Weekly Lectionary

Readings for June 25, 2023

Christ Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter (c. 1636-40) by Nicholas Poussin 1594 –1665)

• Jeremiah 20:7-13 
• Genesis 21:8-21 (Semi-continuous)
• Psalm 69:1-18 / 33-35
• Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 (Semi-continuous)
• Psalm 91 (Alternative)
• Romans 5:12-15 (Catholic Mass)
• Romans 6:1-11 
• Matthew 10:5, 21-39

Readings for June 18, 2023

Abraham and the Three Angels (1656) by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621 –1674)

• Exodus 19:2-8
• Genesis 18:1-15 [21:1-7] (Alternative) 
• Psalm 100 
• Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19. (Alternative)
• Romans 5:1-15
• Matthew 9:35- 10 -23

Readings for June 11, 2023

The Calling of St Matthew (1599-1600) by Amerighi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)

Catholic Mass

• Deuteronomy  8:2-3, 14-16
• Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20
• 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
• John 6:51-58

Protestant Worship

• Hosea 5:15—6:6 
• Genesis 12:1-9 (Alternative)
• Psalm 50:7-15 
• Psalm 33:1-12  (Alternative)
• Romans 4:13-25 
• Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Readings for June 4, 2023

Jesus Christ and Nicodemus (ca 1640-1650) by Matthias Stomer (c. 1600 – after 1652) 

Protestant Worship

• Genesis 1:1—2:4a
• Psalm 8
• Acts 2:14a, 22-36
• Matthew 28:16-20

Catholic Mass

• Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9
• Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56
• 2 Corinthians 13:11-13
• John 3:16-18

Readings for May 28, 2023: Pentecost Sunday

“Pentecost” (1732) by Jean Restout II (1692–1768).

• Numbers 11:24-30
• Acts 2:1-21 
• Psalm 25:1-15 
• Psalm 104:1, 24-34 ,37 (Alternative)
• 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 (or Acts 2:1-21)
• John 7:37-39 
• John 20:19-23. (Catholic & some Protestants)

Readings for May 21, 2023: The Seventh Sunday of Easter

The Last Supper(c. 1495-1498) by Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519)

• Acts 1:6-26
• Psalm 27:1, 4, 7-8  (Catholic Mass)
• Psalm 68:1-10, 32-36
• 1 Peter 4:12-19; 5:6-11
• John 17:1-11

Readings for May 14, 2023: The Sixth Sunday of Easter

“Trinity” (1410) by Andrei Rublev (c.1360 -c. 1427)

• Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 (Catholic Mass)
• Acts 17:16-31
• Psalm 66:1-20
• 1 Peter 3:13-22
• John 14:15-21

Readings for May 7, 2023: The Fifth Sunday of Easter

The Resurrection of Christ (1492-1493) by Andrea Mantegna (c.1431 – 1506)

• Acts 6:1-9; 7:2, 51-60
• Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16
• Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 (Catholic Mass)
• Psalm 146
• 1 Peter 2:2-10
• John 14:1-14

Readings for April 30, 2023: The Fourth Sunday of Easter

The Good Shepherd (16??) attributed to Philippe de Champaigne (1602 -1674)

• Acts 2:14a, 36-41. (Catholic Mass)
• Acts 2:42-47
• Psalm 23
• 1 Peter 2:19-25
• John 10:1-10

Readings for April 23, 2023: The Third Sunday of Easter

The Supper at Emmaus ( 1601) by Caravaggio (1571 – 1610)

• Acts 2:14a, 22-41
• Psalm 16:1-11 (Catholic Church)
• Psalm 116:1-19 (Protestant Churches)
• 1 Peter 1:17-25
• Luke 24:13-35