Calendar, Lectionary and Collects

Lent

Ash Wednesday

Principal Service Years A, B, C
	Joel 2.1-2,12-17 or Isaiah 58.1-12 Psalm 51.1-17 2 Corinthians 5.20b – 6.10 Matthew 6.1-6,16-21 or John 8.1-11
Second Service Years A, B, C
	Psalm 102* Isaiah 1.10-18 Luke 15.11-32
Third Service Years A, B, C
	Psalm 38 Daniel 9.3-6,17-19 1 Timothy 6.6-19

The First Sunday of Lent

Year A	Year B	Year C
Principal Service
Genesis 2.15-17; 3.1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5.12-19 Matthew 4.1-11	Genesis 9.8-17 Psalm 25.1-10 1 Peter 3.18-22 Mark 1.9-15	Deuteronomy 26.1-11 Psalm 91.1-2,9-16* Romans 10.8b-13 Luke 4.1-13
Second Service
Psalm 50.1-15 Deuteronomy 6.4-9, 16-25 Luke 15.1-10	Psalm 119.17-32 Genesis 2.15-17; 3.1-7 Romans 5.12-19 or Luke 13.31-35	Psalm 119.73-88 Jonah 3 Luke 18.9-14
Third Service
Psalm 119.1-16 Jeremiah 18.1-11 Luke 18.9-14	Psalm 77 Exodus 34.1-10 Romans 10.8b-13	Psalm 50.1-15 Micah 6.1-8 Luke 5.27-39

The Second Sunday of Lent

Year A	Year B	Year C
Principal Service
Genesis 12.1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4.1-5,13-17 John 3.1-17	Genesis 17.1-7,15-16 Psalm 22.23-31 Romans 4.13-25 Mark 8.31-38	Genesis 15.1-12,17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3.17 – 4.1 Luke 13.31-35
Second Service
Psalm 135* Numbers 21.4-9 Luke 14.27-33	Psalm 135* Genesis 12.1-9 Hebrews 11.1-3,8-16	Psalm 135 Jeremiah 22.1-9,13-17 Luke 14.27-33
Third Service
Psalm 74 Jeremiah 22.1-9 Matthew 8.1-13	Psalm 105.1-6,37-45 Isaiah 51.1-11 Galatians 3.1-9,23-29	Psalm 119.161-176 Genesis 17.1-7,15-16 Romans 11.13-24

The Third Sunday of Lent

Year A	Year B	Year C
Principal Service
Exodus 17.1-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5.1-11 John 4.5-42	Exodus 20.1-17 Psalm 19* 1 Corinthians 1.18-25 John 2.13-22	Isaiah 55.1-9 Psalm 63.1-8 1 Corinthians 10.1-13 Luke 13.1-9
Second Service
Psalm 40 Joshua 1.1-9 Ephesians 6.10-20 If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel: John 2.13-22	Psalms 11, 12 Exodus 5.1 – 6.1 Philippians 3.4b-14 or Matthew 10.16-22	Psalms 12, 13 Genesis 28.10-19a John 1.35-51
Third Service
Psalm 46 Amos 7.10-17 2 Corinthians 1.1-11	Psalm 18.1-24 Jeremiah 38 Philippians 1.1-26	Psalms 26, 28 Deuteronomy 6.4-9 John 17.1a,11b-19

The Fourth Sunday of Lent

Year A	Year B	Year C
Principal Service
1 Samuel 16.1-13 Psalm 23 Ephesians 5.8-14 John 9.1-41	Numbers 21.4-9 Psalm 107.1-3,17-22* Ephesians 2.1-10 John 3.14-21	Joshua 5.9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5.16-21 Luke 15.1-3,11b-32
Second Service
Psalm 31.1-16 or 31.1-8 Micah 7 or Prayer of Manasseh James 5 If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel: John 3.14-21	Psalms 13, 14 Exodus 6.2-13 Romans 5.1-11 If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel: John 12.1-8	Psalm 30 Prayer of Manasseh or Isaiah 40.27 – 41.13 2 Timothy 4.1-18 If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel: John 11.17-44
Third Service
Psalm 19 Isaiah 43.1-7 Ephesians 2.8-14	Psalm 27 1 Samuel 16.1-13 John 9.1-25	Psalms 84, 85 Genesis 37.3-4,12-36 1 Peter 2.16-25
If the Principal Service readings have been displaced by Mothering Sunday provisions, they may be used at the Second Service.

