2022-2023

Three-year Lectionary year a

first second holy weekly
season day date reading reading gospel bulletin
Advent First Sunday in Advent Nov. 27 Isa 2:1-5* Php 4:4-7 Mt 21:1-11 23-1
or First Sunday in Advent (alternate) Nov. 27 Isa 2:1-5* Ro 13:11-14 Mt 24:36-44 23-1
Second Sunday in Advent Dec. 4 Isa 11:1-10 Ro 15:4-13 Mt 3:1-12* 23-2
Third Sunday in Advent Dec. 11 Isa 35:1-10 Jas 5:7-11 Mt 11:2-11* 23-3
Fourth Sunday in Advent Dec. 18 Isa 7:10-14 Ro 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-25* 23-4
Christmas Nativity of Our Lord—
Christmas Eve Dec. 24 Mic 5:2-5a Tit 2:11-14 Lk 2:1-20 1300462
Nativity of Our Lord—
Christmas Day Dec. 25 Isa 52:7-10 Heb 1:1-9 Jn 1:1-14* 23-5
First Sunday after Christmas Jan. 1 Isa 63:7-9 Gal 4:4-7 Mt 2:13-23* 23-6
or The Circumcision and Name of Jesus
(alternate) Jan. 1 Nu 6:22-27 Gal 3:23-29 Lk 2:21
Epiphany Epiphany of Our Lord Jan. 6 Isa 60:1-6 Eph 3:2-12 Mt 2:1-12
First Sunday after Epiphany—
Baptism of Our Lord Jan. 8 Isa 42:1-7 Ac 10:34-38 Mt 3:13-17* 23-7
Second Sunday after Epiphany Jan. 15 Isa 49:1-6 Col 2:6-15 Jn 1:29-41* 23-8
Third Sunday after Epiphany Jan. 22 Isa 8:19–9:4 1 Jn 2:3-11 Mt 4:12-23* 23-9
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Jan. 29 Zep 2:3; 3:11-13 1 Co 1:26-31 Mt 5:1-12* 23-10
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Feb. 5 Ex 19:1-8a 1 Pe 2:9-12 Mt 5:13-20* 23-11
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Feb. 12 2 Sa 11:1-17,26,27 1 Th 4:1-12 Mt 5:21-37* 23-12
Transfiguration of Our Lord Feb. 19 Ex 24:9-18 2 Pe 1:16-21 Mt 17:1-9* 23-13
Lent Ash Wednesday Feb. 22 Isa 59:12-20 2 Co 7:8-13a Mt 6:1-6,16-21 1300478
First Sunday in Lent Feb. 26 Ge 3:1-15 Ro 5:12-19 Mt 4:1-11* 23-14
Second Sunday in Lent Mar. 5 Ge 12:1-8 Ro 4:1-5,13-17* Jn 3:1-17 23-15
Third Sunday in Lent Mar. 12 Ex 17:1-7 Ro 5:1-8 Jn 4:5-26* 23-16
Fourth Sunday in Lent Mar. 19 Isa 42:14-21 Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-7,13-17,34-39* 23-17
Fifth Sunday in Lent Mar. 26 2 Ki 4:17-37 Ro 8:11-19 Jn 11:17-27,38-45* 23-18
Palm Sunday Apr. 2 Zec 9:9,10 Php 2:5-11 Mt 21:1-11* 23-19
or  Passion Sunday Apr. 2 Zec 9:9,10 Php 2:5-11 Mt 26:1–27:66
Holy Thursday Apr. 6 Ex 24:1-11 1 Co 11:23-28 Jn 13:1-15,34 1300468
Good Friday Apr. 7 Isa 52:13–53:12 Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9 Jn 19:17-30 1300470
Easter Resurrection of Our Lord­—
Easter Dawn Apr. 9 Isa 12:1-6 1 Co 5:6b-8 Jn 20:1-18 1300472
Resurrection of Our Lord—
Easter Day Apr. 9 Jnh 2:2-9 1 Co 15:1-11 Mt 28:1-10* 1300479
Second Sunday of Easter Apr. 16 Ac 2:14a,22-32 1 Pe 1:3-9 Jn 20:19-31* 23-20
Third Sunday of Easter Apr. 23 Ac 2:14a,32-41* 1 Pe 1:17-21 Lk 24:13-35* 23-21

