CONTENTS. Page. Authorization and Copyright Information 2. Introduction 3. The Common Worship Additional Weekday Lectionary 5

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1 CONTENTS Page Authorization and Copyright Information 2 Introduction 3 The Common Worship Additional Weekday Lectionary 5 1

2 Authorization The Additional Weekday Lectionary is authorized pursuant to Canon B 2 of the Canons of the Church of England for use until further resolution of the General Synod. Copyright Information The Common Worship Additional Weekday Lectionary is copyright The Archbishops Council, Permission to reproduce any part of this document in a commercial publication should be sought from: The Copyright Administrator, Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ (copyright@c-of-e.org.uk). 2

3 Introduction The Additional Weekday Lectionary provide two readings on a one-year cycle for each day (except for Sundays, Principal Feasts and Principal Holy Days). It is intended particularly for use in those churches and cathedrals which attract occasional rather than regular congregations (e.g. Cathedral Evensong on weekdays). Each of the readings is designed to stand alone (i.e., it is complete in itself and will make sense to the worshipper who has not attended on the previous day and who will not be present on the next day). At the same time, however, there is a patterning to many of the weekly sets of readings which is intended to hold the interest of the more regular attender such as a member of a cathedral choir. Whilst the readings naturally vary in length, around ten verses of Scripture was regarded as the optimum length. Passages which are either longer or shorter need to be so in order to retain the sense of the passage. Attention has also been given to the length of the individual verses in some readings and also to the overall length of the two readings. The tables have been designed to complement rather than replace the existing Weekday Lectionary provision. Thus a church with a regular congregation in the morning and a congregation made up mainly of visitors in the evening would continue to use the Weekday Lectionary in the morning but might choose to use this Additional Weekday Lectionary for Evening Prayer. Psalms are not provided, since the Weekday Lectionary already offers a variety of approaches with regard to psalmody. This Lectionary is not intended for use at the Eucharist; the Daily Eucharistic Lectionary is already authorized for that purpose. Wherever possible, overlaps with the Weekday Lectionary, the Daily Eucharistic Lectionary and the Lectionary for Sundays, Principal Feasts and Holy Days, and Festivals have been avoided. However, because of the complexity of the interconnectedness of these different lectionaries the possibility of overlaps cannot be excluded completely. The readings proposed in Common Worship: Times and Seasons for December (relating to the O Antiphons, and like them sometimes mysterious and poetical) and the alternative sequence of readings for the period between Ascension Day and Pentecost in the Weekday Lectionary have been used for the periods concerned. If these readings are not judged suitable (for example because the O Antiphons are not used) the readings in the existing Weekday Lectionary offer an alternative. During Seasonal Time effort has been made to pair Old Testament and New Testament readings wherever possible. In the earlier part of the week following Epiphany 2, for example, miracles associated with Elijah are paired with matching passages in Mark. On Thursday to Saturday of that week passages from Acts 10 (Revelation to the Gentiles) are paired with matching Old Testament readings. In the week after Epiphany 3, New Testament passages on the theme of Unity are paired with matching Old Testament readings, and then in the week following Epiphany 4 New Testament passages on the theme of Mission and Evangelism are paired with suitable matching Old Testament readings. 3

