With Links to the Lessons From the Episcopal Lectionary
| January | February | March | April | May | June |
| July | August | September | October | November | December |
January 2004 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 The Holy Name |
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4 Second Sunday after Christmas |
5 |
6 The Epiphany |
7 | 8 | 9 Julia Chester Emery, Missionary |
10 William Laud, Archbishop |
11 First Sunday after the Epiphany |
12 Aelred, Abbot |
13 Hillary, Bishop |
14 | 15 Martin Luther King (alternate date) |
16 | 17 Antony, Abbot |
18 Second Sunday after the Epiphany |
19 Confession of St Peter, Apostle (transferred) |
20 Fabian, Bishop and Martyr |
21 Agnes, Martyr |
22 Vincent, Deacon and Martyr |
23 Phillips Brooks, Bishop |
24 |
25 Third Sunday after the Epiphany |
26 Conversion of St Paul, Apostle (transferred) |
27 John Chrysostom, Bishop |
28 Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar |
29 | 30 | 31 |
February 2004 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany |
2 Presentation of Jesus in the Temple |
3 Anskar, Archbishop |
4 Cornelius, the Centurion |
5 Martyrs of Japan |
6 | 7 |
8 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany |
9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 Absalom Jones, Priest |
14 Cyril and Methodius, Monk and Bishop |
15 Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany |
16 | 17 |
18 Martin Luther |
19 | 20 | 21 |
22 Last Sunday after Epiphany |
23 Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr |
24 St Matthias, Apostle |
25 Ash Wednesday |
26 |
27 George Herbert, Priest |
28 |
29 First Sunday in Lent |
March 2004 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales |
2 Chad, Bishop of Lichfield |
3 John and Charles Wesley, Priests |
4 | 5 | 6 | |
7 Second Sunday in Lent |
8 | 9 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa |
10 |
11 | 12 Gregory the Great, Bishop |
13 |
14 Third Sunday in Lent |
15 |
16 | 17 Patrick, Bishop |
18 Cyril, Bishop |
19 St Joseph |
20 Cuthbert, Bishop |
21 Fourth Sunday in Lent |
22 James DeKoven, Priest |
23 Gregory the Illuminator |
24 | 25 The Annunciation |
26 | 27 Charles Henry Brent, Bishop |
28 Fifth Sunday in Lent |
29 John Keble, Priest |
30 | 31 John Donne, Priest |
April 2004 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest |
2 James Lloyd Breck, Priest |
3 Richard, Bishop |
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4 Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday |
5 Monday in Holy Week |
6 Tuesday in Holy Week |
7 Wednesday in Holy Week |
8 Maundy Thursday |
9 Good Friday |
10 Holy Saturday |
11 Easter Day Early Primary Evening |
12 Monday in Easter Week |
13 Tuesday in Easter Week |
14 Wednesday in Easter Week |
15 Thursday in Easter Week |
16 Frday in Easter Week |
17 Saturday in Easter Week |
18 Second Sunday of Easter |
19 Alphege, Archbishop |
20 |
21 Anselm, Archbishop |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 Third Sunday of Easter |
26 St Mark, Evangelist (transferred) |
27 |
28 |
29 Catherine of Sienna |
30 |
May 2004 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 St Philip and St James, Apostles |
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2 Fourth Sunday of Easter |
3 | 4 Monnica, Mother of Augustine |
5 |
6 | 7 | 8 Dame Julian of Norwich |
9 Fifth Sunday of Easter |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 Sixth Sunday of Easter |
17 | 18 |
19 Dunstan, Archbishop |
20 Ascension Day |
21 | 22 |
23 Seventh Sunday of Easter |
24 Jackson Kemper, Bishop |
25 Bede the Venerable |
26 Augustine, Archbishop |
27 | 28 | 29 |
30 Day of Pentecost Whitsunday |
31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin |
June 2004 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Justin, Martyr |
2 The Martyrs of Lyons |
3 Martyrs of Uganda |
4 The First Book of Common Prayer |
5 Boniface, Archbishop and Martyr |
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6 First Sunday after Pentecost Trinity Sunday |
7 | 8 |
9 Columba, Abbot |
10 Ephrem of Edessa |
11 St Barnabas, Apostle |
12 Enmegahbowh |
13 Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 6 |
14 Basil the Great, Bishop |
15 Evelyn Underhill |
16 Joseph Butler, Bishop |
17 | 18 Bernard Mizeki, Martyr |
19 |
20 Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 7 |
21 | 22 Alban, Martyr |
23 |
24 Nativity of St John, the Baptist |
25 | 26 |
27 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 8 |
28 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons |
29 St Peter and St Paul, Apostles |
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July 2004 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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4 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 9 |
5 Independence Day (tr) |
6 |
7 |
8 | 9 | 10 |
11 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 10 |
12 | 13 |
14 |
15 | 16 | 17 William White, Bishop |
18 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 11 |
19 Macrina |
20 Stanton, Bloomer, Truth, Tubman |
21 |
22 Mary Magdalene |
23 | 24 Thomas a Kempis, Priest |
25 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 12 |
26 St James, Apostle (transferred) |
27 William Reed Huntington, Priest |
28 |
29 Mary and Martha of Bethany |
30 William Wilberforce |
31 Ignatius of Loyola |
August 2004 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 13 |
2 | 3 |
4 |
5 | 6 The Transfiguration |
7 John Mason Neale, Priest |
8 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 14 |
