With Links to the Lessons From the Episcopal Lectionary
| January | February | March | April | May | June |
| July | August | September | October | November | December |
January 2005 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 The Holy Name BCP RCL |
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2 Second Sunday after Christmas |
3 | 4 |
5 |
6 The Epiphany BCP RCL |
7 | 8 |
9 First Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
10 William Laud, Archbishop |
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12 Aelred, Abbot |
13 Hillary, Bishop |
14 | 15 Martin Luther King (alternate date) |
16 Second Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
17 Antony, Abbot |
18 Confession of St Peter, Apostle |
19 Wulfstan, Bishop |
20 Fabian, Bishop and Martyr |
21 Agnes, Martyr |
22 Vincent, Deacon and Martyr |
23 Third Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
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25 Conversion of St Paul, Apostle |
26 Timothy and Titus |
27 John Chrysostom, Bishop |
28 Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar |
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30 Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
31 |
February 2005 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Brigid (Bride) |
2 Presentation of Jesus in the Temple BCP RCL |
3 Anskar, Archbishop |
4 Cornelius, the Centurion |
5 Martyrs of Japan |
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6 Last Sunday after Epiphany BCP RCL |
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8 |
9 Ash Wednesday |
10 |
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13 First Sunday in Lent BCP RCL |
14 Cyril and Methodius, Monk and Bishop |
15 Thomas Bray, Priest |
16 | 17 |
18 Martin Luther |
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20 Second Sunday in Lent BCP RCL |
21 | 22 |
23 Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr |
24 St Matthias, Apostle |
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26 |
27 Third Sunday in Lent BCP RCL |
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March 2005 |
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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 |
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6 Fourth Sunday in Lent BCP RCL |
7 Perpetua and her Companions |
8 | 9 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa |
10 |
11 | 12 Gregory the Great, Bishop |
13 Fifth Sunday in Lent BCP RCL |
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15 |
16 | 17 Patrick, Bishop |
18 Cyril, Bishop |
19 St Joseph |
20 Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday BCP RCL |
21 Monday in Holy Week BCP RCL |
22 Tuesday in Holy Week BCP RCL |
23 Wednesday in Holy Week BCP RCL |
24 Maundy Thursday BCP RCL |
25 Good Friday BCP RCL |
26 Holy Saturday BCP RCL Easter Vigil BCP RCL |
27 Easter Day Early Principal BCP Principal RCL Evening |
28 Monday in Easter Week |
29 Tuesday in Easter Week |
30 Wednesday in Easter Week |
31 Thursday in Easter Week |
April 2005 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Friday in Easter Week |
2 Saturday in Easter Week |
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3 Second Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
4 The Annunciation (transferred) BCP RCL |
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6 |
7 |
8 William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest |
9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
10 |
11 George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop |
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13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 Fourth Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
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19 Alphege, Archbishop |
20 |
21 Anselm, Archbishop |
22 |
23 |
24 Fifth Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
25 St Mark, Evangelist |
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27 |
28 |
29 Catherine of Sienna |
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May 2005 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Sixth Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
2 St Philip and St James, Apostles (transferred) |
3 | 4 Monnica, Mother of Augustine |
5 Ascension Day |
6 | 7 |
8 Seventh Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
9 Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 Day of Pentecost Whitsunday BCP RCL |
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17 | 18 |
19 Dunstan, Archbishop |
20 Alcuin, Deacon and Abbot |
21 |
22 First Sunday after Pentecost Trinity Sunday BCP RCL |
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24 Jackson Kemper, Bishop |
25 Bede the Venerable |
26 Augustine, Archbishop |
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29 Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 4 BCP RCL |
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31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin BCP RCL |
June 2005 |
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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 |
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5 Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 5 BCP RCL |
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9 Columba, Abbot |
10 Ephrem of Edessa |
11 St Barnabas, Apostle |
12 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 6 BCP RCL |
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14 Basil the Great, Bishop |
15 Evelyn Underhill |
16 Joseph Butler, Bishop |
17 | 18 Bernard Mizeki, Martyr |
19 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 7 BCP RCL |
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21 | 22 Alban, Martyr |
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24 Nativity of St John, the Baptist |
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26 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 8 BCP RCL |
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28 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons |
29 St Peter and St Paul, Apostles |
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July 2005 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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3 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 9 BCP RCL |
4 Independence Day |
5 | 6 |
7 |