4 This is also true of some of Ordinary Time for example the four weeks before Advent. In the week following the Fourth Sunday before Advent the New Testament readings focus on the Parables of the Kingdom and the Old Testament passages have been chosen to match them. Then in the third and second weeks before Advent there are selections from the Prophets with matching New Testament readings. On alternate Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in the main period of Ordinary Time some paired readings on the theme of the Supper Discourses (Thursdays), the Passion (Fridays) and the Resurrection (Saturdays) have been used. In these sets the Gospel reading has been taken as the lead passage. In these weeks the New Testament reading for Mondays to Wednesdays has normally been taken from the Epistles rather than from the Gospels or Acts, in order to maintain a balance of coverage of Scripture. However, many of the important Scriptural readings have no obvious pairing. For much of Ordinary Time, therefore, no attempt has been made to pair readings. Instead, the emphasis has been on maintaining a good coverage of Scripture from both the Old and New Testaments suitable for use in this type of Lectionary. In the Old Testament, for example, story, prophecy and wisdom literature are to be found in the majority of weeks in Ordinary Time. Among the New Testament lections two readings from the epistles normally appear each week, although the days on which these appear vary. Like Cranmer s 1549 Lectionary and all subsequent Church of England lectionaries, this lectionary includes readings from the Apocrypha, which Article VI of the Thirty-nine Articles describes as other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners. In the late twentieth century it became customary for Church of England lectionaries to provide a canonical alternative to each reading from the Apocrypha. That has also been done in this Lectionary. Where do the compilers start when selecting suitable passages when the whole Bible lies before them? One of the starting points has been the readings for Principal Services in the Common Worship Sunday Lectionary (most of which are drawn from the Revised Common Lectionary). Many of these readings are of the right length and successfully stand alone. However, such readings have not normally been allowed to appear in the weeks preceding or following their appearance in the Sunday Lectionary, and many of them are used at a different point of the Liturgical Year altogether from their Sunday appearance. Further suggested pairings have been borrowed from the Consultation on Common Texts Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings (Augsburg Fortress, 2005) although the patterning adopted there (anticipating the Sunday s readings on Thursday to Saturday and building on the Sunday s readings from Monday to Wednesday) has not been followed here, because the readings are supposed to stand alone and it is not assumed that the congregation will hear the Sunday Principal Service readings. Other pairings are wholly original and were devised by members and consultants of the Liturgical Commission. 4

5 Additional Weekday Lectionary Notes 1. The references in this table are to the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Where other versions are used, adaptations are made as necessary. 2. On Principal Feasts, other Principal Holy Days and Festivals, and in Holy Week, the readings provided in the Lectionary for Sundays, Principal Feasts and Holy Days, and Festivals (Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England, pages ) are used. 5

6 Week Day Old Testament New Testament 4 before Advent M Esther , Matthew T Ezekiel end Matthew W Proverbs 3.27-end Matthew end Th Exodus Matthew F Proverbs Matthew end Sat Deuteronomy Matthew before Advent M Isaiah end Romans end T Ezekiel end John W Leviticus Titus Th Hosea Matthew F Malachi 4 John Sat Micah Colossians before Advent M Micah Matthew T Habakkuk a 1 Corinthians W Zechariah Mark Th Zechariah 10.6-end 1 Peter F Micah Luke EVE of CHRIST THE KING Sat At Evening Prayer the readings for the Eve of Christ the King are used. At other services, the following readings are used Exodus John

7 Week Day Old Testament New Testament Sunday next before Advent - Christ the King M Jeremiah , Romans T Jeremiah John W Jeremiah Matthew Th Jeremiah Matthew end F Jeremiah Hebrews Sat Isaiah Ephesians Advent 1 M Malachi Matthew T Zephaniah 3.14-end 1 Thessalonians 4.13-end W Isaiah Matthew Th Micah 5.2-5a John F Isaiah end Luke Sat Micah Romans , 25-end Advent 2 M Jeremiah Philippians T Daniel Matthew W Amos 9.11-end Romans Th Jeremiah Mark F Jeremiah Luke Sat Zechariah Revelation The readings appointed for the third week of Advent are not used beyond 16 December. Advent 3 M Isaiah Matthew T Lamentations Corinthians W Joel Matthew Th Isaiah 62 1 Thessalonians F Isaiah Acts Sat Isaiah Peter 4.12-end 7

8 Date Old Testament New Testament 17 December Ecclesiasticus Corinthians or Proverbs December Exodus Acts December Isaiah Romans December Isaiah Revelation December Numbers 24.15b-19 Revelation December Jeremiah a Acts December Isaiah Matthew CHRISTMAS EVE At Evening Prayer the readings for Christmas Eve are used. At other services, the following readings are used Isaiah John December CHRISTMAS DAY 26 December STEPHEN 27 December JOHN THE EVANGELIST 28 December HOLY INNOCENTS 29 December Micah 1.1-4; Luke December Isaiah John December Ecclesiastes Revelation

