2023 Liturgical Calendar

The lectionary is a collection of readings from the Holy Bible, arranged by Sunday of the Church Year and includes Holy Days. These scripture readings can be read at the weekly gather of Gods People or used for daily personal meditation.

Readings for 2023

The lectionary is a collection of readings from the Holy Bible. The readings are arranged by Sunday of the Church Year and include specific Holy Days. There is typically a reading from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the Epistles and the Holy Gospels. These scripture readings can be read at weekly gatherings of Gods People or used for daily personal meditation. An organized lectionary had already begun to be established by the Church in the 4th century.

Date		Season	1st Reading	Psalm	2nd Reading	Gospel	Links
January 01		Name of Jesus or 1 Christmas	Num 6:22-27 or Isa 63:7-9	Ps 8 or Ps 148	Gal. 4:4-7 or Phil 2:5-11	Luke 2:15-21 or Matt 2:13-23	Read all
January 06		Epiphany of our Lord	Isa 60:1-6	Ps 72:1-14	Eph 3:1-12	Matt 2:1-12	Read all
January 08		Baptism of Our Lord	Isa 42:1-9	Ps. 29	Acts 10:34-43	Matt 3:13-17	Read all
January 15		2 Epiphany	Isa 49:1-7	Ps 40:1-11	1 Cor 1:1-9	John 1:29-42	Read all
January 22		3 Epiphany	Isa 9:1-4	Ps 27	1 Cor 1:10-18	Matt 4:12-23	Read all
January 29		4 Epiphany	Micah 6:1-8	Ps 15	1Cor 1:18-31	Matt 5:1-12	Read all
February 05		5 Epiphany	Isa 58	Ps 112	1 Cor 2:1-16	Matt 5:13-20	Read all
February 12		6 Epiphany	Deut 30:15-20	Ps 119:1-8	1 Cor 3:1-9	Matt 5:21-37	Read all
February 19		Transfiguration of our Lord	Exod 24:12-18	Ps 2 or Ps 99	2 Peter 1:16-21	Matt 17:1-9	Read all
February 22		Ash Wednesday	Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 or Isa 58:1-12	Ps 51	2 Cor 5:20b-6:10	Matt 6:1-6, 16-21	Read all
February 26		1 Lent	Gen 2:15-17, 3:1-7	Ps 32	Rom 5:12-19	Matt 4:1-11	Read all
March 05		2 Lent	Gen 12:1-4	Ps 121	Rom 4:1-5, 13-17	John 3:1-17	Read all
March 12		3 Lent	Exod 17:1-7	Ps 95	Rom 5:1-11	John 4:5-42	Read all
March 19		4 Lent	1 Sam 16:1-13	Ps 23	Eph 5:8-14	John 9:1-41	Read all
March 26		5 Lent	Ezek 37:1-14	Ps 130	Rom 8:6-11	John 11:1-45	Read all
April 02		Passion/Palm Sunday	Isa 50	Ps 31:9-16	Phil 2:1-11	Matt 26:14-27:66 or Matt 27:11-54	Read all
April 06		Maundy Thursday	Exod 12:1-14	Ps 116:1-4, 12-19	1 Cor 11:23-26	John 13:1-17, 31-35	Read all
April 07		Good Friday	Isa 52:13-53:12	Ps 22	Heb 10:16-25 or Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9	John 18:1-19:42	Read all
April 09		Easter Day	Acts 10:34-43 or Jer 31:1-6	Ps 118:1-2, 14-24	Col 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43	Matt 28:1-10 or John 20:1-18	Read all
April 16		2 Easter	Acts 2:14a, 22-32	Ps 16	1 Peter 1:3-9	John 20:19-31	Read all
April 23		3 Easter	Acts 2:14a, 36-41	Ps 116:1-4, 12-19	1 Peter 1:17-23	Luke 24:13-35	Read all
April 30		4 Easter	Acts 2:42-47	Ps 23	1 Peter 2:19-25	John 10:1-10	Read all
May 07		5 Easter	Acts 7:55-60	Ps 31:1-5, 15-16	1 Peter 2:1-10	John 14:1-14	Read all
May 14		6 Easter	Acts 17:22-31	Ps 66:8-20	1 Peter 3:13-22	John 14:15-21	Read all
May 18		Ascension of Our Lord	Acts 1:1-11	Ps 47 or Ps 93	Eph 1:15-23	Luke 2:44-53	Read all
May 21		7 Easter	Acts 1:6-14	Ps 68:1-10, 32-25	1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11	John 17:1-11	Read all
May 28		Day of Pentecost	Acts 2:1-21 or Num 11:24-30	Ps 104:24-34, 35b	1 Cor 12:1-13 or Acts 2:1-21	John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39	Read all
