For each week, the RCL website has added scriptural reflections based on a featured art image, as well as RCL prayers for worship.
What version of the Revised Common Lectionary does this site use?
What version of the Revised Common Lectionary does this site use?
The lectionary selections on this site come from the Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings, copyright © 2005. Consultation on Common Texts, Augsburg Fortress Publishers. Reproduced by permission.
Some traditions use versions of the Revised Common Lectionary that differ slightly from the version on this RCL website. Differences between lectionary selections in your denomination's published materials and what appears on this site may be a result of variations in adoption of the RCL by your denomination.
- First reading
- Acts 2:1-21 or Genesis 11:1-9
- Psalm
- Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
- Second reading
- Romans 8:14-17 or Acts 2:1-21
- Gospel
- John 14:8-17, (25-27)
PDF PRINT FORMAT UPDATE: We have enhanced our specially formatted pdfs, offering more attractive font/formatting, new black and white illustrations, calendar dates, and separation of large font passages for easier management. We also plan to create two streams of pdfs keyed to the first/alternate readings for the Sundays after Pentecost. Please offer feedback as we refine this resource.
CALENDARS: We now have a calendar feature for Google Calendar, iCal, and Outlook! Just click on the "calendar" icon in the top right corner of the page.
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