22:54-69
&
Mark 1:1-8
50 & [59, 60] or 33 Isa. 9:18––10:4 2 Pet. 2:10b-16 40, 54 & Isa. 10:5-19
51 2 Pet. 2:17-22
Matt. 3:1-12
Matt. 11:2-15
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Isa. 10:20-27 Jude 17-25 Luke 3:1-9 Week of 4 Advent
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dec. 24 Christmas Eve
24, 29 & Isa. 42:1-12 61, 62 & Isa. 11:1-9 66, 67 & Isa. 11:10-16
8, 84 Eph. 6:10-20 112, 115 Rev. 20:1-10
John 3:16-21 John 5:30-47
116, 117 Rev. 20:11––21:8
72 & 111, 113 Isa. 28:9-22 Rev. 21:9-21
Luke 1:26-38
80 & 146, 147 Isa. 29:13-24 Rev. 21:22––22:5 93, 96 & Isa. 33:17-22
148, 150 Rev. 22:6-11, 18-20
45, 46 & Isa. 35:1-10
–––– Rev. 22:12-17, 21
–––– & 89:1-29 Isa. 59:15b-21 Phil. 2:5-11
938 Daily Office Year One
Luke 1:5-25
Luke 1:39-48a(48b-56) Luke 1:57-66 Luke 1:67-80
Week of 3 Advent Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 & 103 Amos 9:11-15 2 Thess. 2:1-3, 13-17 41, 52 & Zech. 1:7-17
44 Rev. 3:7-13
Matt. 24:15-31
45 & 47, 48 Zech. 2:1-13 Rev. 3:14-22 119:49-72 Zech. 3:1-10
&
49, [53] Rev. 4:1-8
John 5:30-47
Matt. 24:32-44 Matt. 24:45-51
50 & [59, 60] or 33 Zech. 4:1-14 Rev. 4:9––5:5
Matt. 25:1-13
40, 54 & 51 Zech. 7:8––8:8 Rev. 5:6-14
Matt. 25:14-30
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Zech. 8:9-17 Rev. 6:1-17 Matt. 25:31-46 Week of 4 Advent
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dec. 24 Christmas Eve
24, 29 & Gen. 3:8-15
8, 84 Rev. 12:1-10
John 3:16-21
61, 62 & 112, 115 Zeph. 3:14-20 Titus 1:1-16
Luke 1:1-25
66, 67 & 116, 117 1 Samuel 2:1b-10 Titus 2:1-10
Luke 1:26-38
72 & 111, 113 2 Samuel 7:1-17 Titus 2:11––3:8a 80 & 146, 147 2 Samuel 7:18-29 Gal. 3:1-14 93, 96 & 148, 150 Baruch 4:21-29 Gal. 3:15-22
Luke 1:39-48a(48b-56)
Luke 1:57-66 Luke 1:67-80 or Matt. 1:1-17
45, 46 & –––– Baruch 4:36––5:9 Gal. 3:23––4:7
Matt. 1:18-25
–––– & 89:1-29 Isa. 59:15b-21 Phil. 2:5-11
Daily Office Year Two 939
Christmas Day and Following Christmas Day 2, 85 & Zech. 2:10-13
110:1-5(6-7), 132 1 John 4:7-16 John 3:31-36
First Sunday after Christmas 93, 96 & 34 Isa. 62:6-7, 10-12 Heb. 2:10-18
Matt. 1:18-25
Dec. 29
18:1-20 Isa. 12:1-6
Dec. 30
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 23, 27 Isa. 25:1-9 Rev. 1:9-20 John 7:53––8:11
Dec. 31
46, 48 & Isa. 26:1-9
&
Eve of Holy Name ––––– Isa. 65:15b-25 Holy Name
18:21-50 * Rev. 1:1-8 John 7:37-52
-–––– 2 Cor. 5:16––6:2 &
John 8:12-19
90 Rev. 21:1-6
103 & 148 Gen. 17:1-12a, 15-16
Col. 2:6-12
John 16:23b-30
Second Sunday after Christmas 66, 67 & 145 Ecclus. 3:3-9, 14-17 1 John 2:12-17 Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 5
34 & 33 Gen. 12:1-7 Heb. 11:1-12
John 6:35-42, 48-51
68 & 72 ** Gen. 28:10-22 Heb. 11:13-22 85, 8 7 & Exod. 3:1-12
89:1-29 Heb. 11:23-31
2, 110:1-5(6-7) & -–––– Joshua 1:1-9 Heb. 11:32--12:2
Eve of Epiphany –––– Isa. 66:18-23
&
John 6:41-47
John 10:7-17 John 14:6-14 John 15:1-16
29, 98 Rom. 15:7-13
* If today is Saturday, use Psalms 23 and 27 at Evening Prayer. ** If today is Saturday, use Psalm 136 at Evening Prayer.
940 Daily Office Year One
Christmas Day and Following Christmas Day 2, 85 & 110:1-5(6-7), 132 Micah 4:1-5; 5:2-4 1 John 4:7-16
John 3:31-36
First Sunday after Christmas 93, 96 & 34 1 Samuel 1:1-2, 7b-28 Col. 1:9-20 Dec. 29
18:1-20 & 18:21-50 * 2 Samuel 23:13-17b 2 John 1-13
Dec. 30
20, 21:1-7(8-14) 1 Kings 17:17-24
Dec. 31
23, 27 3 John 1-15
Luke 2:22-40 John 2:1-11
&
John 4:46-54
46, 48 & –––– 1 Kings 3:5-14 James 4:13-17; 5:7-11
John 5:1-15
Eve of Holy Name –––– & 90 Isa. 65:15b-25 Rev. 21:1-6 Holy Name
103 & 148 Isa. 62:1-5, 10-12
Second Sunday after Christmas Wisdom 7:3-14 Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 5
Rev. 19:11-16 66, 67 & Col. 3:12-17
34 & 33 1 Kings 19:1-8
John 6:1-14
Eph. 4:17-32
85, 87 & 89:1-29 ** Joshua 3:14 4:7 Eph. 5:1-20 2, 110:1-5(6-7) & -–––– Jonah 2:2-9 Eph. 6:10-20
Eve of Epiphany ––––& Isa. 66:18-23
145 John 6:41-47
Eph. 4:1-16
68 & 72 ** 1 Kings 19:9-18
Matt. 1:18-25
John 6:15-27 John 9:1-12, 35-38
John 11:17-27, 38-44
29, 98 Rom. 15:7-13
* If today is Saturday, use Psalms 23 and 27 at Evening Prayer. ** If today is Saturday, use Psalm 136 at Evening Prayer.
Daily Office Year Two 941
The Epiphany and Following Epiphany Jan. 7 * Jan. 8
46, 97 & Isa. 52:7-10 103 & Isa. 52:3-6
96, 100 Rev. 21:22-27 114, 115 Rev. 2:1-7
117, 118 & Isa. 59:15-21
Matt. 12:14-21
John 2:1-11
112, 113 Rev. 2:8-17
John 4:46-54
Jan. 9
121, 122, 123 & 131, 132 Isa. 63:1-5 Rev. 2:18-29 John 5:1-15
Jan. 10
138, 139:1-17(18-23) & 147 Isa. 65:1-9 Rev. 3:1-6 John 6:1-14
Jan. 11
148, 150 & Isa. 65:13-16
Jan. 12
91, 92 Rev. 3:7-13
98, 99, [100] & Isa. 66:1-2, 22-23
Eve of 1 Epiphany –––– Isa. 61:1-9
John 6:15-27
–––– Rev. 3:14-22
John 9:1-12, 35-38
& 104 Gal. 3:23-29; 4:4-7
Week of 1 Epiphany Sunday
146, 147 Isa. 40:1-11
Monday
1, 2, 3 & Isa. 40:12-23
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
&
111, 112, 113 Heb. 1:1-12 John 1:1-7, 19-20, 29-34 4, 7 Eph. 1:1-14
Mark 1:1-13
5, 6 & 10,11 Isa. 40:25-31 Eph. 1:15-23 119:1-24 Isa. 41:1-16
&
18:1-20 & Isa. 41:17-29
12, 13, 14 Eph. 2:1-10
Mark 1:14-28 Mark 1:29-45
18:21-50 Eph. 2:11-22
16, 17 & 22 Isa. 42:(1-9)10-17
Eph. 3:1-13
Mark 2:1-12 Mark 2:13-22
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Isa. 43:1-13 Eph. 3:14-21 Mark 2:23––3:6 * The Psalms and Readings for the dated days after the Epiphany are used only until the following Saturday evening.
942 Daily Office Year One
The Epiphany and Following Epiphany Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 9
46, 97 & Isa. 49:1-7
96, 100 Rev. 21:22-27
103 & 114, 115 Deut. 8:1-3 Col. 1:1-14
Matt. 12:14-21 John 6:30-33, 48-51
117, 118 & Exod. 17:1-7
112, 113 Col. 1:15-23
121, 122, 123 Isa. 45:14-19
& 131, 132 Col. 1:24-––2:7
John 7:37-52 John 8:12-19
Jan. 10
138, 139:1-17(18-23) & 147 Jer. 23:1-8 Col. 2:8-23 John 10:7-17
Jan. 11
148, 150 Isa. 55:3-9
Jan. 12
&
91, 92 Col. 3:1-17
98, 99, [100] & Gen. 49:1-2, 8-12
Eve of 1 Epiphany –––– Isa. 61:1-9
John 14:6-14
-–––– Col. 3:18-––4:6
John 15:1-16
& 104 Gal. 3:23-29; 4:4-7
Week of 1 Epiphany Sunday
146, 147 & Gen. 1:1––2:3
Monday
1, 2, 3 & 4, 7 Gen. 2:4-9(10-15)16-25
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
111, 112, 113 Eph. 1:3-14 John 1:29-34 Heb. 1:1-14
5, 6 & 10, 11 Gen. 3:1-24 Heb. 2:1-10 119:1-24 Gen. 4:1-16
&
18:1-20 & Gen. 4:17-26 16, 17 & Gen. 6:1-8
12, 13, 14 Heb. 2:11-18 18:21-50 Heb. 3:1-11 22 Heb. 3:12-19
John 1:1-18
John 1:19-28 John 1:(29-34)35-42 John 1:43-51 John 2:1-12
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Gen. 6:9-22 Heb. 4:1-13 John 2:13-22 * The Psalms and Readings for the dated days after the Epiphany are used only until the following Saturday evening.