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10 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 10 BCP RCL |
11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot |
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17 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 11 BCP RCL |
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19 Macrina |
20 Stanton, Bloomer, Truth, Tubman |
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22 Mary Magdalene |
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24 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 12 BCP RCL |
25 St James, Apostle |
26 The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
27 William Reed Huntington, Priest |
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29 Mary and Martha of Bethany |
30 William Wilberforce |
31 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 13 BCP RCL |
August 2005 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Joseph of Arimathea |
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5 | 6 The Transfiguration |
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7 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 14 BCP RCL |
8 Dominic, Priest and Friar |
9 | 10 Laurence, Deacon and Martyr |
11 Clare, Abbess |
12 Florence Nightingale |
13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop |
14 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 15 BCP RCL |
15 St Mary, the Virgin |
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18 William Porcher Dubose, Priest |
19 | 20 Bernard, Abbot |
21 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 16 BCP RCL |
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23 | 24 ,St Bartholomew, Apostle |
25 Louis, King of France |
26 | 27 Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle |
28 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17 BCP RCL |
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30 | 31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne |
September 2005 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon |
2 The Martyrs of New Guinea |
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5 Labor Day |
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9 Constance, Nun |
10 Alexander Crummell, 1898 |
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11 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 BCP RCL |
12 John Henry Hobart, Bishop |
13 Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr |
14 Holy Cross Day BCP RCL |
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16 Ninian, Bishop |
17 Hildegard of Bingen |
18 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 BCP RCL |
19 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop |
20 John Coleridge Patteson |
21 St Matthew, Evangelist |
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25 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 BCP RCL |
26 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop |
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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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2 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 BCP RCL |
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4 Francis of Assisi, Friar |
5 |
6 William Tyndale, Priest |
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9 Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 BCP RCL |
10 |
11 Philip, Deacon and Evangelist |
12 | 13 |
14 Samuel Schereschewsky, Bishop |
15 Teresa of Avila, Nun |
16 Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 BCP RCL |
17 Ignatius, Bishop and Martyr |
18 St Luke, Evangelist |
19 Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary |
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23 Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 BCP RCL |
24 St James of Jerusalem (Transferred) |
25 | 26 Alfred the Great |
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28 St Simon & St Jude, Apostles |
29 James Hannington, Bishop, and his Companions |
30 Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 26 BCP RCL |
31 Vigil of All Saints (White for vigil) |
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Monday |
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Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Note: If All Saints Day is observed on Sunday, use white | 1 All Saints (1) or All Saints (2) |
2 Commemoration of All Faithful Departed |
3 Richard Hooker, Priest |
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7 Willibrord, Archbishop |
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10 Leo the Great, Bishop |
11 Martin, Bishop of Tours |
12 Charles Simeon, Priest |
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13 Twenty Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 BCP RCL |
14 Consecration of Samuel Seabury |
15 | 16 Margaret, Queen of Scotland |
17 Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln |
18 Hilda, Abbess of Whitby |
19 Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary |
20 Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King BCP RCL |
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22 | 23 Clement, Bishop |
25 James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest |
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27 First Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
28 Kamehameha and Emma |
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 |
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4 Second Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
5 Clement of Alexandria, Priest |
6 Nicholas, Bishop |
7 Ambrose, Bishop |
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11 Third Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
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13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 |
18 Fourth Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
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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 St Stephen, Deacon and Martyr |
27 St John, Apostle and Evangelist |
28 Holy Innocents |
29 Thomas Becket |
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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 began with Advent 2004 and ends at Advent 2005 is Year A. The year which begins at Advent 2003 and ends at Advent 2004 is Year C. The First Sunday of Advent 2005 begins Year B.
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 July 4, 2005