9 Date Old Testament New Testament 1 January NAMING AND CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS In years in which 6 January is not a Sunday, if, for pastoral reasons, the Epiphany is celebrated on the Sunday between 2 and 8 January, the readings appointed for 2-8 January are read in order on the days other than the Saturday and Sunday in that period. 2 January Isaiah Matthew January Deuteronomy John end 4 January Isaiah Galatians EVE of THE EPIPHANY At Evening Prayer the readings for the Eve of the Epiphany are used. At other services, the following readings are used Isaiah 12 2 Corinthians 2.12-end 6 January THE EPIPHANY The readings appointed for 7-12 January are not used beyond the Saturday after 6 January. At Evening Prayer on the Saturday, the readings for the Eve of the Baptism of Christ are used instead of those provided below (except that if, for pastoral reasons, the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 8 January, the readings for the Eve of the Epiphany are used on Saturday 7 January). 7 January Genesis end Ephesians January Joel 2.28-end Ephesians January Proverbs Ephesians 1.15-end 10 January Genesis Ephesians January Genesis Ephesians 2.11-end 12 January 1 Kings Ephesians 3.14-end 9

10 Week Day Old Testament New Testament In years in which 6 January is a Sunday, that day is both the Feast of the Epiphany and the First Sunday of Epiphany, and the Baptism of Christ is celebrated on Sunday 13 January, which is the Second Sunday of Epiphany. In those years the readings appointed for 7-12 January are used in the week following the Epiphany, the readings for the week of Epiphany 1 in the week following the Baptism of Christ, and the readings for the weeks of Epiphany 2 and 3 in the remaining weeks of Epiphany. Epiphany 1 M Isaiah John T Exodus Acts 8.26-end W Exodus Colossians Th Zechariah Peter F Isaiah Galatians Sat Leviticus Hebrews Epiphany 2 M 1 Kings Mark T 1 Kings a Mark W 1 Kings 19.9b-18 Mark Th Leviticus , 13-19, Acts F Isaiah Acts Sat Genesis Acts end Epiphany 3 M Ezekiel end John T Ezekiel John end W Nehemiah Romans Th Deuteronomy end Romans F Leviticus Romans Sat Jeremiah Peter 5.5b-end 10

11 Week Day Old Testament New Testament The readings appointed for the week of the Fourth Sunday of Epiphany are not used after the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Epiphany 4 M Jonah 3 2 Corinthians T Proverbs 4.10-end Matthew W Isaiah Luke Th Isaiah Matthew F Isaiah Matthew end Sat Habakkuk Revelation Week before 5 before Lent M Nehemiah John T Ecclesiastes John W 1 Kings Thessalonians 2.13-end Th Exodus John F Ecclesiasticus Luke or 1 Samuel Sat Ecclesiasticus or Esther , Colossians 1.24-end 5 before Lent M Isaiah Luke T 1 Samuel 4.12-end Luke W Baruch 5 or Haggai Mark Th Isaiah 35 Matthew F 2 Samuel Matthew Sat Isaiah Acts before Lent M Genesis 1.26-end Mark T Ruth John 3.14-end W 1 Samuel 1.19b-end Luke 2.41-end Th Genesis Ephesians 3.14-end F 2 Samuel 1.17-end Romans 8.28-end Sat Song of Solomon 2.8-end 1 Corinthians 13 11

12 Week Day Old Testament New Testament 3 before Lent M Exodus James T Deuteronomy end Hebrews W Isaiah 58.6-end Matthew end Th Isaiah Luke F Amos Ephesians 4.25-end S Amos John before Lent M Isaiah Mark T Isaiah Romans W Isaiah Romans Th Isaiah Corinthians F Zechariah 8.16-end Matthew Sat Jeremiah Matthew before Lent M 2 Kings John T Judges Revelation W ASH WEDNESDAY Th Genesis 2.7-end Hebrews 2.5-end F Genesis Hebrews 4.12-end Sat 2 Kings end Hebrews Lent 1 M Genesis 6.11-end, Luke T Deuteronomy John W Genesis Matthew Th Genesis Peter 2.13-end F Genesis Luke Sat Genesis Peter 1.10-end 12