*Chosen weekly bulletin cover passage comes from this reading

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 2022-2023

Three-year Lectionary year a

first second holy weekly
season day date reading reading gospel bulletin
Easter Fourth Sunday of Easter Apr. 30 Ac 2:42-47 1 Pe 2:19-25 Jn 10:1-10* 23-22
Fifth Sunday of Easter May 7 Ac 4:8-12 1 Pe 2:4-10 Jn 14:1-11* 23-23
Sixth Sunday of Easter May 14 Ac 17:22-31 1 Pe 3:13-22 Jn 14:15-21* 23-24
Ascension of Our Lord May 18 Ac 1:1-11 Eph 1:15-23 Lk 24:44-53
Seventh Sunday of Easter May 21 Ac 1:12-26 1 Pe 4:12-17, 5:6-11* Jn 17:1-11a 23-25
Day of Pentecost May 28 Ac 2:1-21* 1 Co 12:3-11 Jn 7:37-39 23-26
Season after First Sunday after Pentecost—
Pentecost Holy Trinity June 4 Ge 1:1–2:3 2 Co 13:11-14 Mt 28:16-20* 23-27
Proper 5 Second Sunday after Pentecost June 11 Ex 3:1-15 1 Ti 1:12-17 Mt 9:9-13* 23-28
Proper 6 Third Sunday after Pentecost June 18 Nu 27:15-23 1 Co 4:1-7 Mt 9:35–10:8* 23-29
Proper 7 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 25 Jer 20:7-13 2 Ti 4:1-8 Mt 10:5a,21-33* 23-30
Proper 8 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost July 2 Ex 32:15-29 1 Ti 6:11-16 Mt 10:34-42* 23-31
Proper 9 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 9 Ex 33:12-23 Ro 7:15-25a Mt 11:25-30* 23-32
Proper 10 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 16 Isa 55:6-11 1 Co 3:5-11 Mt 13:1-9,18-23* 23-33
Proper 11 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 23 Isa 44:6-11 Ro 1:18-25 Mt 13:24-30,36-43* 23-34
Proper 12 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 30 1 Ki 3:5-12 1 Ti 6:17-21 Mt 13:44-52* 23-35
Proper 13 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Aug. 6 1 Ki 17:1-6 Eph 1:3-10 Mt 14:13-21* 23-36
Proper 14 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Aug. 13 1 Ki 19:9-18 Ro 8:28-39 Mt 14:22-33* 23-37
Proper 15 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Aug. 20 Isa 56:1,6-8 Eph 2:13-22 Mt 15:21-28* 23-38
Proper 16 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Aug. 27 Ex 34:5-9 Ro 10:5-13 Mt 16:13-20* 23-39
Proper 17 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sept. 3 Jer 15:15-21 Ro 8:18-25 Mt 16:21-26* 23-40
Proper 18 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sept. 10 Eze 33:7-11 Gal 2:11-16 Mt 18:15-20* 23-41
Proper 19 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sept. 17 Ge 50:15-21 Eph 4:29–5:2 Mt 18:21-35* 23-42
Proper 20 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Sept. 24 Jnh 3:10–4:11 Ro 9:6-16 Mt 20:1-16* 23-43
Proper 21 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Oct. 1 Eze 18:1-4,25-32 Php 2:1-11* Mt 21:23-32 23-44
Proper 22 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Oct. 8 Isa 5:1-7* Php 3:12-21 Mt 21:33-43 23-45
Proper 23 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Oct. 15 Isa 25:6-9 Ro 1:16,17 Mt 22:1-14* 23-46
Proper 24 Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Oct. 22 Da 1:3-21 Ro 13:1-7 Mt 22:15-22* 23-47
Reformation (observed) Oct. 29 Da 6:10-12,16-23 Ro 3:19-28 Mt 10:16-23* 23-48
Proper 25 or Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost Oct. 29 Ge 4:1-16 2 Jn 1-6 Mt 22:34-46
All Saints’ (alternate, observed) Nov. 5 Rev 7:9-17 1 Jn 3:1-3 Mt 5:1-12
Proper 26 or Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Nov. 5 Mic 3:5-12 1 Th 2:1-13 Mt 23:1-12* 23-49
Proper 27 Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Nov. 12 Isa 52:1-6 1 Th 5:1-11 Mt 25:1-13* 23-50
Proper 28 Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Petencost Nov. 19 Isa 1:10-18 Ro 12:1-8 Mt 25:14-30* 23-51
Thanksgiving Nov. 23 2 Sa 7:18-22 Php 4:4-9 Lk 7:36-50
Last Sunday of the Church Year Nov. 26 Da 7:9,10,13,14 1 Th 4:13-18 Mt 25:31-46 23-52
or  Christ the King (alternate) Nov. 26 Eze 34:11-16,23,24 1 Co 15:20-28 Mt 27:27-31*

*Chosen weekly bulletin cover passage comes from this reading

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