Weekly Lectionary

Readings for April 7, 2023: Good Friday

The Crucifixion (1627) by Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664)

• Isaiah 52:13—53:12
• Psalm 22 
• Psalm 31 (Alternative)
• Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9
• Hebrews 10:16-25 (Alternative)
• John 18:1—19:42

Readings for April 6, 2023: Holy (Maundy) Thursday

Christ Washing the Apostles Feet (1632) by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

• John 13:1-35
• Exodus 12:1-14
• Exodus 24:3-11 (Alternative)
• Psalm 116: 1-2, 10-19 
• 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 
• Hebrews 9:11-22 (Alternative)
• Matthew 26:17-30

Readings for April 2, 2023: Palm Sunday / Passion Sunday

Liturgy of the Palms

• Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
• Matthew 21:1-11

Liturgy of the Passion

• Isaiah 50:4-9a
• Psalm 22:8-9, 17-24.  (Catholic Mass)
• Psalm 31:9-16
• Philippians 2:5-11
• Matthew 26:14-27:66 

Readings for March 26, 2023: The Fourth Sunday in Lent

Raising of Lazarus (1304-1306) by Giotto di Bondone “Giotto” (1266-1337)

• Ezekiel 37:1-14
• Psalm 130
• Romans 8:1-11
• John 11:1-53

Readings for March 19, 2023: The Fourth Sunday in Lent

Healing of the Man Born Blind (1567) by El Greco (1541-1614)

• 1 Samuel 16:1-13 
• Isaiah 42:14-21 (Alternative) 
• Psalm 23 
• Psalm 142 (Alternative)
• Ephesians 5:8-14
• John 9:1-41

Readings for March 12 2023: The Third Sunday in Lent

Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well (1644) by Lorenzo Lippi (1606-1665)

• Exodus 17:1-7 
• Psalm 95 (1) 
• Romans 5:1-11 
• John 4:5-42

Readings for March 5, 2023: The Second Sunday in Lent

Jesus and Nicodemus (c. 1645) by Crijn Hendricksz Volmarijn (1601-1645)

Protestant Church 

• Genesis 12:1-9
• Psalm 121
• Romans 4:1-8,13-17
• John 3:1-17

Catholic Mass

• Genesis 12:1-4a
• Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22.
• 2 Timothy 1:8b-10
• Matthew 17:1-9

Readings for February 26, 2023 The First Sunday in Lent

Christ in the Wilderness (1872) by Ivan Kramskoi (1837-1887)

• Genesis 2: 7-9, 15-17; 3:1-7 
• Genesis 3:1-21 (Alternative)
• Psalm 32 
• Psalm 51:, 3-6,12-17 (Catholic Mass)
• Romans 5: 12-19
• Matthew 4:1-11

Readings for Ash Wednesday February 22, 2023

Christ on the Cross Between the Virgin and Saint John (1493) by Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528)

• Joel 2:1-2, 12-19 or 
• Isaiah 58:1-12 (Alternative)
• Psalm 51:1-19 
• Psalm 103 (Alternative)
• 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10 
• Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Readings for February 19, 2023

The Transfiguration (1560-65) by Titian (c. 1488/90 – 1576)

Readings for February 19, 2023

Protestant Churches: Transfiguration Sunday

• Exodus 24:8-18
• Psalm 2 
• Psalm 99 (Alternative)
• 2 Peter 1:16-21
• Matthew 17:1-9

Catholic Mass

• Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18
• Psalm 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13
• 1 Corinthians 3:16-23
• Matthew 5:38-48