13 Week Day Old Testament New Testament Lent 2 M 1 Chronicles John T Zechariah 3 2 Peter a W Job Luke Th 2 Chronicles Mark F Exodus a 1 Peter Sat Exodus 19.9b-19 Acts Lent 3 M Joshua Luke T Exodus Hebrews end W Genesis Peter 3.18-end Th Daniel 12.5-end Mark end F Numbers Corinthians end Sat Isaiah end Hebrews Lent 4 M 2 Kings Corinthians T Jeremiah Acts W Jeremiah Peter Th Jeremiah Luke F Jeremiah Luke Sat Ezra 1 2 Corinthians Lent 5 M Joel John T Isaiah Mark W Job John Th Jeremiah Luke F Lamentations 5.1-3,19-22 John Sat Job 17.6-end John HOLY WEEK 13

14 Week Day Old Testament New Testament Easter M Isaiah Romans T Isaiah John W Isaiah John Th Isaiah Revelation 1.4-end F Isaiah Thessalonians Sat Job John Easter 2 M Ezekiel 1.22-end Revelation 4 T Proverbs Acts W Hosea Corinthians Th Jonah 2 Mark 4.35-end F Genesis 6.9-end 1 Peter 3.8-end Sat 1 Samuel Matthew Easter 3 M Exodus Revelation 5 T Leviticus , 32-end Matthew 5.38-end W Genesis Corinthians Th Isaiah Mark 6.47-end F Nehemiah Romans 5.12-end S Isaiah Luke

15 Week Day Old Testament New Testament Easter 4 M Jeremiah Revelation 7.9-end T Job Matthew W Genesis 2.4b-9 1 Corinthians Th Proverbs 28.3-end Mark F Ecclesiastes Romans Sat 1 Chronicles Luke Easter 5 M Genesis Romans 4.13-end T Deuteronomy Matthew 6.19-end W Hosea Corinthians end Th Exodus Mark F Ezekiel end Romans Sat Isaiah Luke end Easter 6 M Proverbs Philippians T Isaiah end Romans At Evening Prayer the readings for the Eve of Ascension Day are used. At other services, the following readings are used W Isaiah Titus Th ASCENSION DAY F Exodus Galatians 5.13-end Sat Numbers , Corinthians 2 Easter 7 M Numbers end 1 Corinthians 3 T 1 Samuel Corinthians W 1 Kings Matthew 3.13-end Th Ezekiel Matthew F Ezekiel Matthew At Evening Prayer the readings for the Eve of Pentecost are used. At other services, the following readings are used S Micah Ephesians

16 Pentecost Week Day Old Testament New Testament M Genesis Romans 4.13-end T Genesis Romans 12.9-end W Genesis 15 Romans Th Genesis Hebrews F Isaiah John 8.48-end At Evening Prayer the readings for the Eve of Trinity Sunday are used. At other services, the following readings are used S Ecclesiasticus or Joshua James Trinity M Exodus Hebrews T Exodus 2.11-end Acts W Exodus Acts Th Exodus John F Exodus Mark Sat Exodus end 2 Corinthians 3.7-end Trinity 1 M Genesis Romans T Genesis Mark W Genesis end Matthew Th Genesis Acts F Genesis Thessalonians 5.12-end Sat Genesis Luke end Trinity 2 M Isaiah 32 James 3.13-end T Proverbs Matthew W Judges Matthew Th Jeremiah Timothy F 1 Samuel end John end Sat Isaiah Revelation 19.9-end 16

17 Week Day Old Testament New Testament Trinity 3 M Exodus 13.13b-end Luke T Proverbs 1.20-end James 5.13-end W Isaiah James Th Isaiah end John F Jeremiah end Luke Sat Isaiah Acts Trinity 4 M Exodus Matthew T Proverbs Luke W Isaiah Corinthians Th Job 7 Matthew F Jeremiah 20.7-end Matthew Sat Job 28 Hebrews Trinity 5 M Exodus Colossians T Proverbs Thessalonians W Isaiah Romans Th Jeremiah John F 2 Samuel Matthew Sat Hosea Matthew Trinity 6 M Exodus Luke T Proverbs Mark W Isaiah Philippians Th Job 38 Luke F Job John Sat Ecclesiastes Hebrews

