Graph Of How Much Three Year Lectionary Covers Of Bible

All of the Gospels, almost all of the epistles, and much of the theoolgically related parts of the OT fall into the group of readings that are presented in 3 quotcyclesquot over three years. That represents so much more of the Bible being presented to Catholics in a Catholic setting than in any other community.

The three-year cycle lectionary used today was developed as a result of the Second Vatican Council's desire to increase the amount of Scripture proclaimed during the liturgy.

Three-Year Lectionary Cycle Overview. The Catholic Church uses a three-year lectionary cycle for Sunday readings. Each year focuses on a specific Gospel Catholic Mass covers a large part of the Bible over three years. Readings come from both Old and New Testaments. This ensures a thorough coverage of biblical texts throughout the year.

Lectionary 149 Reading 1 Jer 317-9 Psalm Ps 1261-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 Reading 2 Heb 51-6 Gospel Mk 1046-52. As a Catholic, I've often wondered how much of the Bible is included in the lectionary. Fortunately, Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D. compiled a website with statistics on many aspects of the lectionary which help to answer this question.

However, since many parts of the Bible esp. the Old Testament are still not included in the Lectionary, one must go beyond the readings used at Mass to cover the entire Bible. The following tables compare the current edition of the Lectionary for Mass 1981 Latin, 19982002 USA editions

The right chart looks at the total fraction covered, including all three years. The left chart shows the three-year structure for the most part, Year A tells the stories of the patriarches in the Old Testament, and Matthew's gospel in the New Year B covers the history of the kings and Mark's gospel and Year C has the writings of the prophets

The past few years I've been reading the weekly lectionary to my kids now ages 2 amp 5. I love being in God's Word with them on a frequent basis. But I also wonder how much of the lectionary doesn't cover parts of the Bible. I googled what percentage of the bible is used in Continue reading What percentage of the bible is used in the lectionary?

One of the very common statements I hear over and over again by Catholics is that if you attend every daily Mass plus the Sunday Mass, you will have heard for all intents and purposes, the entire Bible. It is true that the current Lectionary for Mass covers much more Scripture than the Lectionary prior to Vatican II.

raitchi2 June 4, 2020 at 704 pm. I kind of wonder if the BCP 1662's first lectionary should be seen as the standard and move forward in time. I mean that was a lot of ground covered OT apocrypha once per year and NT x 3 per year psalms x12 per year.

Sunday Masses use a three-year cycle of readings, whereas daily Masses use a two-year cycle. It has been reported by Fr. Felix Just, S.J., that the Sunday and weekday Lectionaries contain 13.5 percent of the Old Testament not counting the Psalms