Welcome to Lectionary Readings for the Easter Season: Acts, Revelation, John

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Welcome toLectionary Readings for the Easter
SeasonActs, Revelation, John

• Felix Just, S.J. March 31, 2007
• LMU Extension Center for Religion Spirituality

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Welcome! Todays Schedule

• 930 Welcome Intros
• 945 Lectionary Seasonal Overview
• 1045 Break
• 1100 Gospel Readings according to John
• 1200 Lunch
• 100 1st Readings Acts of the Apostles
• 200 Break
• 215 2nd Readings Book of Revelation
• 315 Conclusion Evaluations
• 330 Departure

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Liturgical Year Overview

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E A S T E R

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Lent, EASTER, Pentecost

• Lent Preparatory season of fasting prayer
• Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday (40 days?)
• EASTER Resurrection of Jesus
• Easter Triduum (3 holy days Thurs. eve Sun.
  eve)
• Holy Thursday (Last Supper) Good Friday
  (Crucifixion)
• Easter Vigil (Sat. evening baptism of
  neophytes)
• Easter Sunday (Sun. after first full moon in
  Spring)
• Easter Octave (one full week 8 days Sun. to
  Sun.)
• Easter Season (7 weeks 50 days, till Pentecost)
• Ascension of the Lord (40th day Thursday or
  6th Sunday)
• Pentecost Coming of Holy Spirit (Acts 2)

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CHRISTMASThe Nativityof the Lord

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Advent, CHRISTMAS, Epiphany

• Advent Season of preparation waiting
• begins 4 Sundays before Christmas (rarely 4 full
  weeks)
• CHRISTMAS Birth/Nativity of Jesus
• Christmas Eve Day Dec. 24/25
• Four Masses Vigil, Midnight, Dawn, Day
• Special Feasts during Christmas Season
• St. Stephen, St. John Evangelist, Holy Innocents,
  etc.
• Christmas Octave, Jan. 1 Mary / Naming Jesus /
  World Peace
• Epiphany Coming of the Magi (Matt 2)
• Jan. 6 (trad.) or moved to closest Sunday Jan.
  2-8
• Baptism of the Lord Christmas Season ends

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Ordinary Time

• OT I between seasons of Christmas Lent
• Between 5 and 8 weeks (dep. on date of Easter?)
• Called Sundays after Epiphany by some
  Protestants
• OT II after Pentecost to next years Advent
• Up to 34 weeks last Sunday called Christ the
  King
• Called Sundays after Pentecost by some
  Protestants
• Other Feasts
• Lesser Events related to Jesus
• Feasts of Mary the Saints
• Memorials of the Deceased

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Lectionary Development

• 1570 Pope Pius V
• Two Readings
• Epistle
• Gospel
• (same each year)
• (almost never OT)

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Vatican Council II

• The treasures of the Bible are to be opened
  up more lavishly, so that richer fare may be
  provided for the faithful at the table of God's
  word. In this way a more representative portion
  of the holy scriptures will be read to the people
  in the course of a prescribed number of years.
  (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, 51)

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Lectionary History (cont.)

• Lectionary for Mass(biblical readings)

• Sacramentary(texts spoken by the priest)

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Lectionary Structure

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Lectionary Structure Sundays

• Three Main Readings
• OT Reading Responsorial Psalm
• NT Epistles Gospel Acclamation
• NT Gospel
• 3-Year Cycle
• Matthew (2005)
• Mark (2006)
• Luke (2007)

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Readings for the Easter Triduum
Day/Feast 1st Reading 2nd Reading Gospel
Holy Thurs. Exod 121-8, 11-14 1 Cor 1123-26 John 131-15
Good Fri. Isa 5213 5312 Heb 414-16 57-9 John 181 1942
Easter Vigil 1) Gen 11 22 or 1, 26-31a2) Gen 221-18 (or shorter)3) Exod 1415 1514) Isa 545-145) Isa 551-116) Bar 39-15, 32-447) Ezek 3616-17a, 18-28 Rom 63-11 A) Matt 281-10 B) Mark 161-7 C) Luke 241-12
Easter Sun. Acts 1034a, 37-43 Col 31-4 or1 Cor 56b-8 John 201-9 orLuke 2413-35 (p.m.)
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Readings for the Easter Season (I)
Day/Feast 1st Reading 2nd Reading Gospel
Sun. 2-6 (A) Acts 2, 2, 2, 6, 8 1 Peter (excerpts) John 2019-31 Luke 2413-35 John 10, 14, 14
Sun. 2-6 (B) Acts 4, 3, 4, 9, 10 1 John (excerpts) John 2019-31 Luke 2435-48 John 10, 15, 15
Sun. 2-6 (C) Acts 5, 5, 13, 14, 15 Revelation (excerpts) John 2019-31 John 211-19 John 10, 13, 14
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Readings for the Easter Season (II)
Day/Feast 1st Reading 2nd Reading Gospel
Ascension Acts 11-11 A) Eph 117-23 B) Eph 41-13 C) Heb 924-28 1019-23 A) Matt 2816-20 B) Mark 1615-20 C) Luke 2446-53
Pentecost Vigil (ABC) Gen 11 or Exod 19 or Ezek 37 or Joel 3 Rom 822-27 John 737-39
PentecostSunday (ABC) Acts 21-11 A) 1 Cor 12 B) Gal 516-25 C) Rom 88-17 A) John 2019-23 B) John 1526-27 1612-15 C) John 1414-16, 23b-26