Daily Office Year Two 943
Week of 2 Epiphany Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
148, 149, 150 Isa. 43:14––44:5
&
25 & 9, 15 Isa. 44:6-8, 21-23 26, 28 & Isa. 44:9-20
114, 115 Heb. 6:17––7:10 Eph. 4:1-16
36, 39 Eph. 4:17-32
John 4:27-42 Mark 3:7-19a
Mark 3:19b-35
38 & 119:25-48 Isa. 44:24––45:7 Eph. 5:1-14
Mark 4:1-20
37:1-18 & Isa. 45:5-17
37:19-42 Eph. 5:15-33
31 & 35 Isa. 45:18-25
Eph. 6:1-9
Mark 4:35-41
42, 43 Eph. 6:10-24
Mark 5:1-20
30, 32 & Isa. 46:1-13
Mark 4:21-34
Week of 3 Epiphany Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 & 103 Isa. 47:1-15 Heb. 10:19-31 41, 52 & Isa. 48:1-11
44 Gal. 1:1-17
John 5:2-18 Mark 5:21-43
45 & 47, 48 Isa. 48:12-21 Gal. 1:18––2:10 119:49-72 Isa. 49:1-12
Mark 6:1-13
49, [53] Gal. 2:11-21
Mark 6:13-29
50 & [59, 60] or 118 Isa. 49:13-23 Gal. 3:1-14
Mark 6:30-46
40, 54 & Isa. 50:1-11
Mark 6:47-56
&
51 Gal. 3:15-22
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Isa. 51:1-8 Gal. 3:23-29 Mark 7:1-23
944 Daily Office Year One
Week of 2 Epiphany Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
148, 149, 150 114, 115 Gen. 7:1-10, 17-23 Eph. 4:1-16 25 & 9, 15 Gen. 8:6-22 Heb. 4:14––5:6 26, 28 & Gen. 9:1-17
36, 39 Heb. 5:7-14
Mark 3:7-19 John 2:23––3:15
John 3:16-21
38 & 119:25-48 Gen. 9:18-29 Heb. 6:1-12
John 3:22-36
37:1-18 & Gen. 11:1-9
John 4:1-15
37:19-42 Heb. 6:13-20
31 & 35 Gen. 11:27––12:8
Heb. 7:1-17
John 4:16-26
30, 32 & 42, 43 Gen. 12:9––13:1 Heb. 7:18-28
John 4:27-42
Week of 3 Epiphany Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 & 103 Gen. 13:2-18 Gal. 2:1-10 41, 52 & 44 Gen. 14(1-7)8-24 45 & 47, 48 Gen. 15:1-11, 17-21 119:49-72 Gen. 16:1-14
&
Mark 7:31-37
Heb. 8:1-13
John 4:43-54
Heb. 9:1-14
49, [53] Heb. 9:15-28
John 5:19-29
50 & [59, 60] or 118 Gen. 16:15––17:14 Heb. 10:1-10 40, 54 & 51 Gen. 17:15-27 Heb. 10:11-25
John 5:1-18
John 5:30-47 John 6:1-15
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Gen. 18:1-16 Heb. 10:26-39 John 6:16-27
Daily Office Year Two 945
Week of 4 Epiphany Sunday
24, 29 & Isa. 51:9-16
8, 84 Heb. 11:8-16
John 7:14-31
56, 57, [58] Isa. 51:17-23
&
64, 65 Gal. 4:1-11
Mark 7:24-37
Tuesday
61, 62 & Isa. 52:1-12
68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Gal. 4:12-20 Mark 8:1-10
Wednesday
72 & 119:73-96 Isa. 54:1-10(11-17) Gal. 4:21-31
Monday
Thursday
[70], 71 & Isa. 55:1-13
74 Gal. 5:1-15
Friday
69:1-23(24-30)31-38 & Isa. 56:1-8 Gal. 5:16-24
Saturday
75, 76 & Isa. 57:3-13
Mark 8:11-26
Mark 8:27––9:1 73 Mark 9:2-13
23, 27 Gal. 5:25––6:10
Mark 9:14-29
Week of 5 Epiphany Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
93, 96 & Isa. 57:14-21
34 Heb. 12:1-6
John 7:37-46
80 & 77, [79] Isa. 58:1-12 Gal. 6:11-18
Mark 9:30-41
78:1-39 & Isa. 59:1-15a 119:97-120 Isa. 59:15b-21
78:40-72 2 Tim. 1:1-14 &
Mark 9:42-50
81, 82 2 Tim. 1:15––2:13
[83] or 146, 147 & 85, 86 Isa. 60:1-17 2 Tim. 2:14-26 88 & 91, 92 Isa. 61:1-9 2 Tim. 3:1-17
Mark 10:17-31 Mark 10:32-45
87, 90 & 136 Isa. 61:10––62:5 2 Tim. 4:1-8
946 Daily Office Year One
Mark 10:1-16
Mark 10:46-52
Week of 4 Epiphany Sunday Monday
24, 29 & 8, 84 Gen. 18:16-33 Gal. 5:13-25 56,57, [58] & 64, 65 Gen. 19:1-17(18-23)24-29
Heb. 11:1-12
Tuesday
61, 62 & Gen. 21:1-21
Wednesday
72 & 119:73-96 Gen. 22:1-18 Heb. 11:23-31
Thursday
Mark 8:22-30 John 6:27-40
68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Heb. 11:13-22 John 6:41-51
[70], 71 & Gen. 23:1-20
John 6:52-59
74 Heb. 11:32––12:2
John 6:60-71
Friday
69:1-23(24-30)31-38 & 73 Gen. 24:1-27 Heb. 12:3-11 John 7:1-13
Saturday
75, 76 & 23, 27 Gen. 24:28-38, 49-5l
Heb. 12:12-29
John 7:14-36
Week of 5 Epiphany Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
93, 96 & 34 Gen. 24:50-67 2 Tim. 2:14-21 80 & 77, [79] Gen. 25:19-34 Heb. 13:1-16
Mark 10:13-22 John 7:37-52
78:1-39 & 78:40-72 Gen. 26:1-6, 12-33 Heb. 13:17-25 119:97-120 Gen. 27:1-29
&
81, 82 Rom. 12:1-8
[83] or 146, 147 & 85, 86 Gen. 27:30-45 Rom. 12:9-21 88 & 91, 92 Gen. 27:46––28:4, 10-22 87, 90 & Gen. 29:1-20
John 7:53––8:11
John 8:12-20 John 8:21-32
Rom. 13:1-14
136 Rom. 14:1-23
John 8:33-47
John 8:47-59
Daily Office Year Two 947
Week of 6 Epiphany Sunday Monday Tuesday
66, 67 & Isa. 62:6-12 89:1-18 Isa. 63:1-6
19, 46 1 John 2:3-11
&
97, 99, [100] Isa. 63:7-14
89:19-52 1 Tim. 1:1-17
John 8:12-19 Mark 11:1-11
94, [95] 1 Tim. 1:18––2:8 &
Mark 11:12-26
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119:121-144 Isa. 63:15––64:9 1 Tim. 3:1-16 Mark 11:27––12:12
Thursday
105:1-22 Isa. 65:1-12
Friday Saturday
&
105:23-45 1 Tim. 4:1-16
Mark 12:13-27
102 & 107:1-32 Isa. 65:17-25 1 Tim 5:17-22(23-25) 107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) Isa. 66:1-6 1 Tim. 6:6-21
&
Mark 12:28-34
33 Mark 12:35-44
Week of 7 Epiphany Sunday Monday
118 & 145 Isa. 66:7-14 1 John 3:4-10
John 10:7-16
106:1-18 Ruth 1:1-14
Matt. 5:1-12
&
106:19-48 2 Cor. 1:1-11
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Ruth 1:15-22 2 Cor. 1:12-22 Matt. 5:13-20
Wednesday
119:145-176 Ruth 2:1-13
Thursday
131, 132, [133] & 134, 135 Ruth 2:14-23 2 Cor. 3:1-18 Matt. 5:27-37
Friday
140, 142 & 141, 143:1-11(12) Ruth 3:1-18 2 Cor. 4:1-12 Matt. 5:38-48
Saturday
137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 104 Ruth 4:1-17 2 Cor. 4:13––5:10
& 128, 129, 130 2 Cor. 1:23––2:17 Matt. 5:21-26
948 Daily Office Year One
Matt. 6:1-6
Week of 6 Epiphany Sunday Monday Tuesday
66, 67 & 19, 46 Gen. 29:20-35 1 Tim. 3:14––4:10
Mark 10:23-31
89:1-18 & Gen. 30:1-24
89:19-52 1 John 1:1-10
John 9:1-17
97, 99, [100] Gen. 31:1-24
&
94, [95] 1 John 2:1-11
John 9:18-41
Wednesday
101,109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119:121-144 Gen. 31:25-50 1 John 2:12-17 John 10:1-18
Thursday
105:1-22 & Gen. 32:3-21
Friday Saturday
105:23-45 1 John 2:18-29
John 10:19-30
102 & 107:1-32 Gen. 32:22––33:17 1 John 3:1-10 107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & Gen. 35:1-20 1 John 3:11-18
John 10:31-42
33 John 11:1-16
Week of 7 Epiphany Sunday Monday
118 & 145 Prov. 1:20-33 2 Cor. 5:11-21 106:1-18 & Prov. 3:11-20
106:19-48 1 John 3:18––4:6
Mark 10:35-45 John 11:17-29
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Prov. 4:1-27 1 John 4:7-21 John 11:30-44
Wednesday
119:145-176 Prov. 6:1-19
Thursday
131, 132, [133] & 134, 135 Prov. 7:1-27 1 John 5:13-21 John 11:55––12:8
Friday
140, 142 & 141, 143:1-11(12) Prov. 8:1-21 Philemon 1-25 John 12:9-19
Saturday
137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 104 Prov. 8:22-36 2 Tim. 1:1-14
& 128, 129, 130 1 John 5:1-12 John 11:45-54
John 12:20-26
Daily Office Year Two 949
Week of 8 Epiphany Sunday
146, 147 Deut. 4:1-9
Monday
1, 2, 3 & Deut. 4:9-14
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
&
111, 112, 113 2 Tim. 4:1-8 John 12:1-8 4, 7 2 Cor. 10:1-18
Matt. 6:7-15
5, 6 & 10, 11 Deut. 4:15-24 2 Cor. 11:1-21a 119:1-24 & Deut. 4:25-31 18:1-20 & Deut. 4:32-40 16, 17 & Deut. 5:1-22
Matt. 6:16-23
12, 13, 14 2 Cor. 11:21b-33 18:21-50 2 Cor. 12:1-10 22 2 Cor. 12:11-21
Matt. 6:24-34 Matt. 7:1-12 Matt. 7:13-21
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Deut. 5:22-33 2 Cor. 13:1-14 Matt. 7:22-29 Week of Last Epiphany
Sunday
148, 149, 150 & 114, 115 Deut. 6:1-9 Heb. 12:18-29 John 12:24-32
Monday
25 & 9, 15 Deut. 6:10-15 Heb. 1:1-14
John 1:1-18
26, 28 & 36, 39 Deut. 6:16-25 Heb. 2:1-10
John 1:19-28
Tuesday
Ash Wednesday 95* & 32, 143 & 102, 130 Jonah 3:1––4:11 Heb. 12:1-14 Luke 18:9-14 Thursday Friday Saturday
37:1-18 & Deut. 7:6-11 95* & 31 & Deut. 7:12-16
37:19-42 Titus 1:1-16
John 1:29-34
35 Titus 2:1-15
John 1:35-42
30, 32 & 42, 43 Deut. 7:17-26 Titus 3:1-15
John 1:43-51
* For the Invitatory
950 Daily Office Year One
Week of 8 Epiphany Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
146, 147 & 111, 112, 113 Prov. 9:1-12 2 Cor. 9:6b-15
Mark 10:46-52
1, 2, 3 & 4, 7 Prov. 10:1-12 2 Tim. 1:15––2:13 5, 6 & 10, 11 Prov. 15:16-33 2 Tim. 2:14-26 119:1-24 & Prov. 17:1-20
12, 13, 14 2 Tim 3:1-17
John 12:36b-50 John 13:1-20
18:1-20 & 18:21-50 Prov. 21:30––22:6 2 Tim. 4:1-8 16, 17 & 22 Prov. 23:19-21, 29––24:2 20, 21:1-7(8-14) Prov. 25:15-28
John 12:27-36a
John 13:21-30
2 Tim. 4:9-22
John 13:31-38
110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Phil. 1:1-11 John 18:1-14 &
Week of Last Epiphany Sunday Monday Tuesday
148, 149, 150 Ecclus. 48:1-11
114, 115 2 Cor. 3:7-18
&
25 & 9, 15 Prov. 27:1-6, 10-12
Phil. 2:1-13
26, 28 & 36, 39 Prov. 30:1-4, 24-33 Phil. 3:1-11
Luke 9:18-27 John 18:15-18, 25-27 John 18:28-38
