With Links to the Lessons From the Episcopal Lectionary
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| July | August | September | October | November | December |
January 2006 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 The Holy Name BCP RCL |
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5 |
6 The Epiphany BCP RCL |
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8 First Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
9 Julia Chester Emery, Missionary |
10 William Laud, Archbishop |
11 |
12 Aelred, Abbot |
13 Hillary, Bishop |
14 |
15 Second Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
16 |
17 Antony, Abbot |
18 Confession of St Peter, Apostle |
19 Wulfstan, Bishop |
20 Fabian, Bishop and Martyr |
21 Agnes, Martyr |
22 Third Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
23 Phillips Brooks, Bishop |
24 |
25 Conversion of St Paul, Apostle |
26 Timothy and Titus |
27 John Chrysostom, Bishop |
28 Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar |
29 Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
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31 |
February 2006 |
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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 |
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5 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
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11 |
12 Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
13 Absalom Jones, Priest |
14 Cyril and Methodius, Monk and Bishop |
15 Thomas Bray, Priest |
16 | 17 |
18 Martin Luther |
19 Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany BCP RCL |
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23 Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr |
24 St Matthias, Apostle |
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26 Last Sunday after Epiphany BCP RCL |
27 George Herbert, Priest |
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March 2006 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Ash Wednesday |
2 Chad, Bishop of Lichfield |
3 John and Charles Wesley, Priests |
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5 First Sunday in Lent BCP RCL |
6 |
7 Perpetua and her Companions |
8 | 9 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa |
10 |
11 |
12 Second Sunday in Lent BCP RCL |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 | 17 Patrick, Bishop |
18 Cyril, Bishop |
19 Third Sunday in Lent BCP RCL |
20 St Joseph (transferred) |
21 Thomas Ken, Bishop |
22 James DeKoven, Priest |
23 Gregory the Illuminator |
24 |
25 The Annunciation |
26 Fourth Sunday in Lent BCP RCL |
27 Charles Henry Brent, Bishop |
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29 John Keble, Priest |
30 |
31 John Donne, Priest |
April 2006 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest |
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2 Fifth Sunday in Lent BCP RCL |
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4 Martin Luther King |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest |
9 Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday BCP RCL |
10 Monday in Holy Week |
11 Tuesday in Holy Week |
12 Wednesday in Holy Week |
13 Maundy Thursday |
14 Good Friday |
15 Holy Saturday Easter Vigil BCP Easter Vigil RCL |
16 Easter Day Early Principal BCP Principal RCL Evening |
17 Monday in Easter Week |
18 Tuesday in Easter Week |
19 Wednesday in Easter Week |
20 Thursday in Easter Week |
21 Friday in Easter Week |
22 Saturday in Easter Week |
23 Second Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
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25 St Mark, Evangelist |
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27 |
28 |
29 Catherine of Sienna |
30 Third Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
May 2006 |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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1 St Philip and St James, Apostles |
2 Athanasius, Bishop |
3 | 4 Monnica, Mother of Augustine |
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6 |
7 Fourth Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
8 Dame Julian of Norwich |
9 Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
14 Fifth Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
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17 | 18 |
19 Dunstan, Archbishop |
20 Alcuin, Deacon and Abbot |
21 Sixth Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
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23 |
24 Jackson Kemper, Bishop |
25 Ascension Day |
26 Augustine, Archbishop |
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28 Seventh Sunday of Easter BCP RCL |
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30 |
31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin BCP RCL |
June 2006 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Justin, Martyr |
2 The Martyrs of Lyons |
3 Martyrs of Uganda |
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4 Day of Pentecost Whitsunday BCP RCL |
5 Boniface, Archbishop and Martyr |
6 The First Book of Common Prayer |
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9 Columba, Abbot |
10 Ephrem of Edessa |
11 First Sunday after Pentecost Trinity Sunday BCP RCL |
12 St Barnabas, Apostle, (transferred) |
13 |
14 Basil the Great, Bishop |
15 Evelyn Underhill |
16 Joseph Butler, Bishop |
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18 Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 6 BCP RCL |
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21 | 22 Alban, Martyr |
23 |
24 Nativity of St John, the Baptist |
25 Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 7 BCP RCL |
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27 |
28 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons |
29 St Peter and St Paul, Apostles |
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July 2006 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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2 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 8 BCP RCL |
3 |
4 Independence Day |
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8 |
9 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 9 BCP RCL |
10 |
11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot |
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14 |
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16 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 10 BCP RCL |
17 William White, Bishop |
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19 Macrina |
20 Stanton, Bloomer, Truth, Tubman |
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22 Mary Magdalene |
23 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 11 BCP RCL |
24 Thomas a Kempis, Priest |
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 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 12 BCP RCL |
31 Ignatius of Loyola |
August 2006 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Joseph of Arimathea |
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6 The Transfiguration |
7 John Mason Neale, Priest |
8 Dominic, Priest and Friar |
9 | 10 Laurence, Deacon and Martyr |
11 Clare, Abbess |
12 Florence Nightingale |
13 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 14 BCP RCL |
14 Johnathan Myrick Daniels |
15 St Mary, the Virgin |
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18 William Porcher Dubose, Priest |
19 |
20 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 15 BCP RCL |
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22 |
23 | 24 St Bartholomew, Apostle |
25 Louis, King of France |
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27 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 16 BCP RCL |
28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo |
29 |
30 | 31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne |
September 2006 |
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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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3 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17 BCP RCL |
4 Labor Day Paul Jones, 1941 |
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8 |
9 Constance, Nun |
10 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18 BCP RCL |
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12 John Henry Hobart, Bishop |
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16 Ninian, Bishop |
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17 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 BCP RCL |
18 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest |
19 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop |
20 John Coleridge Patteson |
21 St Matthew, Evangelist |
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24 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 BCP RCL |
25 Sergius |
26 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop |
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29 St Michael and All Angels |
30 Jerome, Priest |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 BCP RCL |
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4 Francis of Assisi, Friar |
5 |
6 William Tyndale, Priest |
7 |
8 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 BCP RCL |
9 Robert Grosseteste, Bishop |
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11 Philip, Deacon and Evangelist |
12 | 13 |
14 Samuel Schereschewsky, Bishop |
15 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 BCP RCL |
16 Latimer, Ridley, and Cranmer |
17 Ignatius, Bishop and Martyr |
18 St Luke, Evangelist |
19 Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary |
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22 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 BCP RCL |
23 St James of Jerusalem |
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25 | 26 Alfred the Great |
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28 St Simon & St Jude, Apostles |
29 Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 BCP RCL |
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31 Vigil of All Saints (White for vigil) |
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Saturday |
Note: If All Saints Day is observed on the Sunday following, use white | 1 All Saints (1) BCP or All Saints (2) BCP or All Saints RCL |
2 Commemoration of All Faithful Departed |
3 Richard Hooker, Priest |
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5 All Saints, (white) or Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 26 BCP RCL |
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7 Willibrord, Archbishop |
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10 Leo the Great, Bishop |
11 Martin, Bishop of Tours |
12 Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 BCP RCL |
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14 Consecration of Samuel Seabury |
15 | 16 Margaret, Queen of Scotland |
17 Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln |
18 Hilda, Abbess of Whitby |
19 Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 BCP RCL |
20 Edmund, King of East Anglia |
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22 C.S. Lewis Apologist and Author |
23 Thanksgiving Day BCP RCL |
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25 James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest |
26 Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King BCP RCL |
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28 Kamehameha and Emma |
29 | 30 St Andrew, Apostle |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon |
2 Channing Moore Williams, Missionary Bishop |
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3 First Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
4 John of Damascus |
5 Clement of Alexandria, Priest |
6 Nicholas, Bishop |
7 Ambrose, Bishop |
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10 Second Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
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17 Third Sunday of Advent BCP RCL |
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20 | 21 St Thomas, Apostle |
22 | 23 |
24 Fourth Sunday of Advent Christmas Eve BCP RCL |
25 Christmas Day Christmas I Christmas II Christmas III |
26 St Stephen, Deacon and Martyr |
27 St John, Apostle and Evangelist |
28 Holy Innocents |
29 Thomas Becket |
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31 First Sunday after Christmas |
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 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 May 20, 2006