Epiphany!

• Isaiah 60:1-6
• Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
• Ephesians 3:1-12
• Matthew 2:1-12

Readings for December 30, 2018

• 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26
• Psalm 148
• Colossians 3:12-17
• Luke 2:41-52

2018 Christmas Bonus!

Thanks for downloading this special edition of the Weekly Lectionary. Christmas is upon us; a blessed Christmas Season to you!  Many churches will have several services in this Christmas Season.  Some Christmas Eve services.  Some Christmas Day.  The Lectionary provides what is called Proper I Proper II and Proper III for the reading choices.  In this program, I have elected to go with Proper II and Proper III.  Proper II gives the complete Luke Gospel as is called for in either I or II, and some of the additional readings which we haven’t covered during Advent.  In Proper III, we will hear John, which to me, may be one of the most beautifully written passages in all of scripture.  

Proper II readings for Christmas 2018

• Isaiah 62:6-12 
• Psalm 97 (11) 
• Titus 3:4-7 
• Luke 2:[1-7] 8-20 

Proper II readings for Christmas 2018

• Isaiah 52:7-10 
• Psalm 98 (3) 
• Hebrews 1:1-4 [5-12] 
• John 1:1-14 

Here is wishing you a Blessed and very Merry Christmas!

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The Weekly Lectionary Revised Common Lectionary Readings for Sunday 12/23/2018, the Fourth Sunday of Advent

Micah 5:2-5a 

Psalm 80:1-7

Hebrews 10:5-10 

Luke 1:39-45 [46-55] 

Alternative Advent Readings for Sunday 12/23/2018, the Fourth Sunday of Advent

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Two Episodes for the price of one!  (Well, they are free…)

Episode #4

The Christian Scripture Readings for Sunday, December 16, 2018, The Third Sunday in Advent:

Zephaniah 3:14-20

Isaiah 12:2-6

Philippians 4:4-7

Luke 3:7-18

Afterward, we talk a little bit more about the customs around Advent.

Then we conclude with a prayer. 

Episode #5 BONUS: Alternative Readings for December 16, 2018, The Third Sunday in Advent

The Weekly Lectionary: Advent Bonus Episode #2: Readings for 12/16/2018

Isaiah 35: 1-7

Philippians 2:1-11

Ephesians 2: 1-7

Luke 1: 26-38

This is The Weekly Lectionary: Advent Bonus Part 1

The Episode is the “Bonus Series” of The Weekly Lectionary.  

Why the bonus series—and what will be a three part bonus-  Well, as with all good plans, things can change when reality meets those plans.  One of the reasons for this podcast was to make the weekly scripture readings accessible for folks to carry with them, as a way of  hearing and thinking and praying about the scripture readings that are in the offing for the next worship service.  Also, though, this would make readings accessible to those who can’t make the next service, either because of schedule or infirmity, or attend a church which doesn’t use the lectionary, or perhaps folks who don’t attend church at all.

You may recall, the Revised Common Lectionary is used by the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican/, Episcopal churches, and many other Protestant churches.  

In some churches, the pastor can use or not use the lectionary.  Our pastor devised an alternative lectionary for this season of Advent.  I thought it would be helpful to offer this Alternative lectionary to folks who might be interested in a different take on the Advent Season.  

This episode will have two separate weeks of readings. In that way it will cover last week’s and this week’s readings; that is Advent Week 1 and Advent Week 2.   In the next two weeks, I will “drop” a bonus episode alongside the regular episode. 

By the way, if your are looking for a church in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, check out our church, Christ the King Lutheran Church.  Here is our website!  http://www.ctkluth.org/

The Weekly Lectionary

Christian scripture readings for December 9, 2018, the second Sunday in Advent.  

Malachi 3:1-4 

Baruch 5:1-9 (alternate) 

Psalm: Luke 1:68-79 

Philippians 1:3-11 

Luke 3:1-6 

After the readings, we briefly discuss the meaning of Advent, and also a couple of curveballs thrown by the lectionary this week.

Welcome to the Weekly Lectionary, the website home for the podcast.  

Readings for Sunday, December 2, 2018

Sunday, Dec. 2 – First Sunday of Advent  Readings Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36

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Show Notes for December 2, 2018

Let’s talk a bit about what lectionary is, specifically, the lectionary used by many Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church.  The following information comes from the website for the committee which established the current Revised Common Lectionary; the Consultation on Common Texts.  http://www.commontexts.org

The Revised Common Lectionary in use today comes from work completed in 1992.  The modern lineage, though comes from the Common Lectionary, written in 1983, and both versions owe their creation to the Lectionary for Mass established by the Roman Catholic Church in 1969.  This Roman Catholic Lectionary of 1969 was a biproduct of the Second Vatican Council, who 1963 sought as its goal to increase the laity’s use and appreciation for the holy scripture.   After the 1969 Roman Catholic Lectionary, many churches recognized the value of a cohesive and standard use of the scriptures, and throughout the 1970’s it use exploded.  The 1983 version was a trial, wherein suggestions were sought, culminating in the work known as Revised Common Lectionary, again, first published in 1992. 

The Lectionary is organized into three different years; Year “A”, “B” & “C”.  The liturgical church year begins with the season of Advent, and we are now entering Year “C”.  In the “C” cycle, Luke is the focus of the Gospel.  Year A is Matthew, Year B is Mark.  John is interspersed and woven throughout each of the years.