Ash Wednesday 95* & 32, 143 & 102, 130 Amos 5:6-15 Heb. 12:1-14 Luke 18:9-14 Thursday Friday Saturday
37:1-18 & 37:19-42 Hab. 3:1-10(11-15)16-18
Phil. 3:12-21
95* & 31 & 35 Ezek. 18:1-4, 25-32 Phil. 4:1-9 30, 32 & 42, 43 Ezek. 39:21-29 Phil. 4:10-20
John 17:1-8
John 17:9-19 John 17:20-26
* For the Invitatory
Daily Office Year Two 951
Week of 1 Lent Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 & 103 Deut. 8:1-10 1 Cor. 1:17-31
Mark 2:18-22
41, 52 & 44 Deut. 8:11-20 Heb. 2:11-18
John 2:1-12
45 & 47, 48 Deut. 9:4-12 Heb. 3:1-11
John 2:13-22
119:49-72 & 49, [53] Deut. 9:13-21 Heb. 3:12-19
John 2:23––3:15
50 & [59, 60] or 19, 46 Deut. 9:23––10:5 Heb. 4:1-10 95* & 40, 54 Deut. 10:12-22
&
John 3:16-21
51 Heb. 4:11-16
John 3:22-36
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Deut. 11:18-28 Heb. 5:1-10 John 4:1-26 Week of 2 Lent
Sunday Monday
24, 29 & Jer. 1:1-10
8, 84 1 Cor. 3:11-23
56, 57, [58] Jer. 1:11-19
64, 65 Rom. 1:1-15
&
Tuesday
61, 62 & Jer. 2:1-13
Wednesday
72 & 119:73-96 Jer. 3:6-18 Rom. 1:28––2:11
Thursday
Mark 3:31––4:9 John 4:27-42
68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Rom. 1:16-25 John 4:43-54 John 5:1-18
[70], 71 & 74 Jer. 4:9-10, 19-28 Rom. 2:12-24
Friday
95* & 69:1-23(24-30)31-38 Jer. 5:1-9 Rom. 2:25––3:18
Saturday
75, 76 & Jer. 5:20-31
23, 27 Rom. 3:19-31
* For the Invitatory
952 Daily Office Year One
&
John 5:19-29
73 John 5:30-47
John 7:1-13
Week of 1 Lent Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 & 103 Dan. 9:3-10 Heb. 2:10-18 41, 52 & Gen. 37:1-11
John 12:44-50
44 1 Cor. 1:1-19
Mark 1:1-13
45 & 47, 48 Gen. 37:12-24 1 Cor. 1:20-31 119:49-72 & Gen. 37:25-36
Mark 1:14-28
49, [53] 1 Cor. 2:1-13
Mark 1:29-45
50 & [59, 60] or 19, 46 Gen. 39:1-23 1 Cor. 2:14––3:15 95* & 40, 54 Gen. 40:1-23
51 1 Cor. 3:16-23
Mark 2:1-12
&
Mark 2:13-22
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Gen. 41:1-13 1 Cor. 4:1-7 Mark 2:23––3:6 Week of 2 Lent
Sunday Monday
24, 29 & 8, 84 Gen. 41:14-45 Rom. 6:3-14
John 5:19-24
56, 57, [58] Gen. 41:46-57
&
Tuesday
61, 62 & Gen. 42:1-17
68:1-20(21-23)24-36 1 Cor. 5:1-8 Mark 3:19b-35
Wednesday
72 & 119:73-96 Gen. 42:18-28 1 Cor. 5:9––6:8
Thursday
[70], 71 & Gen. 42:29-38
64, 65 1 Cor. 4:8-20(21)
74 1 Cor. 6:12-20
Friday
95* & 69:1-23(24-30)31-38 Gen. 43:1-15 1 Cor. 7:1-9
Saturday
75, 76 & 23, 27 Gen. 43:16-34 1 Cor. 7:10-24
Mark 3:7-19a
Mark 4:1-20 Mark 4:21-34
73 Mark 4:35-41
&
Mark 5:1-20
* For the Invitatory
Daily Office Year Two 953
Week of 3 Lent Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
93, 96 & Jer. 6:9-15
34 1 Cor. 6:12-20
Mark 5:1-20
80 & 77, [791 Jer. 7:1-15 Rom. 4:1-12
John 7:14-36
78:1-39 & Jer. 7:21-34
78:40-72 Rom. 4:13-25
119:97-120 Jer. 8:18––9:6
&
[83] or 42, 43 Jer. 10:11-24
John 7:37-52
81, 82 Rom. 5:1-11
John 8:12-20
& 85, 86 Rom. 5:12-21
John 8:21-32
95* & 88 & 91, 92 Jer. 11:1-8, 14-20 Rom. 6:1-11 87, 90 & Jer. 13:1-11
136 Rom. 6:12-23
John 8:33-47
John 8:47-59
Week of 4 Lent Sunday Monday Tuesday
66, 67 & 19, 46 Jer. 14:1-9, 17-22 Gal. 4:21––5:1 89:1-18 & Jer. 16:10-21
89:19-52 Rom. 7:1-12
97, 99, [100] Jer. 17:19-27
&
94, [95] Rom. 7:13-25
Mark 8:11-21
John 6:1-15 John 6:16-27
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119:121-144 Jer. 18:1-11 Rom. 8:1-11 John 6:27-40
Thursday
69:1-23(24-30)31-38 & 73 Jer. 22:13-23 Rom. 8:12-27 John 6:41-51
Friday
95* & 102 Jer. 23:1-8
Saturday
107:1-32 Rom. 8:28-39 &
107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) Jer. 23:9-15 Rom. 9:1-18 * For the Invitatory
954 Daily Office Year One
John 6:52-59 &
33 John 6:60-71
Week of 3 Lent Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
93, 96 & Gen. 44:1-17
34 Rom. 8:1-10
John 5:25-29
80 & 77, [79] Gen. 44:18-34 1 Cor. 7:25-31 78:1-39 & Gen. 45:1-15 119:97-120 Gen. 45:16-28
&
Mark 5:21-43
78:40-72 1 Cor. 7:32-40
Mark 6:1-13
81, 82 1 Cor. 8:1-13
Mark 6:13-29
[83] or 42, 43 & Gen. 46:1-7, 28-34
85, 86 1 Cor. 9:1-15
95* & 88 & 91, 92 Gen. 47:1-26 1 Cor. 9:16-27 87, 90 & 136 Gen. 47:27––48:7
Mark 6:30-46
Mark 6:47-56
1 Cor. 10:1-13
Mark 7:1-23
Week of 4 Lent Sunday Monday Tuesday
66, 67 & Gen. 48:8-22
19, 46 Rom. 8:11-25
89:1-18 & Gen. 49:1-28
John 6:27-40
89:19-52 1 Cor. 10:14––11:1
97, 99, [100] & Gen. 49:29––50:14
Mark 7:24-37
94, [95] 1 Cor. 11:17-34
Mark 8:1-10
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119:121-144 Gen. 50:15-26 1 Cor. 12:1-11 Mark 8:11-26
Thursday
69:1-23(24-30)31-38 & 73 Exod. 1:6-22 1 Cor. 12:12-26
Friday Saturday
95* & 102 Exod. 2:1-22
&
Mark 8:27––9:1
107:1-32 1 Cor. 12:27––13:3
107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & 33 Exod. 2:23––3:15 1 Cor. 13:1-13
Mark 9:2-13 Mark 9:14-29
* For the Invitatory
Daily Office Year Two 955
Week of 5 Lent Sunday Monday
118 & 145 Jer. 23:16-32 1 Cor. 9:19-27 31 & 35 Jer. 24:1-10 Rom. 9:19-33
Mark 8:31––9:1 John 9:1-17
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Jer. 25:8-17 Rom. 10:1-13 John 9:18-41
Wednesday
119:145-176 Jer. 25:30-38
Thursday
131,132, [133] & 140, 142 Jer. 26:1-16 Rom. 11:1-12 John 10:19-42
Friday
95* & 22 & Jer. 29:1, 4-13
Saturday
137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 42, 43 Jer. 31:27-34 Rom. 11:25-36
128, 129, 130 Rom. 10:14-21 John 10:1-18
&
141, 143:1-11(12) Rom. 11:13-24 John 11:1-27, or 12:1-10 John 11:28-44, or 12:37-50
Holy Week Palm Sunday
24, 29 & 103 Zech. 9:9-12** 1 Tim. 6:12-16** Zech. 12:9-11, 13:1, 7-9*** Matt. 21:12-17***
Monday
51:1-18(19-20) & 69:1-23 Jer. 12:1-16 Phil. 3:1-14 John 12:9-19
Tuesday
6, 12 & 94 Jer. 15:10-21 Phil. 3:15-21
Wednesday
55 & 74 Jer. 17:5-10, 14-17
Maundy Thursday 102 Jer. 20:7-11 Good Friday
Holy Saturday
* For the Invitatory
John 12:20-26
Phil. 4:1-13
John 12:27-36
& 142, 143 1 Cor. 10:14-17; 11:27-32
95* & 22 & 40:1-14(15-19), 54 Wisdom 1:16––2:1, 12-22 1 Peter 1:10-20 or Gen. 22:1-14 95* & 88 Job 19:21-27a
&
27 Heb. 4:1-16**
** Intended for use in the morning
956 Daily Office Year One
John 17:1-11(12-26) John 13:36-38** John 19:38-42***
Rom. 8:1-11*** *** Intended for use in the evening
Week of 5 Lent Sunday Monday
118 & 145 Exod. 3:16––4:12
Rom. 12:1-21
31 & 35 Exod. 4:10-20(21-26)27-31
John 8:46-59
1 Cor. 14:1-19
Mark 9:30-41
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Exod. 5:1––6:1 1 Cor. 14:20-33a, 39-40 Mark 9:42-50
Wednesday
119:145-176 Exod. 7:8-24
Thursday
131, 132, [133] Exod. 7:25––8:19
128, 129, 130 2 Cor. 2:14––3:6 Mark 10:1-16
&
&
Friday
95* & 22 & Exod. 9:13-35
Saturday
137:1-6(7-9), 144 Exod. 10:21––11:8
140, 142 2 Cor. 3:7-18
Mark 10:17-31
141, 143:1-11(12) 2 Cor. 4:1-12 Mark 10:32-45 42, 43 2 Cor. 4:13-18
&
Mark 10:46-52
Holy Week Palm Sunday
24, 29
&
103
Zech. 9:9-12** 1 Tim. 6:12-16** Zech. 12:9-11; 13:1, 7-9*** Luke 19:41-48*** Monday Tuesday Wednesday
51:1-18(19-20) Lam. 1:1-2, 6-12
&
69:1-23 2 Cor. 1:1-7
6, 12 & 94 Lam. 1:17-22 2 Cor. 1:8-22 55 & 74 Lam. 2:1-9 2 Cor. 1:23––2:11
Maundy Thursday 102 Lam. 2:10-18
&
Mark 11:12-25 Mark 11:27-33 Mark 12:1-11
142, 143 1 Cor. 10:14-17; 11:27-32
Mark 14:12-25
Good Friday 95* & 22 & 40:1-14(15-19), 54 Lam. 3:1-9, 19-33 1 Pet. 1:10-20 John 13:36-38** John 19:38-42*** Holy Saturday
95* & 88 Lam. 3:37-58
* For the Invitatory
27 Heb. 4:1-16**
&
** Intended for use in the morning
Rom. 8:1-11*** *** Intended for use in the evening
Daily Office Year Two 957
Easter Week Easter Day
148, 149, 150 Exod. 12:1-14** Isa. 51:9-11***
Monday
93, 98 & Jonah 2:1-9
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
113, 114, or 118 –––– John 1:1-18** Luke 24:13-35, or John 20:19-23***
&
66 Acts 2:14, 22-32*
John 14:1-14
103 & 111, 114 Isa. 30:18-21 Acts 2:36-41(42-47)* 97, 99 & 115 Micah 7:7-15 Acts 3:1-10* 146, 147 & Ezek. 37:1-14
148, 149 Acts 3:11-26*
136 & 118 Dan. 12:1-4, 13 145 & Isa. 25:1-9
John 14:15-31
John 15:1-11 John 15:12-27
Acts 4:1-12*
John 16:1-15
104 Acts 4:13-21(22-31)*
John 16:16-33
Week of 2 Easter Sunday
146, 147 Isa. 43:8-13
Monday
1, 2, 3 & Dan. 1:1-21
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
&
111, 112, 113 1 Pet. 2:2-10 John 14:1-7 4, 7 1 John 1:1-10
5, 6 & 10, 11 Dan. 2:1-16 1 John 2:1-11
John 17:1-11 John 17:12-19
119:1-24 & Dan. 2:17-30
12, 13, 14 1 John 2:12-17
John 17:20-26
18:1-20 & Dan. 2:31-49
18:21-50 1 John 2:18-29
Luke 3:1-14
16, 17 & Dan. 3:1-18
134, 135 1 John 3:1-10
Luke 3:15-22
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Dan. 3:19-30 1 John 3:11-18 Luke 4:1-13
** Intended for use in the morning *** Intended for use in the evening
* Duplicates the First Lesson at the Eucharist. Readings from Year Two may be substituted.
