The Daily Lectionary
(The Daily Office)
The
readings are not current and are no longer being updated.
The Daily Bible Readings provided here are
adapted from the Book of Common Prayer, used in the Anglican and
Episcopal traditions for daily church services. They are organized on a
two
year cycle and can provide a basis for daily devotional reading and
reflection. Because of their roots on worship, the readings follow the
church year beginning with Advent (Year 1 begins with Advent, 2020
for the 2021 Church Year; Year 2 begins with Advent, 2021 for the 2022 church year).
Because these readings are adapted for daily devotional reading
for a general audience, they
do not always follow the Book of Common Prayer exactly. For
example, readings from the Apocrypha, which are included in the BCP, are
here replaced with other readings.
A three year cycle of daily devotional readings coordinated with the
Revised Common Lectionary is available from Augsburg Press:
Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings: Consultation on Common Texts.
Why do the readings for Sundays here in the Daily
Readings not match the
Sunday Readings for the Preaching Lectionary and Commentaries?
Advent 1 (begins November
29, 2020)
Christmas 1
Epiphany and Ordinary Time until Lent 1
Lent 1
Holy Week 1
Easter 1
Pentecost 1
Ordinary Time 1
Advent 2 (begins
December 1, 2019)
Christmas 2
Epiphany and Ordinary Time until Lent 2
Lent 2
Holy Week 2
Easter 2
Pentecost 2
Ordinary Time 2
The Twelve Days of Christmas
NazNet's Advent Celebration
NazNet's Christmas Celebration: The Twelve Days
An Epiphany Devotional
Why do the Sunday Readings here not
match the Sunday Readings for the Lectionary
and Commentaries?
The readings for Sundays in the Daily Devotional Readings are not the
same readings that are found in the Sunday
Lectionary Readings and associated
commentaries on this site. These daily devotional readings are
adapted from the Daily Office of the Book of Common Prayer
(Anglican/Episcopal). These are used for daily services of worship
and for morning and evening prayers on a two year cycle. The BCP
also has a different Weekly Lectionary on a three year cycle, which is
the lectionary for Sunday services of worship organized around
the Church calendar. Because of the different
cycles, the Daily Office includes Sunday readings that are different
from the lectionary for Sunday worship.
For readings in Sunday services of worship and other holy days,
CRI/Voice uses the Revised Common Lectionary, which is organized
on a three year cycle. The RCL
enjoys much more widespread use among Protestants in general. Catholic,
Lutheran, and Anglican Lectionaries, along with the RCL, all
follow basically the same sequence for weekly readings on a Year A-B-C
cycle, although individual passages sometimes differ between the various
lectionaries.
While the Weekly Lectionary of the BCP can be used for
preaching on the same three year cycle as the RCL, most
Protestants prefer the RCL for preaching. Not only does it give
more commonality between denominations, it allows a common focus for
other studies and curriculum (like interdenominational preaching resources, such as
The Text This Week or CRI/Voice).
The Seasons of the Church Year
The Church Year begins with Advent in November/December.
We are presently in Year
B of readings in the Revised
Common Lectionary.
beginning with Advent, December 1, 2019
Year B: 2017-2018; 2020-2021
Year C: 2015-2016;
2018-2019
Year A:
2016-2017, 2019-2020>
Click below for information about
the various Seasons and Holy Days that comprise
The Christian Church Year.
Except as noted, the dates are for
2020-2021,
Year B of the
Revised Common Lectionary,
Year 1
of the the Daily Office (daily readings)
of the Book of Common Prayer. (For a more complete
calendar, see
The Church Year, 2021)
Ordinary Time Year A (June 1 - November 28, 2020)
Advent
Year B (November 29 - December 24, 2020)
Christmas (December 25, 2020 - January 5, 2021)
The Twelve Days of Christmas (December 25, 2020
- January 5, 2021)
Epiphany (and Ordinary Time until Lent)
(January 6 - February 16, 2021)
Shrove Tuesday or
Mardi Gras (February 16, 2021)
Ash Wednesday
(February 17, 2021)
Lent (February 17 - April
3, 2021)
Holy Week (March 28 - April 3, 2021)
Maundy Thursday (April 1, 2021)
Good Friday (April 2, 2021)
Easter
(April 4, 2021)
Pentecost (May 23,
2021)
Ordinary Time (May 24 - November 27, 2021
Advent
Year C (November 28, 2021)
Dates of the Church Year, RCL Year B, 2021 (2020-2021)
Dates of the Church Year, RCL Year C, 2019 (2018-2019)
Dates of the Church Year, RCL Year A, 2020 (2019-2020)
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