Proper Lessons to Be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and Other Holy-Days Throughout the Year
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Lessons Proper for Sundays
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|MATTINS |EVENSONG
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Sundays of Advent | |
The First |Isaiah 1 |Isaiah 2 or Isaiah 4, v. 2
Second |—5 |—11, to v. 11 “—24
Third |—25 |26 “—28, v. 5 to v. 19
Fourth |—30, to v. 27 |—32 “—33, v. 2 to v. 23
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Sundays after | |
Christmas | |
The First |—35 |—38 “—40
Second |—42 |—43 “—44
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Sundays after the | |
Epiphany | |
The First |—51 |—52, v. 13 & 53 “—54
Second |—55 |—57 “—61
Third |—62 |—65 “—66
Fourth |Job 27 |Job 28” Job 29
Fifth |Prov. 1 |Prov. 3” Prov. 8
Sixth |—9 |—11 “—15
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Septuagesima |Gen. 1 & 2, to v. 4 |Gen 2., v. 4” Job 38
2nd Lesson |Rev. 21, to v. 9 |Rev. 21, v. 9 to
| | 22, v. 6
Sexagesima |Gen. 3 |Gen. 6” Gen. 8
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Quinquagesima |—9, to v. 20 |—12 “—13
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Sundays in Lent | |
The First |—19, v. 12 to v. 30 |—22, to v. 20 “—23
Second |—27, to v. 41 |—28 “—32
Third |—37 |—39 “—40
Fourth |—42 |—43 “—45
Fifth |Exod. 3 |Exod. 5” Exod. 6, to v. 14
Sixth |—9 |—10 “—11
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2nd Lesson |Matt. 26 |Luke 19, v. 28” Luke 20, v. 9 to
| | v. 21
Easter-day |Exod. 12, to v. 29 |Exod. 12, v. 29” Exod. 14
2nd Lesson |—Rev. 1, v. 10 to |John 29, v. 11” Rev. 5
| v. 10 |
Sundays after | |
Easter | |
The First |Numb. 16, to v. 36 |Numb. 16, v. 36” Numb. 17, to v. 12
2nd Lesson |1 Cor. 15, to v. 29 |John 20, v. 24
| | to v. 30
Second |Numb. 20, to v. 14 |Numb. 20, v. 14 “—, v. 10
| | to 21, v. 10
Third |—22 |—23 “—24
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Lessons Proper for Sundays
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|MATTINS |EVENSONG
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Sundays after | |
Easter | |
Fourth |Deut. 4, to v. |Deut. 4, v. 23 to or Deut. 5
| 23 | v. 41
Fifth |—6 |—9 “—10
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Sunday after | |
Ascension-day |—30 |—34” Joshua 1
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Whitsunday |—16, to v. 18 |Isaiah 11 “Ezek. 36, v. 25
2nd Lesson |Rom. 8, to v. 18 |Gal. 5, v. 16” Acts 18, v. 24 to 19,
| | v. 21
Trinity Sunday |Isaiah 6, to v. |Gen. 18 “Gen. 1&2, to v. 4
| 11 |
2nd Lesson |Rev. 1, to v. 9 |Eph. 4, to v. 17” Matt. 3
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Sundays after | |
Trinity | |
Second |Judges 4 |Judges 5 “Judges 6, v. 11
Third |1 Sam. 2, to v. |1 Sam. 3” 1 Sam. 4, to v. 19
| 27 |
Fourth |—12 |—13 “Ruth 1
Fifth |—15, to v. 24 |—16” 1 Sam. 17
Sixth |2 Sam. 1 |2 Sam. 12, to v. 24 “2 Sam. 18
