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The Lectionary Page


A Liturgical Calendar for Upcoming Weeks

With Links to the Lessons
for Sundays and Major Holy Days
From the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL)
(as adapted for use in Episcopal worship)

| February | March | April | May | June | July |

Newly Updated: Index to Lesser Feasts and Fasts by Date
and Index to Lesser Feasts and Fasts by Name

Planning further ahead? Use the 2024 Liturgical Calendar.

Go to the Reverse Lectionary.



 February 2024

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

     
 1
2
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
3
4
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
5
6
7 8
9
10
11
Last Sunday after the Epiphany
12
13
 14
Ash Wednesday
15
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
16
Friday after Ash Wednesday
17
Saturday after Ash Wednesday
18
First Sunday in Lent
19
Monday in the First Week of Lent
20
Tuesday in the First Week of Lent
21
Wednesday in the First Week of Lent
22
Thursday in the First Week of Lent
23
Friday in the First Week of Lent
24
St Matthias, Apostle
25
Second Sunday in Lent
26
Monday in the Second Week of Lent
27
Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent
28
Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent
29
Thursday in the Second Week of Lent
   

March 2024

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

   

  1
Friday in the Second Week of Lent
2
Saturday in the Second Week of Lent
3 
Third Sunday in Lent
 4
Monday in the Third Week of Lent
 5
Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent
 6
Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent
 7
Thursday in the Third Week of Lent
8
Friday in the Third Week of Lent
9
Saturday in the Third Week of Lent
10
Fourth Sunday in Lent
11
Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent
12
Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent
13
Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent
14
Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent
15
Friday in the Fourth Week of Lent
16
Saturday in the Fourth Week of Lent
17
Fifth Sunday in Lent
18
Monday in the Fifth Week of Lent
19
St. Joseph
20
Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent
21
Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent
22
Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent
23
Saturday in the Fifth Week of Lent
24
Sunday of the Passion:
Palm Sunday
25
Monday in Holy Week
26
Tuesday in Holy Week
27
Wednesday in Holy Week
28
Maundy Thursday
29
Good Friday
30
Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil
31
Easter Day
Early
Principal
Evening
           

April 2024

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

  1
Monday in Easter Week
2
Tuesday in Easter Week
3
Wednesday in Easter Week
4
Thursday in Easter Week
5
Friday in Easter Week
6
Saturday in Easter Week
7
Second Sunday of Easter
8
The Annunciation
(transferred)
9
10
11
12 13
14
Third Sunday of Easter
15 16
17
18
19 20
21
Fourth Sunday of Easter
22
23
24
25
St. Mark
26
27
28
Fifth Sunday of Easter
29
30




 May 2024

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday




1
St Philip and St James, Apostles
2
3 4
5
Sixth Sunday of Easter
6

7
8
9
Ascension Day
10 11
12
Seventh Sunday of Easter
13
14
15
16 17
18
19
Day of Pentecost
Whitsunday
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
First Sunday after Pentecost
Trinity Sunday

27
28
29
30

31
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin
 

  June 2024

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday


           1
2
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 4
3
4
5
6
7 8
9
Third Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 5
10
11
St Barnabas, Apostle
12
13
14
15
16
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 6
17
18
19
20
21 22
23
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 7
24
Nativity of St John, the Baptist
25
26
27
28
29
St Peter and St Paul, Apostles
30
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 8
           

 July 2024

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

   1
2
3
4
Independence Day
5 6
7
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 9
8
9
10
11
12 13
14
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 10
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 11
22
Mary Magdalene
23
24
25
St James, Apostle
26
27
28
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 12
29
30
31
     

 




What are “Track 1” and “Track 2”?

During the long green season after Pentecost, there are two tracks (or strands) each week for Old Testament readings. Within each track, there is a Psalm chosen to accompany the particular lesson.

The Revised Common Lectionary allows us to make use of either of these tracks, but once a track has been selected, it should be followed through to the end of the Pentecost season, rather than jumping back and forth between the two strands.

The first track of Old Testament readings (“Track 1”) follows major stories and themes, read mostly continuously from week to week. In Year A we begin with Genesis, in Year B we hear some of the great monarchy narratives, and in Year C we read from the later prophets.

A second track of readings (“Track 2”) follows the Roman Catholic tradition of thematically pairing the Old Testament reading with the Gospel reading, often typologically—a sort of foretelling of Jesus Christ’s life and ministry, if you will. This second track is almost identical to our previous Book of Common Prayer lectionary.