Mothering Sunday

Principal Service Years A, B, C
	Exodus 2.1-10 or 1 Samuel 1.20-28 Psalm 34.11-20 or Psalm 127.1-4 2 Corinthians 1.3-7 or Colossians 3.12-17 Luke 2.33-35 or John 19.25-27

The Fifth Sunday of Lent

Passiontide begins

Year A	Year B	Year C
Principal Service
Ezekiel 37.1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8.6-11 John 11.1-45	Jeremiah 31.31-34 Psalm 51.1-12 or Psalm 119.9-16 Hebrews 5.5-10 John 12.20-33	Isaiah 43.16-21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3.4b-14 John 12.1-8
Second Service
Psalm 30 Lamentations 3.19-33 Matthew 20.17-34	Psalm 34* Exodus 7.8-24 Romans 5.12-21 If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel: Luke 22.1-13	Psalm 35* 2 Chronicles 35.1-6, 10-16 Luke 22.1-13
Third Service
Psalm 86 Jeremiah 31.27-37 John 12.20-33	Psalm 107.1-22 Exodus 24.3-8 Hebrews 12.18-29	Psalms 111, 112 Isaiah 35.1-10 Romans 7.21 – 8.4

Palm Sunday

Year A	Year B	Year C
Principal Service
Liturgy of the Palms: Matthew 21.1-11 Psalm 118.1-2,19-29* Liturgy of the Passion: Isaiah 50.4-9a Psalm 31.9-16* Philippians 2.5-11 Matthew 26.14 – 27.66 or Matthew 27.11-54	Liturgy of the Palms: Mark 11.1-11 or John 12.12-16 Psalm 118.1-2,19-24* Liturgy of the Passion: Isaiah 50.4-9a Psalm 31.9-16* Philippians 2.5-11 Mark 14.1 – 15.47 or Mark 15.1-39[40-47]	Liturgy of the Palms: Luke 19.28-40 Psalm 118.1-2,19-29* Liturgy of the Passion: Isaiah 50.4-9a Psalm 31.9-16* Philippians 2.5-11 Luke 22.14 – 23.56 or Luke 23.1-49
Second Service
Psalm 80 Isaiah 5.1-7 Matthew 21.33-46	Psalm 69.1-18 Isaiah 5.1-7 Mark 12.1-12	Psalm 69.1-18 Isaiah 5.1-7 Luke 20.9-19
Third Service
Psalms 61, 62 Zechariah 9.9-12 Luke 16.19-31	Psalms 61, 62 Zechariah 9.9-12 1 Corinthians 2.1-12	Psalms 61, 62 Zechariah 9.9-12 1 Corinthians 2.1-12

Monday of Holy Week

Principal Service
	Isaiah 42.1-9 Psalm 36.5-11 Hebrews 9.11-15 John 12.1-11
Second Service
	Psalm 41 Lamentations 1.1-12a Luke 22.1-23
Third Service
	Psalm 25 Lamentations 2.8-19 Colossians 1.18-23

Tuesday of Holy Week

Principal Service
	Isaiah 49.1-7 Psalm 71.1-14* 1 Corinthians 1.18-31 John 12.20-36
Second Service
	Psalm 27 Lamentations 3.1-18 Luke 22.24-53 (or 39-53)
Third Service
	Psalm 55.12-22 Lamentations 3.40-51 Galatians 6.11-18

Wednesday of Holy Week

Principal Service
	Isaiah 50.4-9a Psalm 70 Hebrews 12.1-3 John 13.21-32
Second Service
	Psalm 102* Wisdom 1.16 – 2.1; 2.12-22 or Jeremiah 11.18-20 Luke 22.54-71
Third Service
	Psalm 88 Isaiah 63.1-9 Revelation 14.18 – 15.4

Maundy Thursday

Principal Service
	Exodus 12.1-4[5-10] 11-14 Psalm 116.1-2,12-19* 1 Corinthians 11.23-26 John 13.1-17,31b-35
Second Service
	Psalm 39 Leviticus 16.2-24 Luke 23.1-25
Third Service
	Psalms 42, 43 Exodus 11 Ephesians 2.11-18

Good Friday

Principal Service
	Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12 Psalm 22* Hebrews 10.16-25 or Hebrews 4.14-16; 5.7-9 John 18.1 – 19.42
Second Service
	Psalms 130, 143 Genesis 22.1-18 A part of John 18-19 if not used at the Principal Service especially in the evening, John 19.38-42 or Colossians 1.18-23
Third Service
	Psalm 69 Lamentations 5.15-22 A part of John 18-19 if not read at the Principal Service or Hebrews 10.1-10

Easter Eve

These readings are for use at services other than the Easter Vigil.

Principal Service
	Job 14.1-14 or Lamentations 3.1-9, 19-24 Psalm 31.1-4,15-16* 1 Peter 4.1-8 Matthew 27.57-66 or John 19.38-42
Second Service
	Psalm 142 Hosea 6.1-6 John 2.18-22
Third Service
	Psalm 116 Job 19.21-27 1 John 5.5-12