958 Daily Office Year One
Easter Week Easter Day
148, 149, 150 & 113, 114, or 118 Exod. 12:1-1 4** -–––– John 1:1-18** Isa. 51:9-11*** Luke 24:13-35, or John 20:19-23***
Monday
93, 98 & 66 Exod. 12:14-27 1 Cor. 15:1-11
Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday
Mark 16:1-8
103 & 111, 114 Exod. 12:28-39 1 Cor. 15:12-28
Mark 16:9-20
97, 99 & 115 Exod. 12:40-51 1 Cor. 15:(29)30-41 146, 147 & Exod. 13:3-10
148, 149 1 Cor. 15:41-50
Matt. 28:1-16
Matt. 28:16-20
136 & 118 Exod. 13:1-2, 11-16
1 Cor. 15:51-58
145 & 104 Exod. 13:17––14:4
2 Cor. 4:16––5:10
Luke 24:1-12 Mark 12:1 8-27
Week of 2 Easter Sunday
146, 147 & Exod. 14:5-22
Monday
1, 2, 3 & 4, 7 Exod. 14:21-31 1 Pet. 1:1-12
John 14:(1-7)8-17
5, 6 & 10, 11 Exod. 15:1-21 1 Pet. 1:13-25
John 14:18-31
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
111, 112, 113 1 John 1:1-7 John 14:1-7
119:1-24 & 12, 13, 14 Exod. 15:22––16:10 1 Pet. 2:1-10 18:1-20 & 18:21-50 Exod. 16:10-22 1 Pet. 2:11-25 16,17 & 134, 135 Exod. 16:23-36 1 Pet. 3:13––4:6
John 15:1-11 John 15:12-27 John 16:1-15
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Exod. 17:1-16 1 Pet. 4:7-19 John 16:16-33
** Intended for use in the morning
*** Intended for use in the evening
Daily Office Year Two 959
Week of 3 Easter Sunday
148, 149, 150 & 114, 115 Dan. 4:1-18 1 Pet. 4:7-11 John 21:15-25
Monday
25 & 9, 15 Dan. 4:19-27 1 John 3:19––4:6
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26, 28 & 36, 39 Dan. 4:28-37 1 John 4:7-21
Luke 4:31-37
38 & 119:25-48 Dan. 5:1-12 1 John 5:1-12 37:1-18 & Dan. 5:13-30 105:1-22 Dan. 6:1-15
&
Luke 4:14-30
Luke 4:38-44
37:19-42 1 John 5:13-20(21) 105:23-45 2 John 1-13
Luke 5:1-11
Luke 5:12-26
30, 32 & 42, 43 Dan. 6:16-28 3 John 1-15
Luke 5:27-39
Week of 4 Easter Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 Wisdom 1:1-15
103 1 Pet. 5:1-11 &
41, 52 & 44 Wisdom 1:16––2:11, 21-24
Matt. 7:15-29
Col. 1:1-14
45 & 47, 48 Wisdom 3:1-9 Col. 1:15-23
Luke 6:12-26
119:49-72 & 49, [53] Wisdom 4:16––5:8 Col. 1:24––2:7 50 & [59, 60] or 114, 115 Wisdom 5:9-23 Col. 2:8-23 40, 54 & 51 Wisdom 6:12-23
Col. 3:1-11
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Wisdom 7:1-14 Col. 3:12-17
960 Daily Office Year One
Luke 6:1-11
Luke 6:27-38
Luke 6:39-49 Luke 7:1-17 Luke 7:18-28(29-30)31-35
Week of 3 Easter Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
148, 149, 150 Exod. 18:1-12 25 & 9, 15 Exod. 18:13-27
114, 115 1 John 2:7-17
&
Mark 16:9-20
1 Pet. 5:1-14
26, 28 & 36, 39 Exod. 19:1-16 Col. 1:1-14
Matt. (1:1-17); 3:1-6 Matt. 3:7-12
38 & 119:25-48 Exod. 19:16-25 Col. 1:15-23 37:1-18 & Exod. 20:1-21 105:1-22 & Exod. 24:1-18
Matt. 3:13-17
37:19-42 Col. 1:24––2:7
Matt. 4:1-11
105:23-45 Col. 2:8-23
Matt. 4:12-17
30, 32 & 42, 43 Exod. 25:1-22 Col. 3:1-17
Matt. 4:18-25
Week of 4 Easter Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 & 103 Exod. 28:1-4, 30-38 1 John 2:18-29
Mark 6:30-44
41, 52 & 44 Exod. 32:1-20 Col. 3:18-––4:6(7-18)
Matt. 5:1-10
45 & 47, 48 Exod. 32:21-34 1 Thess. 1:1-10 119:49-72 & Exod. 33:1-23
49, [53] 1 Thess. 2:1-12
Matt. 5:11-16 Matt. 5:17-20
50 & [59, 60] or 114, 115 Exod. 34:1-17 1 Thess. 2:13-20
Matt. 5:21-26
40, 54 & 51 Exod. 34:18-35 1 Thess. 3:1-13
Matt. 5:27-37
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Exod. 40:18-38 1 Thess. 4:1-12
Matt. 5:38-48
Daily Office Year Two 961
Week of 5 Easter Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
24, 29 & 8, 84 Wisdom 7:22––8:1 2 Thess. 2:13-17 56, 57, [58] & Wisdom 9:1, 7-18
Matt. 7:7-14
64, 65 Col. (3:18––4:1)2-18
Luke 7:36-50
61, 62 & 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Wisdom 10:1-4(5-12)13-21 Rom. 12:1-21 72 & 119:73-96 Wisdom 13:1-9 Rom. 13:1-14 [70], 71 & 74 Wisdom 14:27––15:3
Luke 8:1-15
Luke 8:16-25
Rom. 14:1-12
Luke 8:26-39
106:1-18 & 106:19-48 Wisdom 16:15––17:1 Rom. 14:13-23
Luke 8:40-56
75, 76 & 23, 27 Wisdom 19:1-8, 18-22
Luke 9:1-17
Rom. 15:1-13
Week of 6 Easter Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
93, 96 & 34 Ecclus. 43:1-12, 27-32
1 Tim. 3:14––4:5
80 & 77, [79] Deut. 8:1-10 James 1:1-15 78:1-39 & Deut. 8:11-20
Eve of Ascension -–––– 2 Kings 2:1-15
Luke 9:18-27
78:40-72 James 1:16-27
119:97-120 & Baruch 3:24-37
Luke 11:1-13
-–––– James 5:13-18
Saturday
68:1-20 Rev. 5:1-14
85, 86 & 91, 92 Ezek. 1:28––3:3 Heb. 4:14-––5:6 87, 90 & Ezek. 3:4-17
Luke 12:22-31
&
Ascension Day 8, 47 & 24, 96 Ezek. 1:1-14, 24-28b Heb. 2:5-18 Friday
Matt. 13:24-34a
136 Heb. 5:7-14
962 Daily Office Year One
Matt. 28:16-20 Luke 9:28-36
Luke 9:37-50
Week of 5 Easter Sunday Monday
24, 29 & 8, 84 Lev. 8:1-13, 30-36 Heb. 12:1-14 56, 57, [58] Lev. 16:1-19
64, 65 1 Thess. 4:13-18
Luke 4:16-30
&
Matt. 6:1-6,16-18
Tuesday
61, 62 & 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Lev. 16:20-34 1 Thess. 5:1-11 Matt. 6:7-15
Wednesday
72 & 119:73-96 Lev. 19:1-18 1 Thess. 5:12-28
Matt. 6:19-24
[70], 71 & Lev. 19:26-37
Matt. 6:25-34
Thursday Friday Saturday
74 2 Thess. 1:1-12
106:1-18 & 106:19-48 Lev. 23:1-22 2 Thess. 2:1-17
Matt. 7:1-12
75, 76 & 23, 27 Lev. 23:23-44 2 Thess. 3:1-18
Matt. 7:13-21
Week of 6 Easter Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
93, 96 & Lev. 25:1-17
34 James 1:2-8, 16-18
80 & 77, [79] Lev. 25:35-55 Col. 1:9-14
Matt. 13:1-16
78:1-39 & Lev. 26:1-20
78:40-72 1 Tim. 2:1-6
Matt. 13:18-23
–––– Eph. 1:1-10
Matt. 22:41-46
119:97-120 Lev. 26:27-42
&
Eve of Ascension –––– & 2 Kings 2:1-15
68:1-20 Rev. 5:1-14
Ascension Day 8, 47 & 24, 96 Dan. 7:9-14 Heb. 2:5-18 Friday Saturday
Luke 12:13-21
85, 86 & 91, 92 1 Sam. 2:1-10 Eph. 2:1-10 87, 90 & 136 Num. 11:16-17, 24-29
Matt. 28:16-20 Matt. 7:22-27
Eph. 2:11-22
Matt. 7:28––8:4
Daily Office Year Two 963
Week of 7 Easter Sunday Monday Tuesday
66, 67 & 19, 46 Ezek. 3:16-27 Eph. 2:1-10 89:1-18 & Ezek. 4:1-17
89:19-52 Heb. 6:1-12
Matt. 10:24-33, 40-42 Luke 9:51-62
97, 99, [100] & 94, [95] Ezek. 7:10-15, 23b-27 Heb. 6:13-20
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & Ezek. 11:14-25 Heb. 7:1-17
Thursday
105:1-22 & 105:23-45 Ezek. 18:1-4, 19-32 Heb. 7:18-28
Friday Saturday
119:121-144 Luke 10:17-24
102 & 107:1-32 Ezek. 34:17-31 Heb. 8:1-13 107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & Ezek. 43:1-12 Heb. 9:1-14
Luke 10:1-17
Luke 10:25-37
Luke 10:38-42 -–––– Luke 11:14-23
Eve of Pentecost –––– & 33 Exod. 19:3-8a, 16-20 1 Pet. 2:4-10 The Day of Pentecost 118 & 145 Isa. 11:1-9 1 Cor. 2:1-13
John 14:21-29
On the weekdays which follow, the Readings are taken from the numbered Proper (one through six) which corresponds most closely to the date of Pentecost.
Eve of Trinity Sunday –––– Ecclus. 42:15-25
&
104 Eph. 3:14-21
Trinity Sunday 146, 147 & 111, 112, 113 Ecclus. 43:1-12(27-33) Eph. 4 :1-16
John 1:1-18
On the weekdays which follow, the Readings are taken from the numbered Proper (two through seven) which corresponds most closely to the date of Trinity Sunday.
964 Daily Office Year One
Week of 7 Easter Sunday Monday Tuesday
66, 67 & Exod. 3:1-12 89:1-18 & Joshua 1:1-9
19, 46 Heb. 12:18-29 89:19-52 Eph. 3:1-13
Luke 10:17-24 Matt. 8:5-17
97, 99, [100] & 94, [95] 1 Sam. 16:1-13a Eph. 3:14-21
Matt. 8:18-27
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 Isa. 4:2-6 Eph. 4:1-16
Thursday
105:1-22 & 105: 23-45 Zech. 4:1-14 Eph. 4:17-32
Matt. 9:1-8
102 & 107:1-32 Jer. 31:27-34 Eph. 5:1-20
Matt. 9:9-17
Friday Saturday
119:121-144 Matt. 8:28-34
&
107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & Ezek. 36:22-27 Eph. 6:10-24
–––– Matt. 9:18-26
Eve of Pentecost –––– & 33 Exod. 19:3-8a, 16-20 1 Pet. 2:4-10 The Day of Pentecost 118 Deut. 16:9-12
& 145 Acts 4:18-21, 23-33
John 4:19-26
On the weekdays which follow, the Readings are taken from the numbered Proper (one through six) which corresponds most closely to the date of Pentecost.
Eve of Trinity Sunday –––– Ecclus. 42:15-25
&
104 Eph. 3:14-21
Trinity Sunday 146, 147 & Job 38:1-11; 42:1-5
111, 112, 113 Rev. 19:4-16 John 1:29-34
On the weekdays which follow, the Readings are taken from the numbered Proper (two through seven) which corresponds most closely to the date of Trinity Sunday.
Daily Office Year Two 965
The Season after Pentecost Directions for the use of the Propers which follow are on page 158.
Proper 1 Monday
Week of the Sunday closest to May 11
106:1-18 Isa. 63:7-14
&
106:19-48 2 Tim. 1:1-14
Luke 11:24-36
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Isa. 63:15––64:9 2 Tim. 1:15––2:13 Luke 11:37-52
Wednesday
119:145-176 Isa. 65:1-12
Thursday
131, 132, [133] & 134, 135 Isa. 65:17-25 2 Tim. 3:1-17 Luke 12:13-31
Friday
140, 142 Isa. 66:1-6
Saturday
137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 104 Isa. 66:7-14 2 Tim. 4:9-22 Proper 2
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
&
& 128, 129, 130 2 Tim. 2:14-26 Luke 11:53––12:12
141, 143:1-11(12) 2 Tim. 4:1-8 Luke 12:32-48 Luke 12:49-59
Week of the Sunday closest to May 18
1, 2, 3 & Ruth 1:1-18
4, 7 1 Tim. 1:1-17
Luke 13:1-9
5, 6 & 10, 11 Ruth 1:19––2:13 1 Tim. 1:18––2:8 119:1-24 & Ruth 2:14-23
12, 13, 14 1 Tim. 3:1-16
Luke 13:10-17
Luke 13:18-30
18:1-20 & Ruth 3:1-18
18:21-50 1 Tim. 4:1-16
16, 17 & Ruth 4:1-17
22 1 Tim. 5:17-22(23-25)
Luke 13:31-35 Luke 14:1-11
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Deut. 1:1-8 1 Tim. 6:6-21 Luke 14:12-24
966 Daily Office Year One
The Season after Pentecost Directions for the use of the Propers which follow are on page 158.