Within each track there may be additional readings, complementary to the standard reading; these may be used with the standard reading, or in place of it.

(credit to The Rev Dr. J. Barrington Bates)



A Note about Weekday Observances

In 2022, meeting in Baltimore, the General Convention approved a new calendar for the church, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 2022. This action finalizes the approval of several commemorations and introduces several more for trial use.

With the approval of a new edition of LFF, both Holy Women, Holy Men and A Great Cloud of Witnesses are superceded and should be set aside.

You may access the lesser commemorations by date through the Index by Month to Lesser Feasts and Fasts, or by name with the Alphabetical Index to Lesser Feasts and Fasts.




The lessons appointed for the following special services are now available:

Holy Baptism
Marriage
Burial
Dedication of a Church
Advent Lessons and Carols
Christmas Lessons and Carols
Nine Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve (King's College)
The Passion Gospels Formatted for Dramatic Reading

Those seeking lessons not on the current calendar may consult the

Comprehensive Index to Texts: Years A, B, and C, and Holy Days

Looking back? Use the Calendars for 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013.

For communities continuing to use the older BCP lectionary:

General Index to the 1979 BCP Lection Texts


This site was created to support all those who need access to the lesson texts of the Episcopal (TEC) Eucharistic Lectionary.

The Sunday Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. We are currently in Year B. Beginning with the first Sunday of Advent in 2024, we will be in Year C. The year which ended at Advent 2023 was 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 Churches of Christ in the USA, and used by permission. The readings have been emended to provide context and clarity for public reading in conformance with the rubrics of the Book of Common Prayer.

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.

On weekdays, other than major Holy Days, the color indicated is the color appropriate to the season. When celebrating the feast of a martyred saint, scarlet is also appropriate.

I am always interested in ways to make this site more useful to you. Your feedback is appreciated. And, please, let me know as soon as possible if you catch an error in this material.


Liturgical Calendar available for iCal, Google Calendar, etc

A number of people have asked for a liturgical calendar formatted for iCal, Google Calendar, or any other program that uses the iCalendar format. I have prepared such a calendar, accurate through 2024. You can subscribe to it, through your calendar program, using this url:

http://www.lectionarypage.net/Resources/LiturgicalCalendar.ics

Alternatively, using the same url, you may download the calendar file by pasting the url in the destination window of your web browser and hitting the Go button. For most browsers, on most computers, this will result in that file being downloaded and stored in your downloads folder. You can then import it into your calendar program. What is the difference? You cannot alter a calendar to which you are subscribed, but you can alter a calendar imported from a file on your computer. The downside, if there is one, is that corrections made to the original file (that is, my file) will not be replicated on your computer. Your choice.

Please let me know as soon as possible about errors, omissions, or anything else that lessens the usability of this (intentionally) simple calendar.


Other Helpful Resources

The Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings are now available online. at DailyLectio.net. This three year cycle of daily scripture readings follows and augments the RCL Sunday lections. Note that these readings are keyed to the "generic" RCL, not the RCL as modified for Episcopal worship. The readings for Thursday through Saturday prepare for the Sunday lessons, while the Monday through Wednesday readings reflect on the Sunday lessons. (To be clear: these are not the Daily Office readings from the Book of Common Prayer.)

A Sermon for Every Sunday offers lectionary based video sermons from a group of accomplished preachers. The sermons are offered "for use in worship, Bible study, small groups, Sunday school classes, or for individual use."

A wonderful lectionary-based collection of commentaries, exegesis, articles, art and music suggestions can be found at Textweek.

Sometimes the question is not what we read on a given date, but "When do we read a certain lesson?" The Reverse Lectionary can answer that question.

I am often asked where one can find the Daily Lectionary (a two year cycle) online.

A number of pronunciation guides are available online. The Biblical Words Pronunciation Guide from Net Ministries offers phonetic spelling as well as audible guidance.

The Sunday lectionary in Spanish can be found at St Mark's Press Leccionario Domenical.

The Book of Common Prayer, in both the current and the historical versions, can be found online.

Looking for more information about the saints? James Kiefer's hagiographs are a good starting point.

Want to read the lessons in other translations? Bible Study Tools offers access to the King James, New King James, Revised Standard, New Revised Standard, New American Standard, New International and many other versions in various languages.


 

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Kelly W. Puckett

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Last updated on March 3, 2024