With Links to the Lessons From the Episcopal Lectionary
| January | February | March | April | May | June |
| July | August | September | October | November | December |
January 2012 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 The Holy Name |
2 |
3 | 4 |
5 |
6 The Epiphany |
7 |
8 First Sunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Our Lord |
9 Julia Chester Emery, Missionary |
10 William Laud, Archbishop |
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12 Aelred, Abbot |
13 Hillary, Bishop |
14 |
15 Second Sunday after the Epiphany |
16 |
17 Antony, Abbot |
18 Confession of St Peter, Apostle |
19 Wulfstan, Bishop |
20 Fabian, Bishop and Martyr |
21 Agnes, Martyr |
22 Third Sunday after the Epiphany |
23 Phillips Brooks, Bishop |
24 Ordination of Florence Li Tim-Oi |
25 Conversion of St Paul, Apostle |
26 Timothy and Titus |
27 John Chrysostom, Bishop |
28 Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar |
29 Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany |
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February 2012 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Brigid (Bride) |
2 Presentation of Jesus in the Temple |
3 Anskar, Archbishop |
4 Cornelius, the Centurion |
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5 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany |
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10 |
11 |
12 Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany |
13 Absalom Jones, Priest |
14 Cyril and Methodius, Monk and Bishop |
15 Thomas Bray, Priest |
16 | 17 Janani Luwum Archbishop and Martyr |
18 Martin Luther |
19 Last Sunday after the Epiphany |
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21 | 22 Ash Wednesday |
23 Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr |
24 St Matthias, Apostle |
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26 First Sunday in Lent |
27 George Herbert, Priest |
28 Anna Julia Haywood Cooper, Educator |
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March 2012 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales |
2 Chad, Bishop of Lichfield |
3 John and Charles Wesley, Priests |
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4 Second Sunday in Lent |
5 |
6 |
7 Perpetua and her Companions |
8 |
9 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa |
10 |
11 Third Sunday in Lent |
12 Gregory the Great, Bishop |
13 James Theodore Holly, Bishop |
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15 |
16 | 17 Patrick, Bishop |
18 Fourth Sunday in Lent |
19 St Joseph |
20 Cuthbert, Bishop |
21 Thomas Ken, Bishop |
22 James De Koven, Priest |
23 Gregory the Illuminator |
24 Oscar Romero, Archbishop, and the Martyrs of San Salvador |
25 Fifth Sunday in Lent |
26 The Annunciation (transferred) |
27 Charles Henry Brent, Bishop |
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29 John Keble, Priest |
30 |
31 John Donne, Priest |
April 2012 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday |
2 Monday in Holy Week |
3 Tuesday in Holy Week |
4 Wednesday in Holy Week |
5 Maundy Thursday (White is appropriate at Eucharist) |
6 Good Friday |
7 Holy Saturday Easter Vigil (At the vigil, white is appropriate) |
8 Easter Day Principal Evening |
9 Monday in Easter Week |
10 Tuesday in Easter Week |
11 Wednesday in Easter Week |
12 Thursday in Easter Week |
13 Friday in Easter Week |
14 Saturday in Easter Week |
15 Second Sunday of Easter |
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17 |
18 |
19 Alphege, Archbishop |
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21 Anselm, Archbishop |
22 Third Sunday of Easter |
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25 St Mark, Evangelist |
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27 |
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29 Fourth Sunday of Easter |
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May 2012 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 St Philip and St James, Apostles |
2 Athanasius, Bishop |
3 |
4 Monnica, Mother of Augustine |
5 |
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6 Fifth Sunday of Easter |
7 | 8 Dame Julian of Norwich |
9 Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop |
10 | 11 | 12 |
13 Sixth Sunday of Easter |
14 | 15 |
16 |
17 Ascension Day |
18 |
19 Dunstan, Archbishop |
20 Seventh Sunday of Easter |
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23 |
24 Jackson Kemper, Bishop |
25 Bede the Venerable |
26 Augustine, Archbishop |
27 Day of Pentecost Whitsunday |
28 The First Book of Common Prayer |
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31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin |
June 2012 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Justin, Martyr |
2 The Martyrs of Lyons |
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3 First Sunday after Pentecost Trinity Sunday |
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5 Boniface, Archbishop and Martyr |
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9 Columba, Abbot |
10 Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 5 |
11 St Barnabas, Apostle |
12 Enmegahbowh, Priest and Missionary |
13 |
14 Basil the Great, Bishop |
15 Evelyn Underhill |
16 Joseph Butler, Bishop |
17 Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 6 |
18 Bernard Mizeki, Martyr |
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21 | 22 Alban, Martyr |
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24 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 7 |
25 Nativity of St John, the Baptist |
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28 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons |
29 St Peter and St Paul, Apostles |
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July 2012 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 8 |
2 | 3 |
4 Independence Day |
5 | 6 |
7 |
8 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 9 |
9 | 10 |
11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot |
12 | 13 |
14 |
15 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 10 |
16 | 17 William White, Bishop |
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19 Macrina |
20 Stanton, Bloomer, Truth, Tubman |
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22 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 11 |
23 Mary Magdalene (transferred) |
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25 St James, Apostle |
26 The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
27 William Reed Huntington, Priest |
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29 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 12 |
