Weekly Readings
Weekly Lessons
From the Revised Common Lectionary
Daily Readings
From the Revised Common Lectionary
What is the Revised Common Lectionary?
The Revised Common Lectionary is a three-year cycle of weekly lections used to varying degrees by the vast majority of mainline Protestant churches in Canada and the United States. The RCL is built around the seasons of the Church Year, and includes four lections for each Sunday, as well as additional readings for major feast days. During most of the year, the lections are: a reading from the Hebrew Bible, a Psalm, a reading from the Epistles, and a Gospel reading. During the season of Easter, the Hebrew Bible lection is usually replaced with one from the Acts of the Apostles. The lections from the Hebrew Bible are sometimes chosen from the Apocrypha.
The gospel readings for each year come from one of the synoptic gospels according to the following pattern:
Year A – Matthew
Year B – Mark
Year C – Luke
Scripture
Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.
Ephesians 6:18 (NRSV-A)