Lessons for Year A (2022-23)
Below is a complete list of all (potential) lessons for Liturgical Year A, including holy days. Some lessons will not be applicable during a given liturgical year. For example, depending on the date of Easter Sunday, in some years some lessons from the 4th through 8th Sunday after Epiphany and some of Propers 1 through 7 after Pentecost may not be applicable.
Lessons Year A ~
Lessons Year A ~
Click the down arrow on the right to see the readings for each church season. Then click on the lesson you wish to read or download.
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Christmas Day Selection 1, Years ABC (Used Christmas Eve)
Christmas Day Selection 2, Years ABC
Christmas Day Selection 3, Years ABC (Used Christmas Day)
A Festival of 9 Lessons and Carols, Years ABC (NRSV)
A Festival of 7 Lessons and Carols, Years ABC (NRSV)
Holy Innocents, Years ABC
(December 28, Observed if Sunday)
1st Sunday after Christmas, Years ABC (Use Holy Name if Jan. 1)
Holy Name, Years ABC
(January 1, Observed if Sunday)
2nd Sunday after Christmas, Years ABC -
Epiphany of the Lord, Years ABC (January 6)
1st Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (Baptism of the Lord)
Confession of St. Peter, Years ABC (January 18)
2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A
3rd Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A
4th Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (Use The Presentation when Feb. 2 is Sunday)
Presentation of the Lord, Years ABC (February 2, Replaces Epiphany 4 if Sunday)
5th Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A
6th Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A
7th Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A
Lessons Year A ~
Lessons Year A ~
Click the down arrow on the right to see the readings for each church season. Then click on the lesson you wish to read or download.
Lessons Year A ~
Lessons Year A ~
Click the down arrow on the right to see the readings for each church season. Then click on the lesson you wish to read or download.
Note: The Revised Common Lectionary has two tracks of readings during Pentecost. We have mostly used Track 1 (sometimes labeled "Alt1" on the PDF) but there is also Track 2 (sometimes labeled "Alt2" on the PDF) in the lessons from Proper 1 through Proper 29.
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Proper 1, Year A
(Sunday closest to May 11)Proper 2, Year A
(Sunday closest to May 18)Proper 3, Year A
(Sunday closest to June 1)Proper 4, Year A
(Sunday closest to June 15)Proper 5, Year A
(Sunday closest to June 22)Proper 6, Year A
(Sunday closest to June 22)Proper 7, Year A
(Sunday closest to June 29)St. Peter & St. Paul, Years ABC
(June 29)Proper 8, Year A (Use St. Peter & St. Paul if Sunday is June 29)
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Proper 10, Year A
(Sunday closest to July 13)Proper 11, Year A
(Sunday closest to July 20)Proper 12, Year A
(Sunday closest to July 27)Proper 13, Year A
(Sunday closest to August 3; use Transfiguration if it's Sunday)The Transfiguration, Years ABC (August 6)
Proper 14, Year A
(Sunday closest to August 10)Proper 15, Year A
(Sunday closest to August 17)Proper 16, Year A
(Sunday closest to August 24)Proper 17, Year A
(Sunday closest to August 31)Proper 18, Year A
(Sunday closest to September 7)Proper 19, Year A
(Sunday closest to September 14)Proper 20, Year A
(Sunday closest to September 21) -
St. Francis of Assisi, Years ABC (October 4 or Sunday after)
Proper 22, Year A
(Sunday closest to October 5)Proper 23, Year A
(Sunday closest to October 12)Proper 24, Year A
(Sunday closest to October 19)Proper 25, Year A
(Sunday closest to October 26)All Saints, Year A (November 1 or 1st Sunday in November)
Proper 26, Year A (Sunday closest to November 2; use All Saints on 1st Sunday in November)
Proper 27, Year A
(Sunday closest to November 9)Proper 28, Year A
(Sunday closest to November 16)Thanksgiving Day, Year A
(4th Thursday in November)Proper 29, Year A (Christ the King - Sunday closest to November 23)
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