June 04		The Holy Trinity	Gen 1:1-2:4a	Ps 8	2 Cor 13:11-13	Matt 28:16-20	Read all
June 11		Lectionary 10 (Pent 2)	Hosea 5:15-6:6	Psalm 50:7-15	Romans 4:13-25	Matt 9:9-13, 18-26	Read all
June 18		Lectionary 11 (Pent 3)	Exod 19:1-8	Ps 100	Rom 5:1-11	Matt 9:35-10:23	Read all
June 25		Lectionary 12 (Pent 4)	Jer 20:7-13	Ps 69:7-18	Rom 6:1-11	Matt 10:24-39	Read all
July 02		Lectionary 13 (Pent 5)	Jer 28:5-9	Ps 89:1-4, 15-18	Rom 6:12-23	Matt 10:40-42	Read all
July 09		Lectionary 14 (Pent 6)	Zech 9:9-12	Ps 145:8-14	Rom 7:15-25	Matt 11:16-30	Read all
July 16		Lectionary 15 (Pent 7)	Isa 55:10-13	Ps 65	Rom 8:1-11	Matt 13:1-9, 18-23	Read all
July 23		Lectionary 16 (Pent 8)	Isa 44:6-8	PS 86:11-17	Rom 8:12-25	Matt 13:24-30, 36-43	Read all
July 30		Lectionary 17 (Pent 9)	1 Kings 3:5-12	Ps 119:129-136	Rom 8:26-39	Matt 12:31-33, 44-52	Read all
August 06		Lentionary 18 (Pent 10)	Isa 55	Ps 145:8-21	Rom 9:1-5	Matt 14:13-21	Read all
August 13		Lectionary 19 (Pent 11)	1 Kings 19:9-18	Ps 85	Rom 10:1-18	Matt 14:22-33	Read all
August 20		Lectionary 20 (Pent 12)	Isa 56:1-8	Ps 67	Rom 11:1-2a, 29-32	Matt 15:10-28	Read all
August 27		Lectionary 21 (Pent 13)	Isa 51:1-6	Ps 138	Rom 12:1-8	Matt 16:13-20	Read all
September 03		Lectionary 22 (Pent 14)	Jer 15:15-21	Ps 26	Rom 12:9-21	Matt 16:21-28	Read all
September 10		Lectionary 23 (Pent 15)	Ezek 33:7-11	Ps 119:33-40	Rom 13:8-14	Matt 18:15-20	Read all
September 17		Lectionary 24 (Pent 16)	Gen 50:15-21	Ps 103:1-13	Rom 14:1-12	Matt 18:21-35	Read all
September 24		Lectionary 25 (Pent 17)	Jonah 3:1-4:11	Ps 145:1-8	Phil 1:21-30	Matt 20:1-16	Read all
October 01		Lectionary 26 (Pent 18)	Ezek 18:1-4, 25-32	Ps 25:1-9	Phil 2:1-13	Matt 21:23-32	Read all
October 08		Lectionary 27 (Pent 19)	Isa 5:1-7	Ps 80:7-15	Phil 3:1-14	Matt 21:33-46	Read all
October 09		Thanksgiving (Canada)	Deut 8:7-18	Ps 65	2 Cor 9:6-15	Luke 17:11-19	Read all
October 15		Lectionary 28 (Pent 20)	Isa 25:1-9	Ps 23	Phil 4:1-13	Matt 22:1-14	Read all
October 22		Lectionary 29 (Pent 21)	Isa 45:1-7	Ps 96	1 Thess 1:1-10	Matt 22:15-22	Read all
October 29		Reformation Sunday or Lectionary 30 (Pent 22)	Jer 31:31-34 or Lev 19:1-2, 15-18	Ps 46 or Ps 1	Rom 3:19-28 or 1 Thess 2:1-8	John 8:31-36 or Matt 22:34-46	Read all
November 05		All Saints Sunday or Lectionary 31 (Pent 23)	Rev 7:9-17 or Micah 3:5-12	Ps 34:1-10, 22 or Ps 45	1 John 3:1-3 or 1 Thess 2:9-13	Matt 5:1-12 or Matt 23:1-12	Read all
November 12		Lectionary 32 (Pent 24)	Amos 5:18-24	Ps 70	1 Thess 4:13-18	Matt 25:1-13	Read all
November 19		Lectionary 33 (Pent 25)	Zeph 1:7, 12-18	Ps 90:1-12	1 Thess 5:1-11	Matt 25:14-30	Read all
November 23		Thanksgiving (U.S.A.)	Deut 8:7-18	Ps 65	2 Cor 9:6-15	Luke 17:11-19	Read all
November 26		Christ the King	Ezek 34:11-24	Ps 95	Eph 1:15-23	Matt 25:31-46	Read all
December 03		First Sunday of Advent	Isaiah 64:1-9	Ps 80:1-7, 17-19	1 Cor 1:3-9	Mark 13:24-37	Read all
December 10		Second Sunday of Advent	Isaiah 40:1-11	Ps 85	2 Peter 3:8-18	Mark 1:1-8	Read all
December 17		Third Sunday of Advent	Isaiah 61:1-11	Ps 126 or Luke 1:46b-55	1 Thess 5:16-28	John 1:6-8, 19-28	Read all
December 24		Fourth Sunday of Advent	2 Sam 7:1-11, 16	Luke 1:46b-55 or Ps 89:1-4, 19-26	Rom 16:25-27	Luke 1:26-38	Read all
December 25		The Nativity of Our Lord	Isaiah 9:1-7	Psalm 96	Titus 2:11-14	Luke 2:1-20	Read all
December 31		First Sunday after Christmas	Isaiah 61:10-62:3	Psalm 148	Galatians 4:4-7	Luke 2:21-40	Read all