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Daily Lectionary
The Church Year
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Lectionary Readings, Year A
Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany
Scripture Readings from the Revised Common Lectionary
The Church Year begins with Advent in November/December.
This is YEAR
C
of readings in the Revised
Common Lectionary.
Year A: 2007-2008, 2010-2011, 2013-2014
Year B: 2008-2009, 2011-2012, 2014-2015
Year C: 2009-2010, 2012-2013, 2015-2016
The date of Easter is variable between March 22 and
April 25. As a result, the number of Sundays in Epiphany varies
between 6 and 10; when Easter occurs early, some Sundays of Epiphany are
not used. The dates given here are the range of dates on which the
Sundays can fall.
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Season |
Readings |
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Advent 1
Nov 27-Dec 3 |
Psalm: Psalm 122
Old Testament: Isaiah 2:1-5
Gospel: Matthew 24:36-44
Epistle: Romans 13:11-14 |
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Advent 2
Dec 4-10 |
Psalm: Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
Old Testament: Isaiah 11:1-10
Gospel: Matthew 3:1-12
Epistle: Romans 15:4-13 |
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Advent 3
Dec 11-17 |
Psalm: Psalm 146:5-10 or Luke 1:47-55
Old Testament: Isaiah 35:1-10
Gospel: Matthew 11:2-11
Epistle: James 5:7-10 |
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Advent 4
Dec 18-24 |
Psalm: Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
Old Testament: Isaiah 7:10-16
Gospel: Matthew 1:18-25
Epistle: Romans 1:1-7 |
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Christmas, Proper I
Dec 25 |
Psalm: Psalm 96
Old Testament: Isaiah 9:2-7
Gospel: Luke 2:1-14, 15-20
Epistle: Titus 2:11-14 |
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Christmas, Proper II
Dec 25 |
Psalm: Psalm 97
Old Testament: Isaiah 62:6-12
Gospel: Luke 2:1-7, 8-20
Epistle: Titus 3:4-7 |
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Christmas, Proper III
Dec 25 |
Psalm: Psalm 98
Old Testament: Isaiah 52:7-10
Gospel: John 1:1-14
Epistle: Hebrews 1:1-4, 5-12 |
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1st Sunday after Christmas
Dec 26-Jan 1 |
Psalm: Psalm 148
Old Testament: Isaiah 63:7-9
Gospel: Matthew 2:13-23
Epistle: Hebrews 2:10-18 |
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Holy Name
Jan. 1
Years A B C |
Psalm: Psalm 8
Old Testament: Numbers 6:22-27
Gospel: Luke 2:15-21
Epistle: Galatians 4:4-7 or Philippians 2:5-11 |
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New Years Day
Jan. 1
Years A B C |
Psalm: Psalm 8
Old Testament: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13
Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46
Epistle: Revelation 21:1-6a |
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2nd Sunday after Christmas
Jan 2-5
Years A B C
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Psalm: Psalm 147:12-20
or Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21
Old Testament: Jeremiah 31:7-14
or Sirach 24:1-12
Gospel: John 1:1-9, 10-18
Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-14 |
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Epiphany
Jan 6
Years A B C or 1st Sunday in January |
Psalm: Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
Old Testament: Isaiah 60:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12
Epistle: Ephesians 3:1-12 |
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Epiphany 1
Baptism of the Lord
Jan 7-13 |
Psalm: Psalm 29
Old Testament: Isaiah 42:1-9
Gospel: Matthew 3:13-17
Epistle: Acts 10:34-43 |
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Epiphany 2
Jan 14-20 |
Psalm: Psalm 40:1-11
Old Testament: Isaiah 49:1-7
Gospel: John 1:29-42
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 |
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Epiphany 3
Jan 21-27 |
Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 4-9
Old Testament: Isaiah 9:1-4
Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 |
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Epiphany 4
Jan 28-Feb 3 |
Psalm: Psalm 15
Old Testament: Micah 6:1-8
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 |
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Epiphany 5
Feb 4-10 |
Psalm: Psalm 112:1-9, 10
Old Testament: Isaiah 58:1-9a, 9b-12
Gospel: Matthew 5:13-20
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 2:1-12, 13-16 |
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Epiphany 6 (Proper 1)
Feb 11-17 unless Last Sunday of
Epiphany |
Psalm: Psalm 119:1-8
Old Testament: Deuteronomy 30:15-20
or Sirach 15:15-20
Gospel: Matthew 5:21-37
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 |
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Epiphany 7 (Proper 2)
Feb 18-24 unless Last Sunday of
Epiphany |
Psalm: Psalm 119:33-40
Old Testament: Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18
Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 |
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Epiphany 8 (Proper 3)
Feb 25-29 unless Last Sunday of
Epiphany |
Psalm: Psalm 131
Old Testament: Isaiah 49:8-16a
Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 |
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Epiphany 9 (Proper 4)
Mar 1-7 unless Last Sunday of
Epiphany |
Psalm: Psalm 31:1-5, 19-24
Old Testament: Deuteronomy 11:18-21, 26-28
Gospel: Matthew 7:21-29
Epistle: Romans 1:16-17, 3:22b-28, 29-31 |
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Last Sunday after Epiphany
Transfiguration Sunday |
Psalm: Psalm 2 or Psalm 99
Old Testament: Exodus 24:12-18
Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9
Epistle: 2 Peter 1:16-21 |
Year A Readings for Lent and
Easter to Pentecost
Year A Readings for Ordinary Time after
Pentecost
The Revised Common Lectionary,
Copyright © 1992, Consultation on Common Texts, used by permission.
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Season of the Church Year
Related pages
The Meaning of Church Colors
The Church Year
Season of Advent
Christmas Season
Twelve Days of Christmas
Epiphany
For a service of worship for the beginning of Advent or for Christmas
Eve, see
A Service of the Nativity
Service for Hanging of the Green
- Traditional
Hanging
of the Green - Liturgical
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