30 William Wilberforce |
31 Ignatius of Loyola |
August 2012 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Joseph of Arimathea |
2 | 3 |
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5 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 13 |
6 The Transfiguration |
7 John Mason Neale, Priest |
8 Dominic, Priest and Friar |
9 | 10 Laurence, Deacon and Martyr |
11 Clare, Abbess |
12 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 14 |
13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop |
14 Jonathan Myrick Daniels |
15 St Mary, the Virgin |
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18 William Porcher Dubose, Priest |
19 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 15 |
20 Bernard, Abbot |
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23 | 24 St Bartholomew, Apostle |
25 Louis, King of France |
26 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 16 |
27 Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle |
28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo |
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30 | 31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne |
September 2012 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon |
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2 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17 |
3 Labor Day |
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9 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18 |
10 Alexander Crummell, 1898 |
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12 John Henry Hobart, Bishop |
13 Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr |
14 Holy Cross Day |
15 |
16 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 |
17 Hildegard of Bingen |
18 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest |
19 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop |
20 John Coleridge Patteson |
21 St Matthew, Evangelist |
22 Philander Chase, Bishop |
23 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 |
24 | 25 Sergius, Abbot |
26 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop |
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29 St Michael and All Angels |
30 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Remigius, Bishop |
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4 Francis of Assisi, Friar |
5 |
6 William Tyndale, Priest |
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7 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 |
8 | 9 Robert Grosseteste, Bishop |
10 Vida Dutton Scudder, Educator and Witness for Peace |
11 Philip, Deacon and Evangelist |
12 | 13 |
14 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 |
15 Teresa of Avila, Nun |
16 Latimer, Ridley, and Cranmer |
17 Ignatius, Bishop and Martyr |
18 St Luke, Evangelist |
19 Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary |
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21 Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 |
22 | 23 St James of Jerusalem |
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25 | 26 Alfred the Great |
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28 Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 |
29 St Simon & St Jude, Apostles (transferred) |
30 |
31 Vigil of All Saints (White for vigil) |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Note: If All Saints' Day is additionally observed on Sunday, use white | 1 All Saints' Day |
2 Commemoration of All Faithful Departed |
3 Richard Hooker, Priest |
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4 All Saints' (see Nov 1, white) or Proper 26 |
5 | 7 Willibrord, Archbishop |
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10 Leo the Great, Bishop |
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11 Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 |
12 Charles Simeon, Priest |
13 |
14 Consecration of Samuel Seabury |
15 |
16 Margaret, Queen of Scotland |
17 Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln |
18 Twenty Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 |
19 Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary |
20 Edmund, King of East Anglia |
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22 Thanksgiving Day |
23 Clement, Bishop |
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25 Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King |
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28 Kamehameha and Emma |
29 | 30 St Andrew, Apostle |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon |
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2 First Sunday of Advent |
3 | 4 John of Damascus |
5 Clement of Alexandria, Priest |
6 Nicholas, Bishop |
7 Ambrose, Bishop |
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9 Second Sunday of Advent |
10 | 11 |
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13 | 14 | 15 |
16 Third Sunday of Advent |
17 | 18 |
19 |
20 | 21 St Thomas, Apostle |
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23 Fourth Sunday of Advent |
24 Christmas Eve |
25 Christmas Day Christmas I Christmas II Christmas III |
26 St Stephen, Deacon and Martyr |
27 St John, Apostle and Evangelist |
28 Holy Innocents |
29 Thomas Becket |
30 First Sunday after Christmas (Note: Episcopal readings differ from the "generic" RCL readings) |
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Notes:
The Episcopal Lectionary is based on the Revised Common Lectionary, which is, itself, based on the Roman Catholic Lectionary, a product of Vatican II. So it is that, most often, the Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic and other churches are using the same lessons, with slight variations. The lessons presented here follow the Episcopal form of the Revised Common Lectionary. If you are a member of one of the other denominations, these may also be your lessons, but (!) double check before you base a sermon on them.
The Sunday Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. The year which begins with Advent 2011 and ends at Advent 2012 is Year B. The year which began at Advent 2010 and ended at Advent 2011 was Year A. The First Sunday of Advent 2012 begins Year C.
The Bible translation used is The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, and used by permission.
The collects and the Psalms are from the Book of Common Prayer. The collects use the contemporary wording.
The liturgical color appropriate for the day is indicated, when the color is green, red or purple, by the color of the numeral against a light grey background. When the liturgical color is white, the numeral is black against a white background.
Return to The Lectionary Page.
Last updated on June 10, 2011