Proper 1 Monday
Week of the Sunday closest to May 11
106:1-18 & Ezek. 33:1-11
106:19-48 1 John 1:1-10
Matt. 9:27-34
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Ezek. 33:21-33 1 John 2:1-11 Matt. 9:35––10:4
Wednesday
119:145-176 Ezek. 34:1-16
Thursday
131, 132, [133] Ezek. 37:21b-28
128, 129, 130 1 John 2:12-17 Matt. 10:5-15
&
134, 135 1 John 2:18-29
&
Friday
140, 142 & Ezek. 39:21-29
Saturday
137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 104 Ezek. 47:1-12 1 John 3:11-18 Proper 2
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Matt. 10:16-23
141, 143:1-11(12) 1 John 3:1-10 Matt. 10:24-33 Matt. 10:34-42
Week of the Sunday closest to May 18
1, 2, 3 & 4, 7 Prov. 3:11-20 1 John 3:18––4:6
Matt. 11:1-6
5, 6 & 10, 11 Prov. 4:1-27 1 John 4:7-21
Matt. 11:7-15
119:1-24 & 12, 13, 14 Prov. 6:1-19 1 John 5:1-12
Matt. 11:16-24
18:1-20 & Prov. 7:1-27
18:21-50 1 John 5:13-21
16, 17 & Prov. 8:1-21
22 2 John 1-13
Matt. 11:25-30 Matt. 12:1-14
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Prov. 8:22-36 3 John 1-15 Matt. 12:15-21
Daily Office Year Two 967
Proper 3 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
148, 149, 150 & 114, 115 Deut. 4:1-9 Rev. 7:1-4, 9-17 25 & 9, 15 Deut. 4:9-14 2 Cor. 1:1-11
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Matt. 12:33-45 Luke 14:25-35
26, 28 & 36, 39 Deut. 4:15-24 2 Cor. 1:12-22
Luke 15:1-10
38 & 119:25-48 Deut. 4:25-31 2 Cor. 1:23––2:17 37:1-18 & Deut. 4:32-40
37:19-42 2 Cor. 3:1-18
31 & 35 Deut. 5:1-22 2 Cor. 4:1-12
Luke 15:1-2, 11-32
Luke 16:1-9 Luke 16:10-17(18)
30, 32 & 42, 43 Deut. 5:22-33 2 Cor. 4:13––5:10 Proper 4
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to May 25
Luke 16:19-31
Week of the Sunday closest to June 1
63:1-8(9-11), 98 & 103 Deut. 11:1-12 Rev. 10:1-11
Matt. 13:44-58
41, 52 & 44 Deut. 11:13-19 2 Cor. 5:11––6:2
Luke 17:1-10
45 & 47, 48 Deut. 12:1-12 2 Cor. 6:3-13 (14––7:1) 119:49-72 & 49, [53] Deut. 13:1-11 2 Cor. 7:2-16
Luke 17:20-37
50 & [59, 60] or 8, 84 Deut. 16:18-20; 17:14-20 2 Cor. 8:1-16 40, 54 & 51 Deut. 26:1-11 2 Cor. 8:16-24
Luke 17:11-19
Luke 18:1-8
Luke 18:9-14
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Deut. 29:2-15 2 Cor. 9:1-15 Luke 18:15-30
968 Daily Office Year One
Proper 3
Week of the Sunday closest to May 25
Sunday
148, 149, 150 & 114, 115 Prov. 9:1-12 Acts 8:14-25 Luke 10:25-28, 38-42
Monday
25 & 9, 15 Prov. 10:1-12 1 Tim. 1:1-17
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26, 28 & 36, 39 Prov. 15:16-33 1 Tim. 1:18––2:8 38 & 119:25-48 Prov. 17:1-20 1 Tim. 3:1-16
31 & 35 Prov. 23:19-21, 29––24:2
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Matt. 12:33-42
Matt. 12:43-50
37:1-18 & 37:19-42 Prov. 21:30––22:6 1 Tim. 4:1-16
Matt. 13:24-30
1 Tim. 5:17-22(23-25)
30, 32 & 42, 43 Prov. 25:15-28 1 Tim. 6:6-21 Proper 4
Sunday
Matt. 12:22-32
Matt. 13:31-35
Matt. 13:36-43
Week of the Sunday closest to June 1
63:1-8(9-11), 98 & 103 Eccles. 1:1-11 Acts 8:26-40 41, 52 & 44 Eccles. 2:1-15 Gal. 1:1-17
Luke 11:1-13 Matt. 13:44-52
45 & 47, 48 Eccles. 2:16-26 Gal. 1:18––2:10 119:49-72 & 49, [53] Eccles. 3:1-15 Gal. 2:11-21
Matt. 14:1-12
50 & [59, 60] or 8, 84 Eccles. 3:16––4:3 Gal. 3:1-14 40, 54 & Eccles. 5:1-7
51 Gal. 3:15-22
Matt. 13:53-58
Matt. 14:13-21 Matt. 14:22-36
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Eccles. 5:8-20 Gal. 3:23––4:11
Matt. 15:1-20
Daily Office Year Two 969
Proper 5 Sunday Monday
Week of the Sunday closest to June 8
24, 29 & 8, 84 Deut. 29:16-29 Rev. 12:1-12
Matt. 15:29-39
56, 57, [58] Deut. 30:1-10
Luke 18:31-43
&
64, 65 2 Cor. 10:1-18
Tuesday
61, 62 & 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Deut. 30:11-20 2 Cor. 11:1-21a Luke 19:1-10
Wednesday
72 & 119:73-96 Deut. 31:30––32:14 2 Cor. 11:21b-33
Thursday Friday Saturday
[70], 71 & 74 Ecclus. 44:19––45:5
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Luke 19:28-40
69:1-23(24-30)31-38 & 73 Ecclus. 45:6-16 2 Cor. 12 ~ 21
Luke 19:41-48
75, 76 & 23, 27 Ecclus. 46:1-10 2 Cor. 13:1-14
Luke 20:1-8
Proper 6 Sunday
2 Cor. 12:1-10
Luke 19:11-27
Week of the Sunday closest to June 15
93, 96 & 34 Ecclus. 46:11-20
Rev. 15:1-8
80 & 77, [79] 1 Samuel 1:1-20 Acts 1:1-14
Matt. 18:1-14 Luke 20:9-19
78:1-39 & 78:40-72 1 Samuel 1:21––2:11 Acts 1:15-26 119:97-120 & 1 Samuel 2:12-26
81, 82 Acts 2:1-21
Luke 20:27-40
[83] or 34 & 85, 86 1 Samuel 2:27-36 Acts 2:22-36 88 & 91, 92 1 Samuel 3:1-21 Acts 2:37-47
Luke 20:41––21:4 Luke 21:5-19
87, 90 & 136 1 Samuel 4:1b-11 Acts 4:32––5:11
970 Daily Office Year One
Luke 20:19-26
Luke 21:20-28
Proper 5 Sunday Monday
Week of the Sunday closest to June 8
24, 29 & 8, 84 Eccles. 6:1-12 Acts 10:9-23
Luke 12:32-40
56, 57, [58] Eccles. 7:1-14
Matt. 15:21-28
&
64, 65 Gal. 4:12-20
Tuesday
61, 62 & 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Eccles. 8:14––9:10 Gal. 4:21-31 Matt. 15:29-39
Wednesday
72 & 119:73-96 Eccles. 9:11-18 Gal. 5:1-15
Matt. 16:1-12
[70], 71 & Eccles. 11:1-8
Matt. 16:13-20
Thursday Friday Saturday
69:1-23(24-30)31-38 Eccles. 11:9––12:14 75, 76 & Num. 3:1-13 Proper 6
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
74 Gal. 5:16-24
73 Gal. 5:25––6:10 &
23, 27 Gal. 6:11-18
Matt. 16:21-28
Matt. 17:1-13
Week of the Sunday closest to June 15
93, 96 & 34 Num. 6:22-27 Acts 13:1-12 80 & 77, [79] Num. 9:15-23; 10:29-36 78:1-39 & Num. 11:1-23
Luke 12:41-48
Rom. 1:1-15
78:40-72 Rom. 1:16-25
Matt. 17:14-21
Matt. 17:22-27
119:97-120 & 81, 82 Num. 11:24-33(34-35) Rom. 1:28––2:11 [83] or 34 & Num. 12:1-16
85, 86 Rom. 2:12-24
Matt. 18:1-9
Matt. 18:10-20
88 & 91, 92 Num. 13:1-3, 21-30
Rom. 2:25––3:8
87, 90 & 136 Num. 13:31––14:25
Rom. 3:9-20
Matt. 18:21-35 Matt. 19:1-12
Daily Office Year Two 971
Proper 7 Sunday Monday Tuesday
Week of the Sunday closest to June 22
66, 67 & 19, 46 1 Samuel 4:12-22 James 1:1-18
Matt. 19:23-30
89:1-18 & 89:19-52 1 Samuel 5:1-12 Acts 5:12-26
Luke 21:29-36
97, 99, [100] & 94, [95] 1 Samuel 6:1-16 Acts 5:27-42
Luke 21:37––22:13
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19) 20-30 & 119:121-144 1 Samuel 7:2-17 Acts 6:1-15 Luke 22:14-23
Thursday
105:1-22 & 105:23-45 1 Samuel 8:1-22 Acts 6:15––7:16
Friday Saturday
102 & 107:1-32 1 Samuel 9:1-14 Acts 7:17-29
Monday
Luke 22:31-38
107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & 33 1 Samuel 9:15––10:1 Acts 7:30-43 Proper 8
Sunday
Luke 22:24-30
Luke 22:39-51
Week of the Sunday closest to June 29
118 & 145 1 Samuel 10:1-16
Rom. 4:13-25
Matt. 21:23-32
106:1-18 & 106:19-48 1 Samuel 10:17-27 Acts 7:44––8:1a
Luke 22:52-62
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] 1 Samuel 11:1-15 Acts 8:1-13 Luke 22:63-71
Wednesday
119:145-176 & 128, 129, 130 1 Samuel 12:1-6, 16-25 Acts 8:14-25
Thursday Friday Saturday
131, 132, [133] 1 Samuel 13:5-18
&
134, 135 Acts 8:26-40
140, 142 & 141, 143:1-11(12) 1 Samuel 13:19––14:15 Acts 9:1-9 137:1-6(7-9), 144 1 Samuel 14:16-30
972 Daily Office Year One
104 Acts 9:10-19a
Luke 23:1-12
Luke 23:13-25 Luke 23:26-31
&
Luke 23:32-43
Proper 7 Sunday Monday Tuesday
Week of the Sunday closest to June 72
66, 67 & 19, 46 Num. 14:26-45 Acts 15:1-12
Luke 12:49-56
89:1-18 & Num. 16:1-19
89:19-52 Rom. 3:21-31
Matt. 19:13-22
97, 99, [100] Num. 16:20-35
&
94, [95] Rom. 4:1-12
Matt. 19:23-30
Wednesday
101, 109: 1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119: 121-144 Num. 16: 36-50 Rom. 4:13-25 Matt. 20:1-16
Thursday
105:1-22 & Num. 17:1-11
Friday Saturday
102 & 107:1-32 Num. 20:1-13 Rom. 5:12-21
Monday
Matt. 20:17-28 Matt. 20:29-34
107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & 33 Num. 20:14-29 Rom. 6:1-11 Matt. 21:1-11 Proper 8
Sunday
105:23-45 Rom. 5:1-11
Week of the Sunday closest to June 29
118 & 145 Num. 21:4-9, 21-35 106:1-18 & Num. 22:1-21
Acts 17:(12-21)22-34
106:19-48 Rom. 6:12-23
Luke 13:10-17
Matt. 21:12-22
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Num. 22:21-38 Rom. 7:1-12 Matt. 21:23-32
Wednesday
119:145-176 & 128, 129, 130 Num. 22:41––23:12 & Rom. 7:13-25
Matt. 21:33-46
Thursday
131, 132, [133] Num. 23:11-26
134, 135 Rom. 8:1-11 Matt. 22:1-14
Friday
140, 142 & Num. 24:1-13
141, 143:1-11(12) Rom. 8:12-17 Matt. 22:15-22
Saturday
137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 104 Num. 24:12-25 Rom. 8:18-25
&
Matt. 22:23-40
Daily Office Year Two 973
Proper 9 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
146, 147 & 111, 112, 113 1 Samuel 14:36-45 Rom. 5:1-11 1, 2, 3 & 4, 7 1 Samuel 15:1-3, 7-23 5, 6 & 10, 11 1 Samuel 15:24-35
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Matt. 22:1-14
Acts 9:19b-31 Acts 9:32-43
119:1-24 & 12, 13, 14 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Acts 10:1-16
Luke 23:44-56a
Luke 23:56b––24:11 Luke 24:12-35
18:1-20 & 18:21-50 1 Samuel 16:14––17:11 Acts 10:17-33 16, 17 & 22 1 Samuel 17:17-30 20, 21:1-7(8-14) 1 Samuel 17:31-49 Proper 10
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to July 6
Acts 10:34-48 &
Luke 24:36-53
Mark 1:1-13
110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Acts 11:1-18 Mark 1:14-28
Week of the Sunday closest to July 13
148, 149, 150 & 114, 115 1 Samuel 17:50––18:4 Rom. 10:4-17 25 & 9, 15 1 Samuel 18:5-16, 27b-30
Acts 11:19-30
26, 28 & 36, 39 1 Samuel 19:1-18 Acts 12:1-17
Matt. 23:29-39 Mark 1:29-45
Mark 2:1-12
38 & 119:25-48 1 Samuel 20:1-23 Acts 12:18-25
Mark 2:13-22
37:1-18 & 37:19-42 1 Samuel 20:24-42 Acts 13:1-12
Mark 2:23––3:6
31 & 35 1 Samuel 21:1-15
Mark 3:7-19a
Acts 13:13-25
30, 32 & 42, 43 1 Samuel 22:1-23 Acts 13:26-43
974 Daily Office Year One
Mark 3:19b-35
Proper 9 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Week of the Sunday closest to July 6
146, 147 & Num. 27:12-23
111, 112, 113 Acts 19:11-20
1, 2, 3 & 4, 7 Num. 32:1-6,16-27
Rom. 8:26-30
5, 6 & 10, 11 Num. 35:1-3, 9-15, 30-34