18 Week Day Old Testament New Testament Trinity 7 M Numbers Corinthians T Proverbs Galatians W Isaiah Corinthians Th Hosea 14 John F 2 Samuel end Matthew Sat Isaiah Mark Trinity 8 M Joel Mark T Proverbs end John W Isaiah 55.8-end 2 Timothy Th Isaiah Mark F Jeremiah Luke Sat Ecclesiastes Timothy Trinity 9 M Joshua Corinthians 9.19-end T Proverbs Galatians 2.15-end W Isaiah John 1 Th Proverbs John F Isaiah 59.8-end Mark Sat Zechariah Luke Trinity 10 M Judges Luke T Proverbs end Matthew W Isaiah Ephesians Th Jeremiah Luke F Jeremiah Hebrews Sat Jeremiah Ephesians

19 Trinity 11 Week Day Old Testament New Testament M Ruth Luke T Proverbs Philippians 3.4b-end W Deuteronomy Corinthians 9.6-end Th Ecclesiasticus 2 or Ecclesiastes John F Obadiah 1-10 John Sat 2 Kings Luke end Trinity 12 M 1 Samuel Matthew T Proverbs Luke W Jeremiah 5.20-end 2 Peter 3.8-end Th Daniel Luke F Daniel Revelation 15 Sat Daniel 6 Philippians Trinity 13 M 2 Samuel Corinthians T Proverbs Romans end W Judges Romans Th Isaiah end John F Job Mark Sat Exodus John Trinity 14 M Haggai 1 Mark T Proverbs Mark W Hosea John 4.9-end Th Lamentations Romans 7.14-end F 2 Kings Thessalonians 3 Sat Ecclesiasticus or Deuteronomy Timothy 3.10-end 19

20 Trinity 15 Week Day Old Testament New Testament M Wisdom or Job Matthew T Proverbs Luke 6.39-end W Proverbs Colossians Th Baruch 3.14-end or Genesis John F Ecclesiasticus or Deuteronomy Sat Wisdom or Jeremiah Corinthians 1.18-end Luke 2.41-end Trinity 16 M Genesis Luke T Ruth Luke W 2 Kings John Th 2 Kings 4.25b-37 Mark 3.19b-35 F Judith , or Ruth John 19.25b-30 Sat Exodus Acts Trinity 17 M Exodus end Hebrews end T 1 Chronicles Revelation end W 1 Chronicles Colossians Th Nehemiah Corinthians F Isaiah Mark Sat Daniel Revelation Trinity 18 M 2 Samuel , Hebrews T Proverbs end 2 Corinthians W Hosea 14 James Th Isaiah John F Jeremiah Luke Sat Zechariah 8.14-end John end 20

21 Trinity 19 Week Day Old Testament New Testament M 1 Kings Timothy T Proverbs end Galatians W Isaiah Corinthians Th Ecclesiasticus or Job 26 1 Corinthians end Ecclesiasticus F or Job end Mark Sat Isaiah end John end Trinity 20 M 1 Kings John T Proverbs end Luke W Jonah 1 Luke Th Exodus Thessalonians F Isaiah 64 Matthew Sat 2 Samuel 7.18-end Acts Trinity 21 M 1 Kings John T Ecclesiastes 11 Luke W Hosea Timothy Th Isaiah John a F Proverbs John Sat Ecclesiasticus , 32-end or Deuteronomy Timothy Trinity 22 M Nehemiah John T Ecclesiastes John W 1 Kings Thessalonians 2.13-end Th Exodus John F Ecclesiasticus or 1 Samuel Luke Sat Ecclesiasticus or Esther , Colossians 1.24-end 21

22 Week Day Old Testament New Testament Last after Trinity M Isaiah Luke T 1 Samuel 4.12-end Luke W Baruch 5 or Haggai Mark Th Isaiah 35 Matthew F 2 Samuel Matthew Sat Isaiah Acts