NOTE: Events specific to St Andrew's are in red.

If you have a church related event to add, please email Alex.

 

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March 2008

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday
 

 
   1
David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales
 2
Fourth Sunday in Lent
BCP
RCL		  3
John and Charles Wesley, Priests		 4 
  5
Stations of the Cross 5pm
Lenten Program 6pm
 6
 7
Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs
Stations of the Cross 5pm		 8
9
Fifth Sunday in Lent
BCP
RCL		 10
 11
 12
Gregory the Great, Bishop
Stations of the Cross 5pm
Lenten Program 6pm		 13
James Theodore Holly, Bishop		 14
Stations of the Cross 5pm
 15
16
Sunday of the Passion:
Palm Sunday
BCP
RCL		 17
Monday in Holy Week
BCP
RCL		 18
Tuesday in Holy Week
BCP
RCL		 19
Wednesday in Holy Week
Stations of the Cross 5pm
BCP
RCL		 20
Maundy Thursday Service
BCP
RCL		 21
Good Friday
BCP
RCL		 22
Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil BCP
Easter Vigil RCL
23
Easter Sunday
Early BCP
Primary BCP
Primary RCL
Evening BCP
Evening RCL		 24
Monday in Easter Week		 25
Tuesday in Easter Week		 26
Wednesday in Easter Week		 27
Thursday in Easter Week		 28
Friday in Easter Week		 29
Saturday in Easter Week
30
Second Sunday of Easter
BCP
RCL		 31
St Joseph
(transferred)
  

 
 

April 2008

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday
 
1
The Annunciation
(transferred)
BCP
RCL		 2
James Lloyd Breck, Priest		 3
Richard, Bishop		 4
Martin Luther King
 5
6
Third Sunday of Easter
BCP
RCL		 7
Tikhon, Patriarch, Confessor, and Ecumenist		 8
William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest		 9
Dietrich Bonhoeffer		 10
William Law, Priest		 11
George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop		 12
13
Fourth Sunday of Easter
BCP
RCL		 14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 19
Alphege, Archbishop
20
Fifth Sunday of Easter
BCP
RCL		 21
Anselm, Archbishop		 22
 23
 24
 25
St Mark, Evangelist		 26
27 
Sixth Sunday of Easter
BCP
RCL		 28
 29
Catherine of Sienna		 30


 May 2008

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

 Saturday





1
Ascension Day
BCP
RCL
 2
St Philip and St James, Apostles
(transferred)
 3
4
Seventh Sunday of Easter
BCP
RCL		 5
 6
 7
 8
Dame Julian of Norwich		 9
Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop		 10
11
Day of Pentecost
Whitsunday
BCP
RCL		 12
The First Book of Common Prayer		 13
 14
 15
 16
 17
18
First Sunday after Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
BCP
RCL		 19
Dunstan, Archbishop		 20
Alcuin, Deacon and Abbott of Tours		 21
 22
 23
 24
Jackson Kemper, Bishop
25
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 3
BCP
RCL		 26
Augustine, Archbishop		 27
 28
 29
 30
 31
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin
BCP
RCL

Planning further ahead? Use the 2008 Liturgical Calendar.

Transition to the Revised Common Lectionary at Advent 2007

The 75th General Convention in June, 2006 directed that the Revised Common Lectionary replace the Book of Common Prayer lectionary "effective the First Sunday of Advent 2007; with the provision for continued use of the previous Lectionary for purposes of orderly transition, with the permission of the ecclesiastical authority, until the First Sunday of Advent 2010 (A077)." (Episcopal News Service)

To accommodate this change, in 2005 we began to make available the Revised Common Lectionary readings for Sundays and Holy Days, in addition to the traditional (Book of Common Prayer) lections.

Many churches have already begun using the Revised Common Lectionary readings. Many others will make the change at Advent, 2007. During the three year transitional period authorized by the General Convention in which you may continue to use the Book of Common Prayer lectionary with the approval of your bishop, we will continue to make both choices accessible on this site.

You may wish to visit the site of the Office of Liturgy and Music of the Episcopal Church to learn more.

A few words of explanation and caution: The General Convention of 2000 which authorized the trial use of the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) actually modified the RCL slightly to conform to Episcopal worship needs. We honor those modifications, and will be attentive to any future developments in usage. It is not currently clear whether these modifications will persist with official adoption.

On Sundays and Holy Days on the calendar, choosing "BCP" will bring up the lections prescribed by the Book of Common Prayer lectionary. Choosing "RCL" will call up the Revised Common Lectionary readings.

When there is no choice available, either the lections are identical, or the RCL offers no option. The weekday feasts and fasts are a matter of Episcopal usage and are not supported by the RCL.

Adding the RCL lections has been an ongoing project for many months. Thank you for your patience during this transition.

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

Marriages
Burials
Dedication of a Church

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

The Sunday Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. We are currently in Year A. The year which will begin with Advent in 2008 will be Year B. The year which ended at Advent 2007 was Year C.

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 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.

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.

The Comprehensive Index of Texts from the Book of Common Prayer lectionary has been subdivided to speed access to the Lectionary texts. Year A & Year B are indexed on one page, while Year C, The Holy Days, and Special Services are on another. Lesser Feasts and Fasts occupies a third page. You may easily move between the pages. The Revised Common Lectionary index is under development.

Other Helpful Sites

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

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

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

Bible study groups that follow the lectionary are a good way to build community as well as faith. If you are looking for study guides, you might look at the lectionary study material offered by Paraklete Press.

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

Want to read the lessons in other translations? Crosswalk.com offers access to the King James, New King James, Revised Standard, New American Standard, New International and several other versions.

Trying to find out when a particular lesson is going to be used? When Will It Be Read? is a wonderful reverse lectionary.

 

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