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ART - The RCL website has added a number of new images paired with reflective essays and spiritual quotations. New art images are added regularly.
--NEW PRAYERS--
"... The heavens
reflect your glory
and the earth
proclaims the
wonder of your
loving care.
..."
Excerpted from Intercessory prayers for New Year's Day
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

LINKS TO INTERNET RESOURCES

PRINT RESOURCES

Below are a few recommended print resources for learning more about the Revised Common Lectionary and the Church Year:

  • Allen, Horace T. and Joseph P. Russell. On Common Ground : the Story of the Revised Common Lectionary. Norwich, England: Canterbury Press, 1998.
  • Baldovin, John F. Reforming the Liturgy: A Response to the Critics. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2008.
  • Beckwith, Roger T. Calendar and Chronology, Jewish and Christian: Biblical, Intertestamental and Patristic Studies. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996.
  • Berger, Teresa, ed. Full of Your Glory: Liturgy, Cosmos, Creation. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2019.
  • Boling, Ruth L. A Children's Guide to Worship. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1997.
  • Boling, Ruth L. Come Worship with Me: A Journey Through the Church Year. Louisville, KY: Geneva Press, 2001.
  • The Book of Common Prayer According to the Use of the Episcopal Church. New York: Church Publishing Incorporated, 1979.
  • Book of Worship: United Church of Christ. New York: United Church of Christ, 1986.
  • Book of Common Worship. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1993.
  • Bower, Peter C. Handbook for the Revised Common Lectionary. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1996.
  • Bradshaw, Paul. The New Westminster Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2003.
  • Bradshaw, Paul F. and Maxwell E. Johnson. The Origins of Feasts, Fasts and Seasons in Early Christianity. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2011.
  • Cartwright, Colbert S., and O. I. Cricket Harrison, eds. Chalice Worship. St. Louis, MO, 1997.
  • Consultation on Common Texts. The Revised Common Lectionary. Nashville: Abingdon, 1992.
  • Consultation on Common Texts. The Revised Common Lectionary. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2012.
  • Consultation on Common Texts. Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2005.
  • Consultation on Common Texts. Revised Common Lectionary Prayers. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2002.
  • Dawn, Marva J. Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for the Turn of the Century Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
  • Day, Juliette and Benjamin Gordon-Taylor, eds. The Study of Liturgy and Worship. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2013.
  • Donghi, Antonio. Words and Gestures in the Liturgy. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2009.
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Evangelical Lutheran Worship. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2006.
  • Fagerberg, David W. Theologia Prima: What is Liturgical Theology? Second edition. Chicago: Hillenbrand Books, 2004.
  • Feasting on the Word. Series. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox. 2008-
  • Geldhof, Joris. Liturgy and Secularism: Beyond the Divide. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2018.
  • Gerhards, Albert and Benedikt Kranemann. Introduction to the Study of Liturgy. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2017.
  • Hickman, Hoyt L., Don E. Saliers, Laurence Hull Stookey, and James F. White. The New Handbook of the Christian Year. Nashville: Abingdon, 1992.
  • Irwin, Kevin W. Liturgy and Sacraments in a COVID World: Renewal, not Restoration. Manwah, NJ: Paulist, 2021.
  • Johnson, Maxwell E. Between Memory and Hope: Readings on the Liturgical Year. Collegeville, Minn: Liturgical Press, 2000.
  • Johnston, Timothy A., ed. Beyond the Sanctuary: Essays on Liturgy, Life, and Discipleship. Chicago, IL: Liturgy Training Publications, 2020.
  • Jones, Cheslyn, et al., eds. The Study of Liturgy, revised edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
  • Lutheran Book of Worship. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1978.
  • O'Donnell, Emma. Remembering the Future: The Experience of Time in Jewish and Christian Liturgy. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2015.
  • Pecklers, Keith F. Worship: A Primer in Christian Ritual. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003.
  • Ramshaw, Gail. Much Fine God: the Revised Common Lectionary. New York, NY: Church Publishing Incorporated, 2021.
  • Senn, Frank C. Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1997.
  • Stookey, Laurence Hull. Calendar: Christ's Time for the Church. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996.
  • Talley, Thomas J. The Origins of the Liturgical Year. New York: Pueblo Pub. Co, 1986.
  • The United Methodist Book of Worship. Nashville, TN: United Methodist Publishing House, 1992.
  • Vincie, Catherine. Worship and the New Cosmology: Liturgical and Theological Challenges. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014.
  • Webber, Robert. Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality Through the Christian Year. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Books, 2004.
  • West, Fritz. Scripture and Memory: The Ecumenical Hermeneutic of the Three-Year Lectionaries. Collegeville, Minn: Liturgical Press, 1997.
  • White, James F. Introduction to Christian Worship. 2d ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990.
HIGHLIGHT

The African American Lectionary is a resource provided by the Vanderbilt Divinity School and Hope International. "It Highlights African American ecclesial traditions as well as moments that express the joy, freedom, and the challenges of being both African American and Christian..."