Rom. 10:1-13
148, 149, 150 Joshua 1:1-18
Monday
25 & 9, 15 Joshua 2:1-14 Rom. 11:1-12
Thursday Friday Saturday
Matt. 24:15-31
Week of the Sunday closest to July 13
Sunday
Wednesday
Matt. 24:1-14
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Deut. 34:1-12 Rom. 10:14-21 Matt. 24:32-51 Proper 10
Tuesday
Matt. 23:13-26
Matt. 23:27-39
18:21-50 Rom. 9:19-33
16, 17 & 22 Deut. 31:7-13, 24––32:4
Mark. 23:1-12
Rom. 8:31-39
119:1-24 & 12, 13, 14 Deut. 1:1-18 Rom. 9:1-18 18:1-20 & Deut. 3:18-28
Mark 1:14-20
114, 115 Acts 21:3-15 Mark 1:21-27 &
26, 28 & 36, 39 Joshua 2:15-24 Rom. 11:13-24
Matt. 25:1-13 Matt. 25:14-30
38 & 119:25-48 Joshua 3:1-13 Rom. 11:25-36
Matt. 25:31-46
37:1-18 & 37:19-42 Joshua 3:14––4:7 Rom. 12:1-8
Matt. 26:1-16
31 & 35 Joshua 4:19––5:1, 10-15
Rom. 12:9-21
30, 32 & 42, 43 Joshua 6:1-14 Rom. 13:1-7
Matt. 26:17-25
Matt. 26:26-35
Daily Office Year Two 975
Proper 11 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 1 Samuel 23:7-18
Monday
103 Rom. 11:33––12:2
&
Matt. 25:14-30
41, 52 & 44 1 Samuel 24:1-22
Acts 13:44-52
Mark 4:1-20
45 & 47, 48 1 Samuel 25:1-22
Acts 14:1-18
Mark 4:21-34
119:49-72 & 49, [53] 1 Samuel 25:23-44 Acts 14:19-28
Mark 4:35-41
50 & [59, 60] or 66, 67 1 Samuel 28:3-20 Acts 15:1-11 40, 54 & 51 1 Samuel 31:1-13
Mark 5:1-20
Acts 15:12-21
Mark 5:21-43
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) 2 Samuel 1:1-16 Acts 15:22-35 Proper 12
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to July 20
Mark 6:1-13
Week of the Sunday closest to July 27
24, 29 & 8, 84 2 Samuel 1:17-27 Rom. 12:9-21 56, 57, [58] & 2 Samuel 2:1-11
Matt. 25:31-46
64, 65 Acts 15:36––16:5
Mark 6:14-29
Tuesday
61, 62 & 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 2 Samuel 3:6-21 Acts 16:6-15 Mark 6:30-46
Wednesday
72 & 119:73-96 2 Samuel 3:22-39 Acts 16:16-24
Thursday Friday Saturday
Mark 6:47-56
[70], 71 & 74 2 Samuel 4:1-12 Acts 16:25-40
Mark 7:1-23
69:1-23(24-30)31-38 & 73 2 Samuel 5:1-12 Acts 17:1-15
Mark 7:24-37
75, 76 & 23, 27 2 Samuel 5:22––6:11
976 Daily Office Year One
Acts 17:16-34
Mark 8:1-10
Proper 11 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 Joshua 6:15-27
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
& 103 Acts 22:30––23:11
Mark 2:1-12
41, 52 & 44 Joshua 7:1-13 Rom. 13:8-14
Matt. 26:36-46
45 & 47, 48 Joshua 8:1-22 Rom. 14:1-12
Matt. 26:47-56
119:49-72 & Joshua 8:30-35
49, [53] Rom. 14:13-23
50 & [59, 60] or 66, 67 Joshua 9:3-21 Rom. 15:1-13 40, 54 & 51 Joshua 9:22––10:15
Matt. 26:57-68 Matt. 26:69-75
Rom. 15:14-24
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Joshua 23:1-16 Rom. 15:25-33 Proper 12
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to July 20
Matt. 27:1-10
Matt. 27:11-23
Week of the Sunday closest to July 27
24, 29 & 8, 84 Joshua 24:1-15 Acts 28:23-31 56, 57, [58] & Joshua 24:16-33
Mark 2:23-28
64, 65 Rom. 16:1-16
Matt. 27:24-31
61, 62 & 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Judges 2:1-5, 11-23 Rom. 16:17-27
Matt. 27:32-44
72 & 119:73-96 Judges 3:12-30 Acts 1:1-14
Matt. 27:45-54
[70], 71 & Judges 4:4-23
Matt. 27:55-66
74 Acts 1:15-26
Friday
69:1-23(24-30)31-38 & 73 Judges 5:1-18 Acts 2:1-21 Matt. 28:1-10
Saturday
75, 76 & 23, 27 Judges 5:19-31 Acts 2:22-36
Matt. 28:11-20
Daily Office Year Two 977
Proper 13 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
93, 96 & 34 2 Samuel 6:12-23
Monday Tuesday
Rom. 14:7-12
John 1:43-51
80 & 77, [79] 2 Samuel 7:1-17 Acts 18:1-11
Mark 8:11-21
78:1-39 & 78:40-72 2 Samuel 7:18-29 Acts 18:12-28
Mark. 8:22-33
119:97-120 & 2 Samuel 9:1-13
81, 82 Acts 19:1-10
[83] or 145 & 2 Samuel 11:1-27
85, 86 Acts 19:11-20
Mark 9:2-13
88 & 91, 92 2 Samuel 12:1-14
Acts 19:21-41
Mark 9:14-29
87, 90 & 136 2 Samuel 12:15-31
Acts 20:1-16
Mark 9:30-41
Proper 14 Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to August 3
Mark 8:34––9:1
Week of the Sunday closest to August 10
66, 67 & 19, 46 2 Samuel 13:1-22 Rom. 15:1-13 89:1-18 & 89:19-52 2 Samuel 13:23-39 Acts 20:17-38 97, 99, [100] & 2 Samuel 14:1-20
94, [95] Acts 21:1-14
John 3:22-36 Mark 9:42-50 Mark 10:1-16
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119:121-144 2 Samuel 14:21-33 Acts 21:15-26 Mark 10:17-31
Thursday
105:1-22 & 105:23-45 2 Samuel 15:1-18 Acts 21: 27-36
Friday Saturday
Mark 10:32-45
102 & 107:1-32 2 Samuel 15:19-37 Acts 21:37––22:16 107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & 33 2 Samuel 16:1-23 Acts 22:17-29
978 Daily Office Year One
Mark 10:46-52
Mark 11:1-11
Proper 13 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
93, 96 & 34 Judges 6:1-24 2 Cor. 9:6-15
Mark 3:20-30
80 & 77, [79] Judges 6:25-40 Acts 2:37-47
John 1:1-18
78:1-39 & Judges 7:1-18
Monday Tuesday
78:40-72 Acts 3:1-11
119:97-120 & Judges 7:19––8:12
John 1:19-28
81, 82 Acts 3:12-26
[83] or 145 & 85, 86 Judges 8:22-35 Acts 4:1-12 88 & 91, 92 Judges 9:1-16, 19-21 87, 90 & 136 Judges 9:22-25, 50-57 Proper 14
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to August 3
John 1:29-42
John 1:43-51
Acts 4:13-31
John 2:1-12
Acts 4:32––5:11
John 2:13-25
Week of the Sunday closest to August 10
66, 67 & 19, 46 Judges 11:1-11, 29-40
2 Cor. 11:21b-31
89:1-18 & Judges 12:1-7
89:19-52 Acts 5:12-26
97, 99, [ 100] Judges 13:1-15
&
Mark 4:35-41
John 3:1-21
94, [ 95 ] Acts 5:27-42
John 3:22-36
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119:121-144 Judges 13:15-24 Acts 6:1-15 John 4:1-26
Thursday
105:1-22 & Judges 14:1-19
Friday Saturday
105:23-45 Acts 6:15––7:16
102 & 107:1-32 Judges 14:20––15:20
Acts 7:17-29
John 4:27-42 John 4:43-54
107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & 33 Judges 16:1-14 Acts 7:30-43 John 5:1-18
Daily Office Year Two 979
Proper 15 Sunday Monday
Week of the Sunday closest to August 17
118 & 145 2 Samuel 17:1-23
Gal. 3:6-14
John 5:30-47
106:1-18 & 106:19-48 2 Samuel 17:24––18:8 Acts 22:30––23:11
Mark 11:12-26
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] 2 Samuel 18:9-18 Acts 23:12-24 Mark 11:27––12:12
Wednesday
119:145-176 & 2 Samuel 18:19-33
Thursday Friday Saturday
131, 132, [133] 2 Samuel 19:1-23
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
&
134, 135 Acts 24:1-23
Mark 12:13-27 Mark 12:28-34
140, 142 & 141, 143:1-11(12) 2 Samuel 19:24-43 Acts 24:24––25:12
Mark 12:35-44
137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 2 Samuel 23:1-7, 13-17
Mark 13:1-13
Proper 16 Sunday
128, 129, 130 Acts 23:23-35
104 Acts 25:13-27
Week of the Sunday closest to August 24
146, 147 & 111 , 112, 113 2 Samuel 24:1-2, 10-25 Gal. 3:23––4:7 1, 2, 3 & 4, 7 1 Kings 1:5-31 Acts 26:1-23 5, 6 & 10, 11 1 Kings 1:38––2:4 119:1-24 & 1 Kings 3:1-15
Mark 13:14-27
Acts 26:24––27:8
12, 13, 14 Acts 27:9-26
20, 21:1-7(8-14) 1 Kings 7:51––8:21
980 Daily Office Year One
Acts 28:1-16 &
Mark 13:28-37
Mark 14:1-11
18:1-20 & 18:21-50 1 Kings 3:16-28 Acts 27:27-44 16, 17 & 22 1 Kings 5:1––6:1, 7
John 8:12-20
Mark 14:12-26 Mark 14:27-42
110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Acts 28:17-31 Mark 14:43-52
Proper 15 Sunday Monday
Week of the Sunday closest to August 17
118 & 145 Judges 16:15-31 106:1-18 & Judges 17:1-13
2 Cor. 13:1-11
Mark 5:25-34
106:19-48 Acts 7:44––8:1a
John 5:19-29
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Judges 18:1-15 Acts 8:1-13 John 5:30-47
Wednesday
119:145-176 & 128, 129, 130 Judges 18:16-31 Acts 8:14-25 John 6:1-15
Thursday
131, 132, [133] & 134, 135 Job 1:1-22 Acts 8:26-40 John 6:16-27
Friday
140, 142 Job 2:1-13
Saturday
137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 104 Job 3:1-26 Acts 9:10-19a John 6:41-51 Proper 16
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
&
141, 143:1-11(12) Acts 9:1-9 John 6:27-40
Week of the Sunday closest to August 24
146, 147 & 111, 112, 113 Job 4:1-6, 12-21 Rev. 4:1-11 1, 2, 3 & 4, 7 Job 4:1; 5:1-11, 17-21, 26-27 5, 6 & 10, 11 Job 6:1-4, 8-15, 21 119:1-24 & Job 6:1; 7:1-21
Mark 6:1-6a Acts 9:19b-31
Acts 9:32-43
12, 13, 14 Acts 10:1-16
John 6:52-59
John 6:60-71
John 7:1-13
18:1-20 & 18:21-50 Job 8:1-10, 20-22 Acts 10:17-33
John 7:14-36
16, 17 & 22 Job 9:1-15, 32-35
John 7:37-52
Acts 10:34-48
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & Job 9:1; 10:1-9, 16-22
110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Acts 11:1-18 John 8:12-20
Daily Office Year Two 981
Proper 17 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
148, 149, 150 & 114, 115 1 Kings 8:22-30(31-40) 1 Tim. 4:7b-16 25 & 9, 15 2 Chron. 6:32––7:7
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
John 8:47-59
James 2:1-13
Mark 14:53-65
26, 28 & 36, 39 1 Kings 8:65––9:9 James 2:14-26
Mark 14:66-72
38 & 119:25-48 1 Kings 9:24––10:13
James 3:1-12
Mark 15:1-11
37:1-18 & 37:19-42 1 Kings 11:1-13 James 3:13––4:12
Mark 15:12-21
31 & 35 1 Kings 11:26-43
Mark 15:22-32
James 4:13––5:6
30, 32 & 42, 43 1 Kings 12:1-20 James 5:7-12, 19-20 Proper 18
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to August 31
Mark 15:33-39
Week of the Sunday closest to September 7
63:1-8(9-11), 98 1 Kings 12:21-33
103 Acts 4:18-31
&
41, 52 & 44 1 Kings 13:1-10 Phil. 1:1-11 45 & 47, 48 1 Kings 16:23-34 119:49-72 & 1 Kings 17:1-24
Phil. 1:12-30 49, [53] Phil. 2:1-11
John 10:31-42 Mark 15:40-47 Mark 16:1-8(9-20) Matt. 2:1-12
50 & [59, 60] or 93, 96 1 Kings 18:1-19 Phil. 2:12-30
Matt. 2:13-23
40, 54 & 51 1 Kings 18:20-40
Matt. 3:1-12
Phil. 3:1-16
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) 1 Kings 18:41––19:8 Phil. 3:17––4:7
982 Daily Office Year One
Matt. 3:13-17
Proper 17 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
148, 149, 150 & 114, 115 Job 11:1-9, 13-20 Rev. 5:1-14 25 & 9, 15 Job 12:1-6, 13-25
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Matt. 5:1-12
Acts 11:19-30
26, 28 & 36, 39 Job 12:1;13:3-17, 21-27
John 8:21-32
Acts 12:1-17
