For each week, the RCL website has added scriptural reflections based on a featured art image, as well as RCL prayers for worship.
What is a lectionary?
What is a lectionary?
Generally, a lectionary is a list of scriptural texts (called "lections") recommended for use in worship or study on a particular day. Christian lectionaries are usually built around the Church Year, but they are sometimes centered on the secular calendar (as with programs that guide a person through reading the Bible in a year). Christian lectionaries generally include a reading from the Hebrew Bible, a Psalm, a reading from the Epistles, and a Gospel reading.
- First reading
- Deuteronomy 18:15-20
- Psalm
- Psalm 111
- Second reading
- 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
- Gospel
- Mark 1:21-28
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