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Monday, August 27, 2012

Responsorial Psalms & the Liturgical Cycle

I find this helps in the understanding the Responsorial Psalms & the Liturgical Cycles for the Sunday Missal and the Week-DAY Missal.

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Liturgical Cycle

• The Lectionary is arranged into two cycles, one for Sundays and one for weekdays

• The Sunday cycle is divided into three years, labeled A, B, and C. 2005 is Year A, 2006 will be Year B, 2007 will be Year C, and so on. 

• The Liturgical Year begins on the 1st Sunday of Advent (usually late November) and ends with the Feast of Christ the King.

• In Year A, we read mostly from the gospel of Matthew. 
• In Year B, we read the gospel of Mark and chapter 6 of the gospel of John. 
• In Year C, we read the gospel of Luke. The gospel of John is read during the Easter season in all three years.

• The first reading, usually from the Old Testament, reflects important themes from the gospel reading. 
• The second reading is usually from one of the epistles, a letter written to an early church community. 
• These letters are read semi-continuously. 
• Each Sunday, we pick up close to where we left off the Sunday before, though some passages are never read.

• The weekday cycle is divided into two years, Year I and Year II
• Year I is read in odd-numbered years (2003, 2005, etc.) and Year II is used in even-numbered years (2002, 2004, etc.) 
• The gospels for both years are the same. 
• During the year, the gospels are read semi-continuously, beginning with Mark, then moving on to Matthew and Luke. 
• The gospel of John is read during the Easter season. For Advent , Christmas, and Lent , readings are chosen that are appropriate to the season. 
• The first reading on weekdays may be taken from the Old or the New Testament. 
• Typically, a single book is read semi-continuously (i.e. some passages are not read) until it is finished and then a new book is started.

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