38 & 119:25-48 Job 12:1;14:1-22 Acts 12:18-25 37:1-18 & 37:19-42 Job 16:16-22; 17:1, 13-16 31 & 35 Job 19:1-7, 14-27
John 8:33-47
John 8:47-59
Acts 13:1-12
Acts 13:13-25
30, 32 & 42, 43 Job 22:1-4, 21––23:7 Proper 18
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to August 31
John 9:1-17
John 9:18-41
Acts 13:26-43
John 10:1-18
Week of the Sunday closest to September 7
63:1-8(9-11), 98 Job 25:1-6; 27:1-6
&
103 Rev. 14:1-7, 13
41, 52 & 44 Job 32:1-10, 19––33:1, 19-28 45 & 47, 48 Job 29:1-20 Acts 14:1-18
Matt. 5:13-20
Acts 13:44-52 John 10:31-42
119:49-72 & 49, [53] Job 29:1;30:1-2, 16-31 Acts 14:19-28 50 & [59, 60] or 93, 96 Job 29:1;31:1-23 Acts 15:1-11 40, 54 & 51 Job 29:1; 31:24-40
John 10:19-30
Acts 15:12-21
John 11:1-16
John 11:17-29 John 11:30-44
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Job 38:1-17 Acts 15:22-35 John 11:45-54
Daily Office Year Two 983
Proper 19 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
24, 29 & 8, 84 1 Kings 19:8-21 Acts 5:34-42 56, 57, [58] & 1 Kings 21:1-16
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
John 11:45-57
64, 65 1 Cor. 1:1-19
Matt. 4:1-11
61, 62 & 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 1 Kings 21:17-29 1 Cor. 1:20-31 72 & 119:73-96 1 Kings 22:1-28 1 Cor. 2:1-13
Matt. 4:12-17 Matt. 4:18-25
[70], 71 & 74 1 Kings 22:29-45 1 Cor. 2:14––3:15 69:1-23(24-30)31-38 & 73 2 Kings 1:2-17 1 Cor. 3:16-23 75, 76 & 23, 27 2 Kings 2:1-18 1 Cor. 4:1-7 Proper 20
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to September 14
Matt. 5:1-10
Matt. 5:11-16 Matt. 5:17-20
Week of the Sunday closest to September 21
93, 96 & 34 2 Kings 4:8-37 Acts 9:10-32
Luke 3:7-18
80 & 77, [79] 2 Kings 5:1-19 1 Cor. 4:8-21
Matt. 5:21-26
78:1-3 9 & 78:40-72 2 Kings 5:19-27 1 Cor. 5:1-8
Matt. 5:27-37
119:97-120 2 Kings 6:1-23
&
81, 82 1 Cor. 5:9––6:8
[83] or 116, 117 & 85, 86 2 Kings 9:1-16 1 Cor. 6:12-20 88 & 91, 92 2 Kings 9:17-37 1 Cor. 7:1-9 87, 90 & 136 2 Kings 11:1-20a 1 Cor. 7:10-24
984 Daily Office Year One
Matt. 5:38-48 Matt. 6:1-6, 16-18 Matt. 6:7-15 Matt. 6:19-24
Proper 19 Sunday Monday
Week of the Sunday closest to September 14
24, 29 & 8, 84 Job 38:1, 18-41 Rev. 18:1-8 56, 57, [58] Job 40:1-24
Matt. 5:21-26
64, 65 Acts 15:36––16:5
&
John 11:55––12: 8
Tuesday
61, 62 & 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Job 40:1; 41:1-11 Acts 16:6-15 John 12:9-19
Wednesday
72 & 119:73-96 Job 42:1-17 Acts 16:16-24
John 12:20-26
[70], 71 & Job 28:1-28
John 12:27-36a
Thursday Friday Saturday
69:1-23(24-30)31-38 Esther 1:1-4, 10-19*
73 Acts 17:1-15
John 12:36b-43
75, 76 & 23, 27 Esther 2:5-8, 15-23*
Acts 17:16-34
John 12:44-50
Proper 20 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
74 Acts 16:25-40 &
Week of the Sunday closest to September 21
93, 96 & 34 Esther 3:1––4:3*
James 1:19-27
80 & 77, [79] Esther 4:4-17* Acts 18:1-11 78:1-39 & Esther 5:1-14* 119:97-120 Esther 6:1-14*
78:40-72 Acts 18:12-28 &
81, 82 Acts 19:1-10
[83] or 116, 117 & 85, 86 Esther 7:1-10* Acts 19:11-20 88 & 91, 92 Esther 8:1-8, 15-17*
Luke (1:1-4); 3:1-14 Luke 3:15-22 Luke 4:1-13 Luke 4:14-30
Acts 19:21-41
87, 90 & 136 Hosea 1:1––2:1 Acts 20:1-16
* In place of Esther may be read Judith: F 4:1-15 Su 5:22–6:4, 10-21 Sa 5:1-21 M 7:1-7, 19-32
Matt. 6:1-6, 16-18
Luke 4:31-37
Luke 4:38-44
Tu 8:9-17; 9:1, 7-10 W 10:1-23
Th 12:1-20 F 13:1-20
Daily Office Year Two 985
Proper 21 Sunday Monday Tuesday
Week of the Sunday closest to September 28
66, 67 & 19, 46 2 Kings 17:1-18 Acts 9:36-43
Luke 5:1-11
89:1-18 & 89:19-52 2 Kings 17:24-41 1 Cor. 7:25-31 97, 99, [100] & 94, [95] 2 Chron. 29:1-3; 1 Cor. 7:32-40 30:1(2-9) 10-27
Matt. 6:25-34 Matt. 7:1-12
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119:121-144 2 Kings 18:9-25 1 Cor. 8:1-13 Matt. 7:13-21
Thursday
105:1-22 & 105:23-45 2 Kings 18:28-37 1 Cor. 9:1-15
Matt. 7:22-29
102 & 107:1-32 2 Kings 19:1-20 1 Cor. 9:16-27
Matt. 8:1-17
Friday Saturday
107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & 33 2 Kings 19:21-36 1 Cor. 10:1-13 Proper 22
Sunday Monday
Matt. 8:18-27
Week of the Sunday closest to October 5
118 & 145 2 Kings 20:1-21
Acts 12:1-17
Luke 7:11-17
106:1-18 & 106:19-48 2 Kings 21:1-18 1 Cor. 10:14––11:1
Matt. 8:28-34
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] 2 Kings 22:1-13 1 Cor. 11:2, 17-22 Matt. 9:1-8
Wednesday
119:145-176 & 128, 129, 130 2 Kings 22:14––23:3 1 Cor. 11:23-34
Thursday Friday Saturday
131, 132, [133] 2 Kings 23:4-25
134, 135 1 Cor. 12:1-11
&
Matt. 9:18-26
140, 142 & 141, 143:1-11(12) 2 Kings 23:36––24:17 1 Cor. 12:12-26 137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 104 Jer. 35:1-19 1 Cor. 12:27––13:3
986 Daily Office Year One
Matt. 9:9-17
Matt. 9:27-34
Matt. 9:35––10:4
Proper 21 Sunday Monday Tuesday
Week of the Sunday closest to September 28
66, 67 & 19, 46 Hosea 2:2-14 James 3:1-13 89:1-18 & Hosea 2:14-23
89:19-52 Acts 20:17-38
97, 99, [100] Hosea 4:1-10
&
94, [95] Acts 21:1-14
Matt. 13:44-52 Luke 5:1-11 Luke 5:12-26
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119:121-144 Hosea 4:11-19 Acts 21:15-26 Luke 5:27-39
Thursday
105:1-22 & Hosea 5:8––6:6
Friday Saturday
Monday
Luke 6:1-11
102 & 107:1-32 Hosea 10:1-15 Acts 21:37––22:16
Luke 6:12-26
107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & 33 Hosea 11:1-9 Acts 22:17-29 Luke 6:27-38 Proper 22
Sunday
105:23-45 Acts 21:27-36
Week of the Sunday closest to October 5
118 & 145 Hosea 13:4-14 1 Cor. 2:6-16 106:1-18 & Hosea 14:1-9
Matt. 14:1-12
106:19-48 Acts 22:30––23:11
Luke 6:39-49
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Micah 1:1-9 Acts 23:12-24 Luke 7:1-17
Wednesday
119:145-176 Micah 2:1-13
Thursday
131, 132, [133] & 134, 135 Micah 3:1-8 Acts 24:1-23 Luke 7:36-50
Friday
140, 142 & Micah 3:9––4:5
Saturday
128, 129, 130 Acts 23:23-35 Luke 7:18-35
&
141, 143:1-11(12) Acts 24:24––25:12
137:1-6(7-9), 144 Micah 5:1-4, 10-15
&
104 Acts 25:13-27
Luke 8:1-15 Luke 8:16-25
Daily Office Year Two 987
Proper 23
Week of the Sunday closest to October 12
Sunday
146, 147 Jer. 36:1-10
&
Monday
1, 2, 3 & Jer. 36:11-26
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
4, 7 1 Cor. 13:(1-3)4-13
5, 6 & 10, 11 Jer. 36:27––37:2 1 Cor. 14:1-12 119:1-24 Jer. 37:3-21
&
18:1-20 & Jer. 38:1-13 1 16, 17 & Jer. 38:14-28
12, 13, 14 1 Cor. 14:13-25
Matt. 10:5-15 Matt. 10:16-23
Matt. 10:24-33
18:21-50 Cor. 14:26-33a, 37-40 22 1 Cor. 15:1-11
20, 21:1-7(8-14) & 2 Kings 25:8-12, 22-26 Proper 24
Sunday
111, 112, 113 Acts 14:8-18 Luke 7:36-50
Matt. 10:34-42
Matt. 11:1-6
110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 1 Cor. 15:12-29 Matt. 11:7-15
Week of the Sunday closest to October 19
148, 149, 150 Jer. 29:1, 4-14
114, 115 Acts 16:6-15
&
Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
25 & 9, 15 Jer. 44:1-14 1 Cor. 15:30-41 26, 28 & 36, 39 Lam. 1:1-5(6-9)10-12
Matt. 11:16-24
1 Cor. 15:41-50
38 & 119:25-48 Lam. 2:8-15 1 Cor. 15:51-58 37:1-18 & Ezra 1:1-11
37:19-42 1 Cor. 16:1-9
Matt. 12:1-14 Matt. 12:15-21
31 & 35 Ezra 3:1-13 1 Cor. 16:10-24 30, 32 & 42, 43 Ezra 4:7, 11-24 Philemon 1-25
988 Daily Office Year One
Matt. 11:25-30
Matt. 12:22-32 Matt. 12:33-42
Proper 23
Week of the Sunday closest to October 12
Sunday
146, 147 & 111 , 112, 113 Micah 6:1-8 1 Cor. 4:9-16 Matt. 15:21-28
Monday
1, 2, 3 & Micah 7:1-7
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Luke 8:26-39
5, 6 & 10, 11 Jonah 1:1-17a Acts 26:24––27:8
Luke 8:40-56
119:1-24 & 12, 13, 14 Jonah 1:17––2:10 Acts 27:9-26
Luke 9:1-17
18:1-20 & 18:21-50 Jonah 3:1––4:11 Acts 27:27-44
Luke 9:18-27
16, 17 & 22 Ecclus. 1:1-10, 18-27 20, 21:1-7(8-14) Ecclus. 3:17-31 Proper 24
Sunday
4, 7 Acts 26:1-23
Acts 28:1-16
Luke 9:28-36
110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117 Acts 28:17-31 Luke 9:37-50 &
Week of the Sunday closest to October 19
148, 149, 150 Ecclus. 4:1-10 25 & 9, 15 Ecclus. 4:20––5:7
114, 115 1 Cor. 10:1-13 &
Rev. 7:1-8
Matt. 16:13-20 Luke 9:51-62
26, 28 & 36, 39 Ecclus. 6:5-17 Rev. 7:9-17
Luke 10:1-16
38 & 119:25-48 Ecclus. 7:4-14 Rev. 8:1-13
Luke 10:17-24
37:1-18 & 37:19-42 Ecclus. 10:1-18 Rev. 9:1-12 31 & 35 Ecclus. 11:2-20
Rev. 9:13-21
30, 32 & 42, 43 Ecclus. 15:9-20 Rev. 10:1-11
Luke 10:25-37 Luke 10:38-42 Luke 11:1-13
Daily Office Year Two 989
Proper 25 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 Haggai 1:1––2:9 41, 52 & Zech. 1:7-17
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
103 Acts 18:24––19:7
&
44 Rev. 1:4-20
Luke 10:2S-37
Matt. 12:43-50
45 & 47, 48 Ezra 5:1-17 Rev. 4:1-11
Matt. 13:1-9
119:49-72 Ezra 6:1-22
Matt. 13:10-17
49, [53] Rev. 5:1-10
&
50 & [59, 60] or 103 Neh. 1:1-11 Rev. 5:11––6:11 40, 54 & Neh. 2:1-20
Matt. 13:18-23
51 Rev. 6:12––7:4
Matt. 13:24-30
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Neh. 4:1-23 Rev. 7:(4-8)9-17 Proper 26
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to October 26
Matt. 13:31-35
Week of the Sunday closest to November 2
24, 29 & Neh. 5:1-19
8, 84 Acts 20:7-12
Luke 12:22-31
56, 57, [58] Neh. 6:1-19
&
64, 65 Rev. 10:1-11
Matt. 13:36-43
61, 62 & 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Neh. 12:27-31a, 42b-47 Rev. 11:1-19 72 & 119:73-96 Neh. 13:4-22 Rev. 12:1-12 [70], 71 & 74 Ezra 7:(1-10)11-26 69:1-23(24-30)31-38 Ezra 7:27-28; 8:21-36 75, 76 & Ezra 9:1-15
Matt. 13:53-58
Rev. 14:1-13 73 Rev. 15:1-8
Matt. 14:1-12
&
23, 27 Rev. 17:1-14
990 Daily Office Year One
Matt. 13:44-52
Matt. 14:13-21
Matt. 14:22-36
Proper 25 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
63:1-8(9-11), 98 Ecclus. 18:19-33
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
103 1 Cor. 10:15-24
&
41, 52 & 44 Ecclus. 19:4-17 Rev. 11:1-14
119:49-72 & Ecclus. 28:14-26
Luke 11:27-36
49, [53] Rev. 12:1-6
50 & [59, 60] or 103 Ecclus. 31:12-18, 25––32:2 40, 54 & 51 Ecclus. 34:1-8, 18-22
