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Frequently asked questions |
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Ask you own question
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your question to
the lectionary manager. |
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How
often do you read through the Bible using the Lectionary
for Sundays and Festivals?
The Lectionary for Sundays and Festivals follows a three-year cycle and incorporates
a semi-continuous reading for much of the Bible during Ordinary Time, while embracing
a select lectionary for the Christmas and Easter cycles and certain other festivals. |
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How
often do you read through the Bible using the Daily Lectionary?
The Daily Lectionary is arranged in a two-year cycle and provides for reading
twice through the New Testament and once through the Old Testament during the
cycle. |
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What cycle is the lectionary
currently following?
Year A, beginning with Advent 2007 and following through to Christ the King Sunday in November 2008. |
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Where
do these readings originate?
The Scriptural references for both the Lectionary for Sundays and Festivals and
the Daily Lectionary are taken from the Common Lectionary (Revised) prepared
by the Consultation on Common Texts.
The Consultation is a forum for liturgical renewal among many of the major Christian
churches of North America. |
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I have noticed that some
of the Psalms
repeat. Why does this happen?
There are several
times during the church calendar that the Psalm
reading repeats. The Book of Common Worship explains,
"The
psalms follow a weekly cycle throughout each season, except
for the period from Christmas to the Baptism of the Lord, when
each day has its own appointed psalms, and Ordinary Time, which
follows a four-week cycle of psalms."
In other words, you'll find the following as you
study the lectionary:
- Christmas to the baptism of the Lord has appointed
daily Psalms
- Ordinary time uses a four-week cycle of Psalms
- Each season (Advent, Lent and Easter) has a weekly cycle
of Psalms
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Why do I keep seeing the same seven readings for the Morning Psalms of the Daily Lectionary?
There are two Morning Psalms designated for each day in the Two Year Daily Lectionary. The second psalm is always one of the Laudate Psalms (Psalms 145-150; Psalm 147 is broken in half to make two separate readings, for a total of seven). In its current configuration, our Daily Lectionary system uses the first Morning Psalm in Year 1 and the second in Year 2. When a revision of the Daily Lectionary system is completed in 2008, both Morning Psalms will be provided for each day. In the meantime, if you would like to see use both Morning Psalms, please refer to this chart.  |
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Where can
I get my own copy of the lectionary readings?
The lectionary readings are listed in the Book of Common Worship, starting
on page 1031.
To order the Book of
Common Worship, click
the order button below, or contact Presbyterian Distribution
Services at (800) 524-2612. Include the title of the resource
and item number in your request.
$36.95
Item #219918
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I noticed in the Book
of Common Worship that the lectionary includes readings
from the Apocrypha. Why do the lectionary readings from
the PC(USA) exclude them?
The Revised Common Lectionary is
produced by an interdenominational group called the Consultation
on Common Texts. Its daily and Lord’s Day lectionaries
have been derived from older ecumenical lectionaries, which
include readings from the Apocrypha both on the Lord's
Day and on weekdays. In its revision process, the Consultation
has chosen to offer optional alternative Old Testament
texts on days when ecumenical lectionaries have drawn from
the Apocrypha, for the benefit of denominations that do
not recognize those apocryphal books as canonical.
The PC(USA) falls into this
category, its denominational resources with lectionary citations,
such as the Mission
Yearbook for Prayer and Study, the Presbyterian
Planning Calendar and the Daybook
of the Company of Pastors, opt for the Old Testament
alternative and drop the Apocryphal text whenever there is
such an option. The Daily Lectionary readings, posted on
the PC(USA) Web site and available by email through the daily
lectionary email list, follow the same policy. Since our Book
of Common Worship is intended to serve as an ecumenical
resource, it lists both alternatives. |
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What Bible translation is used for the lectionary
readings?
The scripture quotations contained in
the lectionary readings are from the New Revised Standard Version
of the Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education
of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. |
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