Seventh |1 Chron. 21 |1 Chron. 22” 1 Chron. 28, v. 21
Eighth |—29, v. 9 to |2 Chron. 1 “1 Kings 3
| 29 |
Ninth |1 Kings 10, to |1 Kings 11, to v. 15 “—11, v. 26
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Tenth |—12 |—13 “—17
Eleventh |—18 |—19 “—21
Twelfth |—22, to v. 41 |2 Kings 2, to v. 16” 2 Kings 4, v. 8 to
| | v. 38
Thirteenth |2 Kings 5 |—6, to v. 32 “—7
Fourteenth |—9 |—10, to v. 32 “—13
Fifteenth |—18 |—19 “—23, to v. 31
Sixteenth |2 Chron. 36 |Nehem. 1&2, to v. 9” Nehem. 8
Seventeenth |Jerem. 5 |Jerem. 22” Jerem. 35
Eighteenth |—36 |Ezek. 2” Ezek. 13, to v. 17
Nineteenth |Ezek. 14 |—18 “—24, v. 15
Twentieth |—24 |—37” Daniel 1
Twenty-first |Daniel 3 |Daniel 4 “—5
Twenty-second |—6 |—7, v. 9 “—12
Twenty-third |Hosea 14 |Joel 2, v. 21” Joel 3, v. 9
Twenty-fourth |Amos 3 |Amos 5” Amos 9
Twenty-fifth |Micah 4&5, to |Micah 6” Micah 7
| v. 8 |
Twenty-sixth |Habak. 2 |Habak. 3” Zephaniah 3
Twenty-seventh |Eccles. 11&12 |Haggai 2, to v. 10” Malachi 3&4
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Note that the Lessons appointed in the above Table for the Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity shall always be read on the Sunday next before Advent.
Lessons Proper for Holy-Days———————————————————————————————————————————- ———————————————————————————————————————————- |MATTINS |EVENSONG ———————————————————————————————————————————- St Andrew | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 54 |Isaiah 65 to v. 17 2nd Lesson |John 1, v. 35 to v. 43 |John 12, v. 20 to v. 42 | | St Thomas | | 1st Lesson |Job 42, to v. 7 |Isaiah 35 2nd Lesson |John 20, v. 19 to v. 24 |John 14, v. 8 | | Nativity of Christ | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 9, to v. 8 |Isaiah 7, v. 10 to v. 17 2nd Lesson |Luke 2, to v. 15 |Titus 3, v. 4 to v. 9 | | St Stephen | | 1st Lesson |Gen. 4, to v. 11 |2 Chron. 24, v. 15 to v. 23 2nd Lesson |Acts 6 |Acts 8, to v. 9 | | St John Evangelist | | 1st Lesson |Exod. 33, v. 9 |Isaiah 6 2nd Lesson |John 13, v. 23 to v. 36 |Rev. 1 | | Innocents’-day | | 1st Lesson |Jerem. 31, to v. 18 |Baruch 4, v. 21 to v. 31 | | Circumcision | | 1st Lesson |Gen. 17, v. 9 |Deut. 10, v. 12 2nd Lesson |Rom. 2, v. 17 |Col. 2, v. 8 to v. 18 | | Epiphany | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 60 |Isaiah 49, v. 13 to v. 24 2nd Lesson |Luke 3, v. 15 to v. 23 |John 2, to v. 12 | | Conversion of St Paul | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 49, to v. 13 |Jerem. 1, to v. 11 2nd Lesson |Gal. 1, v. 11 |Acts 26, to v. 21 | | Purification of the | | Virgin Mary | | 1st Lesson |Exod. 13, to v. 17 |Haggai 2, to v. 10 | | St Matthias | | 1st Lesson |1 Sam. 2, v. 27 to v. 36 |Isaiah 22, v. 15 | | Annunciation of our | | Lady | | 1st Lesson |Gen. 3, to v. 16 |Isaiah 52, v. 7 to v. 13 | | Ash Wednesday | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 58, to v. 13 |Jonah 3 2nd Lesson |Mark 2, v. 13 to v. 23 |Heb. 12, v. 3 to v. 18
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