Matt. 18:15-20
Luke 11:14-26
45 & 47,48 Ecclus. 24:1-12 Rev. 11:14-19
Luke 11:37-52
Rev. 12:7-17
Rev. 13:1-10
55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23) Ecclus. 35:1-17 Rev. 13:11-18 Proper 26
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to October 26
Luke 11:53––12:12
Luke 12:13-31
Luke 12:32-48
Week of the Sunday closest to November 2
24, 29 & 8, 84 Ecclus. 36:1-17 1 Cor. 12:27––13:13 56, 57, [58] & Ecclus. 38:24-34
64, 65 Rev. 14:1-13
Matt. 18:21-35
Luke 12:49-59
61, 62 & 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 Ecclus. 43:1-22 Rev. 14:14––15:8
Luke 13:1-9
72 & 119:73-96 Ecclus. 43:23-33 Rev. 16:1-11
Luke 13:10-17
[70] 71 & 74 Ecclus. 44:1-15 Rev. 16:12-21
Luke 13:18-30
69:1-23(24-30)31-38 & 73 Ecclus. 50:1, 11-24 Rev. 17:1-18 75, 76 & 23,27 Ecclus. 51:1-12 Rev. 18:1-14
Luke 13:31-35 Luke 14:1-11
Daily Office Year Two 991
Proper 27 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
93, 96 & Ezra 10:1-17
Monday Tuesday
34 Acts 24:10-21
80 & 77, [79] Neh. 9:1-15(16-25) 78:1-39 & Neh. 9:26-38
Luke 14:12-24
Rev. 18:1-8
78:40-72 Rev. 18:9-20
Matt. 15:1-20
Matt. 15:21-28
119:97-120 & 81, 82 Neh. 7:73b-––8:3, 5-18 Rev. 18:21-24 [83] or 23, 27 1 Macc. 1:1-28
85, 86 Rev. 19:1-10
Matt. 15:29-39
&
Matt. 16:1-12
88 & 91, 92 1 Macc. 1:41-63 Rev. 19:11-16 87, 90 & 136 1 Macc. 2:1-28 Rev. 20:1-6 Proper 28
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to November 9
Matt. 16:13-20 Matt. 16:21-28
Week of the Sunday closest to November 16
66, 67 & 19, 46 1 Macc. 2:29-43, 49-50
Acts 28:14b-23
Luke 16:1-13
89:1-18 & 89:19-52 1 Macc. 3:1-24 Rev. 20:7-15
Matt. 17:1-13
97, 99, [ 100] 1 Macc. 3:25-41
Matt. 17:14-21
&
94, [95] Rev. 21:1-8
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119:121-144 1 Macc. 3:42-60 Rev. 21:9-21 Matt. 17:22-27
Thursday
105:1-22 & 1 Macc. 4:1-25
Friday Saturday
105:23-45 Rev.21:22––22:5
102 & 107:1-32 1 Macc. 4:36-59 Rev. 22:6-13
Matt.18:1-9 Matt. 18:10-20
107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & 33 Isa. 65:17-25 Rev. 22:14-21 Matt. 18:21-35
992 Daily Office Year One
Proper 27 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
93, 96 & 34 Ecclus. 51:13-22
Monday Tuesday
1 Cor. 14:1-12
80 & 77, [79] Joel 1:1-13 Rev. 18:15-24
Matt. 20:1-16
Luke 14:12-24
78:1-39 & 78:40-72 Joel 1:15––2:2(3-11) Rev. 19:1-10 119:97-120 Joel 2:12-19
81, 82 Rev. 19:11-21
Luke 14:25-35
&
Luke 15:1-10
[83] or 23, 27 & 85, 86 Joel 2:21-27 James 1:1-15
Luke 15:1-2, 11-32
88 & 91, 92 Joel 2:28––3:8 James 1:16-27 87, 90 & Joel 3:9-17 Proper 28
Sunday
Week of the Sunday closest to November 9
136 James 2:1-13
Luke 16:1-9
Luke 16:10-17(18)
Week of the Sunday closest to November 16
66, 67 & 19, 46 Hab. 1:1-4(5-11)12––2:1
Phil. 3:13––4:1
89:1-18 & 89:19-52 Hab. 2:1-4, 9-20 James 2:14-26
Matt. 23:13-24
Luke 16:19-31
97, 99, [100] & 94, [95] Hab. 3:1-10(11-15)16-18 James 3:1-12
Luke 17:1-10
Wednesday
101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30 & 119:121-144 Mal. 1:1, 6-14 James 3:13––4:12 Luke 17:11-19
Thursday
105:1-22 Mal. 2:1-16
Friday Saturday
&
105:23-45 James 4:13––5:6
102 & 107:1-32 Mal. 3:1-12 James 5:7-12
Luke 17:20-37 Luke 18:1-8
107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13) & 33 Mal. 3:13––4:6 James 5:13-20
Luke 18:9-14
Daily Office Year Two 993
Proper 29 Sunday Monday
Week of the Sunday closest to November 23
118 & 145 Isa. 19:19-25 Rom. 15:5-13 106:1-18 & Joel 3:1-2, 9-17
106:19-48 1 Pet. 1:1-12
Luke 19:11-27 Matt. 19:1-12
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Nahum 1:1-13 1 Pet. 1:13-25 Matt. 19:13-22
Wednesday
119:145-176 Obadiah 15-21
Thursday
131, 132, [133] & 134, 135 Zeph. 3:1-13 1 Pet. 2:11-25 Matt. 20:1-16
Friday
140, 142 & Isa. 24:14-23
Saturday
137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 104 Micah 7:11-20 1 Pet. 4:7-19
&
128, 129, 130 1 Pet. 2:1-10 Matt. 19:23-30
141, 143:1-11(12) 1 Pet. 3:13––4:6 Matt. 20:17-28
994 Daily Office Year One
Matt. 20:29-34
Proper 29 Sunday Monday
Week of the Sunday closest to November 23
118 & 145 Zech. 9:9-16 1 Pet. 3:13-22 106:1-18 & Zech. 10:1-12
106:19-48 Gal. 6:1-10
Matt. 21:1-13 Luke 18:15-30
Tuesday
[120], 121, 122, 123 & 124, 125, 126, [127] Zech. 11:4-17 1 Cor. 3:10-23 Luke 18:31-43
Wednesday
119:145-176 Zech. 12:1-10
Thursday
131, 132, [133] & 134, 135 Zech. 13:1-9 Eph. 1:15-23 Luke 19:11-27
Friday
140, 142 & Zech. 14:1-11
Saturday
137:1-6(7-9), 144 & 104 Zech. 14:12-21 Phil. 2:1-11
128, 129,130 Eph. 1:3-14 Luke 19:1-10
&
141, 143:1-11(12) Rom. 15:7-13 Luke 19:28-40 Luke 19:41-48
Daily Office Year Two 995
Holy Days Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
St. Andrew November 30
34 Isaiah 49:1-6 1 Corinthians 4:1-16
96, 100 Isaiah 55:1-5 John 1:35-42
St. Thomas December 21
23, 121 Job 42:1-6 1 Peter 1:3-9
27 Isaiah 43:8-13 John 14:1-7
St. Stephen December 26
28, 30 2 Chronicles 24:17-22 Acts 6:1-7
118 Wisdom 4:7-15 Acts 7:59––8:8
St. John December 27
97, 98 Proverbs 8:22-30 John 13:20-35
145 Isaiah 44:1-8 1 John 5:1-12
Holy Innocents December 28
2, 26 Isaiah 49:13-23 Matthew 18:1-14
19, 126 Isaiah 54:1-13 Mark 10:13-16
Confession of St. Peter January 18
66, 67 Ezekiel 3:4-11 Acts 10:34-44
118 Ezekiel 34:11-16 John 21:15-22
Conversion of St. Paul January 25
19 Isaiah 45:18-25 Philippians 3:4b-11
119:89-112 Ecclesiasticus 39:1-10 Acts 9:1-22
Eve of the Presentation
996 Daily Office
113, 122 1 Samuel 1:20-28a Romans 8:14-21
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
The Presentation February 2
42, 43 1 Samuel 2:1-10 John 8:31-36
48, 87 Haggai 2:1-9 1 John 3:1-8
St. Matthias February 24
80 1 Samuel 16:1-13 1 John 2:18-25
33 1 Samuel 12:1-5 Acts 20:17-35
St. Joseph March 19
132 Isaiah 63:7-16 Matthew 1:18-25
34 2 Chronicles 6:12-17 Ephesians 3:14-21
Eve of the Annunciation
8, 138 Genesis 3:1-15 Romans 5:12-21 or Galatians 4:1-7
Annunciation March 25
85, 87 Isaiah 52:7-12 Hebrews 2:5-10
110:1-5(6-7), 132 Wisdom 9:1-12 John 1:9-14
St. Mark April 25
145 Ecclesiasticus 2:1-11 Acts 12:25––13:3
67, 96 Isaiah 62:6-12 2 Timothy 4:1-11
SS. Philip & James May 1
119:137-160 Job 23:1-12 John 1:43-51
139 Proverbs 4:7-18 John 12:20-26
Eve of the Visitation
The Visitation May 31
132 Isaiah 11:1-10 Hebrews 2:11-18 72 1 Samuel 1:1-20 Hebrews 3:1-6
146, 147 Zechariah 2:10-13 John 3:25-30
Daily Office 997
St. Barnabas June 11
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
15, 67 Ecclesiasticus 31:3-11 Acts 4:32-37
19, 146 Job 29:1-16 Acts 9:26-31
Eve of St. John the Baptist
103 Ecclesiasticus 48:1-11 Luke 1:5-23
Nativity of St. John the Baptist June 24
82, 98 Malachi 3:1-5 John 3:22-30
80 Malachi 4:1-6 Matthew 11:2-19
SS. Peter & Paul June 29
66 Ezekiel 2:1-7 Acts 11:1-18
97, 138 Isaiah 49:1-6 Galatians 2:1-9
Independence Day July 4
33 107:1-32 Ecclesiasticus 10:1-8, 12-18 Micah 4:1-5 James 5:7-10 Revelation 21:1-7
St. Mary Magdalene July 22
116 Zephaniah 3:14-20 Mark 15:47––16:7
30, 149 Exodus 15:19-21 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
St. James July 25
34 Jeremiah 16:14-21 Mark 1:14-20
33 Jeremiah 26:1-15 Matthew 10:16-32
Eve of the Transfiguration
The Transfiguration August 6
998 Daily Office
84 1 Kings 19:1-12 2 Corinthians 3:1-9, 18 2, 24 Exodus 24:12-18 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
72 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 John 12:27-36a
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
St. Mary the Virgin August 15
113, 115 1 Samuel 2:1-10 John 2:1-12
45, or 138, 149 Jeremiah 31:1-14 or Zechariah 2:10-13 John 19:23-27 or Acts 1:6-14
St. Bartholomew August 24
86 Genesis 28:10-17 John 1:43-51
15, 67 Isaiah 66:1-2, 18-23 1 Peter 5:1-11
Eve of Holy Cross
46, 87 1 Kings 8:22-30 Ephesians 2:11-22
Holy Cross Day September 14
66 Numbers 21:4-9 John 3:11-17
118 Genesis 3:1-15 1 Peter 3:17-22
St. Matthew September 21
119:41-64 Isaiah 8:11-20 Romans 10:1-15
19, 112 Job 28:12-28 Matthew 13:44-52
St. Michael & All Angels September 29
8, 148 Job 38:1-7 Hebrews 1:1-14
34,7 150, or 104 Daniel 12:1-3 or 2 Kings 6:8-17 Mark 13:21-27 or Revelation 5:1-14
St. Luke October 18
103 Ezekiel 47:1-12 Luke 1:1-4
67, 96 Isaiah 52:7-10 Acts 1:1-8
St. James of Jerusalem October 23
119:145-168 Jeremiah 11:18-23 Matthew 10:16-22
122, 125 Isaiah 65:17-25 Hebrews 12:12-24
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SS. Simon & Jude October 28
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
66 Isaiah 28:9-16 Ephesians 4:1-16
116, 117 Isaiah 4:2-6 John 14:15-31
Eve of All Saints
34 Wisdom 3:1-9 Revelation 19:1, 4-10
All Saints’ Day November 1
111, 112 2 Esdras 2:42-47 Hebrews 11:32––12:2
48, 150 Wisdom 5:1-5, 14-16 Revelation 21:1-4, 22––22:5
Thanksgiving Day
147 Deuteronomy 26:1-11 John 6:26-35
145 Joel 2:21-27 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24
Special Occasions Eve of the Dedication
Anniversary of the Dedication of a Church Eve of the Patronal Feast
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48, 122 Haggai 2:1-9 1 Corinthians 3:9-17 132 1 Kings 8:1-13 John 10:22-30
29, 46 1 Kings 8:54-62 Hebrews 10:19-25
27, or 116, 117 Isaiah 49:1-13 or Ecclesiasticus 51:6b-12 Ephesians 4:1-13 or Revelation 7:9-17 or Luke 10:38-42
The Patronal Feast
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
92, 93, or 148, 149 Isaiah 52:7-10 or Job 5:8-21 Acts 4:5-13 or Luke 12:1-12
96, 97, or 111, 112 Jeremiah 31:10-14 or Ecclesiasticus 2:7-18 Romans 12:1-21 or Luke 21:10-19
Eves of Apostles and Evangelists
48, 122, or 84, 150 Isaiah 43:10-15* or Isaiah 52:7-10** Revelation 21:1-4, 9-14 or Matthew 9:35––10:4
* Except on the Eve of St. Thomas ** Except on the Eves of St. Mark and St. Luke
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