9 | 10 Laurence, Deacon and Martyr |
11 Clare, Abbess |
12 Florence Nightingale |
13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop |
14 Johnathan Myrick Daniels |
15 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 15 |
16 St Mary, the Virgin (transferred) |
17 |
18 William Porcher Dubose, Priest |
19 | 20 Bernard, Abbot |
21 |
22 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 16 |
23 | 24 St Bartholomew, Apostle |
25 Louis, King of France |
26 | 27 Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle |
28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo |
29 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17 |
30 | 31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne |
September 2004 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon |
2 The Martyrs of New Guinea |
3 | 4 Paul Jones, 1941 |
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5 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18 |
6 Labor Day |
7 |
8 |
9 Constance, Nun |
10 Alexander Crummell, 1898 |
11 |
12 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 |
13 Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr |
14 Holy Cross Day |
15 |
16 Ninian, Bishop |
17 Hildegard of Bingen |
18 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest |
19 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 |
20 John Coleridge Patteson |
21 St Matthew, Evangelist |
22 |
23 | 24 | 25 Sergius |
26 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 |
27 | 28 |
29 St Michael and All Angels |
30 Jerome, Priest |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Remigius, Bishop |
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3 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 |
4 Francis of Assisi, Friar |
5 |
6 William Tyndale, Priest |
7 | 8 | 9 Robert Grosseteste, Bishop |
10 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 |
11 Philip, Deacon and Evangelist |
12 | 13 |
14 Samuel Schereschewsky, Bishop |
15 Teresa of Avila, Nun |
16 Latimer, Ridley, and Cranmer |
17 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 |
18 St Luke, Evangelist |
19 Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary |
20 |
21 | 22 | 23 St James of Jerusalem |
24 Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 |
25 | 26 Alfred the Great |
27 |
28 St Simon & St Jude, Apostles |
29 James Hannington, Bishop, and his Companions |
30 |
31 Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 26 Vigil of All Saints |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Note: If All Saints Day is observed on Sunday, November 7, use white | 1 All Saints (1) or All Saints (2) |
2 Commemoration of All Faithful Departed |
3 Richard Hooker, Priest |
4 | 5 | 6 |
7 All Saints, (white), see Nov 1 or Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 |
8 | 9 |
10 Leo the Great, Bishop |
11 Martin, Bishop of Tours |
12 Charles Simeon, Priest |
13 |
14 Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 |
15 | 16 Margaret, Queen of Scotland |
17 Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln |
18 Hilda, Abbess of Whitby |
19 Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary |
20 Edmund, King of East Anglia |
21 Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King |
22 | 23 Clement, Bishop |
24 |
25 Thanksgiving Day |
26 | 27 |
28 First Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
29 | 30 St Andrew, Apostle |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon |
2 Channing Moore Williams, Missionary Bishop |
3 | 4 John of Damascus |
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5 Second Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
6 Nicholas, Bishop |
7 Ambrose, Bishop |
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9 | 10 | 11 |
12 Third Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 |
19 Fourth Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
20 | 21 St Thomas, Apostle |
22 | 23 | 24 Christmas Eve |
25 Christmas Day Christmas I BCP RCL Christmas II BCP RCL Christmas III BCP RCL |
26 First Sunday after Christmas |
27 St John, Apostle and Evangelist |
28 Holy Innocents |
29 St Stephen, Deacon and Martyr (transferred) |
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Notes:
The Episcopal Lectionary is based on the Roman Catholic Lectionary, a product of Vatican II. The Lutheran Lectionary and the Revised Common Lectionary also share this ancestry, so that quite often, the Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic Churches are using the same lessons, with slight variations. The lessons presented here follow the Episcopal form. If you are a member of one of the other denominations, these may also be your lessons, but (!) double check before you base a sermon on them.
The Sunday Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. The year which begins with Advent 2002 and ends at Advent 2003 is Year B. The year which begins at Advent 2003 and ends at Advent 2004 is Year C. The First Sunday of Advent 2004 begins Year A.
The Bible translation used is The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church of Christ in the USA, and used by permission.
The collects and the Psalms are from the Book of Common Prayer. The collects use the contemporary wording.
The liturgical color appropriate for the day is indicated, when the color is green, red or purple, by the color of the numeral against a light grey background. When the liturgical color is white, the numeral is black against a white background.
Return to The Lectionary Page.
Last updated on January 31, 2004