The Lectionary
The Word of God echoes throughout creation. As the church, we admire creation through the seasons through the steady gift of the liturgical calendar: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Ordinary Time.
We are nurtured daily by the Word of God.
Check out the ELCA page on the Lectionary here.
To see October's readings click here: oct.lectionary.docx
Daily Lectionary
The Daily Lectionary and the Sunday & Festival Propers are found in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) hymnal and are based on the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL).
The daily Bible readings expound further on the Sunday readings, with the Thursday through Saturday readings preparing for the upcoming Sunday readings and the Monday through Wednesday readings reflecting on the readings from the previous Sunday.
Full Year Lectionary
Year A-Year 2019-2020 Time after Pentecost May 31, 2020 through Nov. 25, 2020
Year B- Year 2020-2021 Advent: Nov. 29, 2020 through Dec. 24, 2020/ Christmas: Dec. 24, 2020 through Jan. 6, 2021/ Time after Epiphany: Jan. 7, 2021 through Feb. 16, 2021/ Lent: Feb. 17, 2021 through Mar. 31, 2021/ The Three Days: Apr. 1, 2021 through Apr. 3, 2021/ Easter: Apr. 4, 2021 through May 26, 2021/ Time after Pentecost: May 27, 2021 through Nov. 27, 2021
Year C- Year 2021-2022 Advent…
Year A focuses on the Gospel of Matthew. The semi-continuous Old Testament readings focus on major Genesis narratives, the covenant with Moses, and the establishment of Israel in the Promised Land. The second, New Testament, readings are from Romans, Philippians and 1 Thessalonians.
Year B focuses on the Gospel of Mark with more selections from the Gospel of John than any other year. The semi-continuous readings from the Old Testament focus on the covenant of David and Wisdom literature. The second, New Testament, readings are from 1 and 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, James and Hebrews.
Year C focuses on the Gospel of Luke. The semi-continuous Old Testament readings are of prophetic proclamation chosen in chronological order and highlighting Jeremiah. The second, New Testament, readings are chosen mainly from Galatians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Timothy and 2 Thessalonians.
The Gospels
Matthew’s gospel is symbolized by an Angel
Mark’s gospel is symbolized by a winged-lion
Luke’s gospel is symbolized by a winged Ox, notice the health symbol associated by St. Luke, the physician.
John’s Gospel is symbolized by an Eagle:
John does
not get it’s own year because it is not one of the synoptic gospels----However,
it is heavily used every year at various times.
