The Offices in our prayer book are rooted in monasticism. The structure of these services is constant. Entrance Sentences, the Psalter, the Word or Lessons each followed by a Canticle, the Apostles’ Creed, the Collects, and the Closing Prayers. The rubrics for use in the Book of Common Prayer begin on page 934. The bcp office will always use the lessons to consecutively walk you through the Bible in order. Readings are listed in bcp beginnng on page 936.
The two different views of the SAME LECTIONARY are Satucket which does a few months ahead or the Episcopal Church site which offers the whole year.
Satucket: [click on numeral for day based readings]; while monastics will use every feast day [click on saint name] and return to the daily office lessons in absence of a feast day. The main page gives links for the next two Sundays, links by season for both NRSV and RSV translations, and links to the daily office readings in both translations. The calendar view goes out about five months in a calendar page (click on the number of the day for the day’s reading or on the feast name for the Feast Day readings.
Lectionary Calendar on the Episcopal Church website has the current month (with navigation to all months/years). The feast days have a green bar and revised common lectionary pages a maroon bar. You can navigate by month/year at the top of any page by choosing the month and year and clicking GO. The feast day pages include icons and a short bio of the saint at the bottom of the page.
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