Episcopal Lectionary for Second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 4, 2016

The Second Sunday of Advent, December 4, 2016

The Old Testament: Isaiah 11: 1 – 10 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 72: 1 – 7, 18 – 19 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle Romans 15: 4 – 13 read from the International Children’s Bible

The Gospel Matthew 3: 1 – 12 read from the King James Bible

The Closing Prayer: On December 10th we remember Thomas Merton, monk, poet and spiritual writer.

The First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2016

The First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2016

Old Testament: Isaiah 2: 1 – 5 read from the New Revised Standard Anglicised Version Bible

Psalm: 122 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Romans 13: 11 – 14 read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

The Gospel: Matthew 24:36-44 read from the God’s Word Bible

The Closing Prayer: On December 1st we remember Nicholas Ferrar, an English scholar, businessman and man of religion

Last Sunday after Pentecost. Christ the King Sunday, November 20, 2016

Old Testament: Jeremiah 21: 1 – 6 read from the New International Version Bible

Canticle 16 The Song of Zechariah read from the Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Colossians 1: 11 – 20 read from the New Living Translation Bible

The Gospel: Luke 23: 33 – 43 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On November 22nd we celebrate the life of CS Lewis, Scholar and Spiritual writer