The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy
Chapter 2
Note, that the Psalter followeth the Division of the Hebrews, and the Translation of the great English Bible, set forth and used in the time of King Henry the Eighth, and Edward the Sixth.
THE ORDER HOW THE REST OF HOLY
SCRIPTURE IS APPOINTED TO BE READ
The Old Testament is appointed for the First Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer, so as the most part thereof will be read every year once, as in the Kalendar is appointed.
The New Testament is appointed for the Second Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer, and shall be read over orderly every year twice, once in the morning and once in the evening, besides the Epistles and Gospels, except the Apocalypse, out of which there are only certain Lessons appointed at the end of the year, and certain Proper Lessons appointed upon divers feasts.
And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the day of the Month in the Kalendar following, and there ye shall find the chapters and portions of chapters that shall be read for the Lessons, both at Morning and Evening Prayer, except only the moveable feasts, which are not in the Kalendar, and the immoveable, where there is a blank left in the column of Lessons, the Proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in the Table of Proper Lessons.
If Evening Prayer is said at two different times in the same place of worship on any Sunday (except a Sunday for which alternative Second Lessons are specially appointed in the Table,) the Second Lesson at the second time may, at the discretion of the minister, be any chapter from the four Gospels, or any Lesson appointed in the Table of Lessons from the four Gospels.
Upon occasions, to be approved by the Ordinary, other Lessons may, with his consent, be substituted for those which are appointed in the Kalendar.
And note, That whensoever Proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed, then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course appointed in the Psalter and Kalendar (if they be different) shall be omitted for that time.
Note also, That upon occasions to be appointed by the Ordinary, other Psalms may, with his consent, be substituted for those appointed in the Psalter.
If any of the Holy-days for which Proper Lessons are appointed in the Table fall upon a Sunday which is the first Sunday in Advent, Easter-day, Whitsunday, or Trinity Sunday, the Lessons appointed for such Sunday shall be read, but if it fall upon any other Sunday, the Lessons appointed either for the Sunday or for the Holy-day may be read at the discretion of the minister.
Note also, That the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel appointed for the Sunday shall serve all the week after, where it is not in this Book otherwise ordered.
PROPER LESSONS
TO BE READ AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER ON THE SUNDAYS AND
OTHER HOLY-DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
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LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS
|MATTINS |EVENSONG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _Sundays of Advent_ | | The First |Isaiah 1 |Isaiah 2 or Isaiah 4, v. 2 Second |--5 |--11, to v. 11 "--24 Third |--25 |26 "--28, v. 5 to v. 19 Fourth |--30, to v. 27 |--32 "--33, v. 2 to v. 23 | | _Sundays after_ | | _Christmas_ | | The First |--35 |--38 "--40 Second |--42 |--43 "--44 | | _Sundays after the_ | | _Epiphany_ | | The First |--51 |--52, v. 13 & 53 "--54 Second |--55 |--57 "--61 Third |--62 |--65 "--66 Fourth |Job 27 |Job 28 " Job 29 Fifth |Prov. 1 |Prov. 3 " Prov. 8 Sixth |--9 |--11 "--15 | | _Septuagesima_ |Gen. 1 & 2, to v. 4 |Gen 2., v. 4 " Job 38 2nd Lesson |Rev. 21, to v. 9 |Rev. 21, v. 9 to | | 22, v. 6 _Sexagesima_ |Gen. 3 |Gen. 6 " Gen. 8 | | _Quinquagesima_ |--9, to v. 20 |--12 "--13 | | _Sundays in Lent_ | | The First |--19, v. 12 to v. 30 |--22, to v. 20 "--23 Second |--27, to v. 41 |--28 "--32 Third |--37 |--39 "--40 Fourth |--42 |--43 "--45 Fifth |Exod. 3 |Exod. 5 " Exod. 6, to v. 14 Sixth |--9 |--10 "--11 | | 2nd Lesson |Matt. 26 |Luke 19, v. 28 " Luke 20, v. 9 to | | v. 21 _Easter-day_ |Exod. 12, to v. 29 |Exod. 12, v. 29 " Exod. 14 2nd Lesson |--Rev. 1, v. 10 to |John 29, v. 11 " Rev. 5 | v. 10 | _Sundays after_ | | _Easter_ | | The First |Numb. 16, to v. 36 |Numb. 16, v. 36 " Numb. 17, to v. 12 2nd Lesson |1 Cor. 15, to v. 29 |John 20, v. 24 | | to v. 30 Second |Numb. 20, to v. 14 |Numb. 20, v. 14 "--, v. 10 | | to 21, v. 10 Third |--22 |--23 "--24
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LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS
|MATTINS |EVENSONG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _Sundays after_ | | _Easter_ | | Fourth |Deut. 4, to v. |Deut. 4, v. 23 to or Deut. 5 | 23 | v. 41 Fifth |--6 |--9 "--10 | | _Sunday after_ | | _Ascension-day_ |--30 |--34 " Joshua 1 | | _Whitsunday_ |--16, to v. 18 |Isaiah 11 " Ezek. 36, v. 25 2nd Lesson |Rom. 8, to v. 18 |Gal. 5, v. 16 " Acts 18, v. 24 to 19, | | v. 21 _Trinity Sunday_ |Isaiah 6, to v. |Gen. 18 " Gen. 1&2, to v. 4 | 11 | 2nd Lesson |Rev. 1, to v. 9 |Eph. 4, to v. 17 " Matt. 3 | | _Sundays after_ | | _Trinity_ | | Second |Judges 4 |Judges 5 " Judges 6, v. 11 Third |1 Sam. 2, to v. |1 Sam. 3 " 1 Sam. 4, to v. 19 | 27 | Fourth |--12 |--13 " Ruth 1 Fifth |--15, to v. 24 |--16 " 1 Sam. 17 Sixth |2 Sam. 1 |2 Sam. 12, to v. 24 " 2 Sam. 18 Seventh |1 Chron. 21 |1 Chron. 22 " 1 Chron. 28, v. 21 Eighth |--29, v. 9 to |2 Chron. 1 " 1 Kings 3 | 29 | Ninth |1 Kings 10, to |1 Kings 11, to v. 15 "--11, v. 26 | 25 | Tenth |--12 |--13 "--17 Eleventh |--18 |--19 "--21 Twelfth |--22, to v. 41 |2 Kings 2, to v. 16 " 2 Kings 4, v. 8 to | | v. 38 Thirteenth |2 Kings 5 |--6, to v. 32 "--7 Fourteenth |--9 |--10, to v. 32 "--13 Fifteenth |--18 |--19 "--23, to v. 31 Sixteenth |2 Chron. 36 |Nehem. 1&2, to v. 9 " Nehem. 8 Seventeenth |Jerem. 5 |Jerem. 22 " Jerem. 35 Eighteenth |--36 |Ezek. 2 " Ezek. 13, to v. 17 Nineteenth |Ezek. 14 |--18 "--24, v. 15 Twentieth |--24 |--37 " Daniel 1 Twenty-first |Daniel 3 |Daniel 4 "--5 Twenty-second |--6 |--7, v. 9 "--12 Twenty-third |Hosea 14 |Joel 2, v. 21 " Joel 3, v. 9 Twenty-fourth |Amos 3 |Amos 5 " Amos 9 Twenty-fifth |Micah 4&5, to |Micah 6 " Micah 7 | v. 8 | Twenty-sixth |Habak. 2 |Habak. 3 " Zephaniah 3 Twenty-seventh |Eccles. 11&12 |Haggai 2, to v. 10 " Malachi 3&4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note that the Lessons appointed in the above Table for the Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity shall always be read on the Sunday next before Advent.
LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |MATTINS |EVENSONG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _St Andrew_ | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 54 |Isaiah 65 to v. 17 2nd Lesson |John 1, v. 35 to v. 43 |John 12, v. 20 to v. 42 | | _St Thomas_ | | 1st Lesson |Job 42, to v. 7 |Isaiah 35 2nd Lesson |John 20, v. 19 to v. 24 |John 14, v. 8 | | _Nativity of Christ_ | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 9, to v. 8 |Isaiah 7, v. 10 to v. 17 2nd Lesson |Luke 2, to v. 15 |Titus 3, v. 4 to v. 9 | | _St Stephen_ | | 1st Lesson |Gen. 4, to v. 11 |2 Chron. 24, v. 15 to v. 23 2nd Lesson |Acts 6 |Acts 8, to v. 9 | | _St John Evangelist_ | | 1st Lesson |Exod. 33, v. 9 |Isaiah 6 2nd Lesson |John 13, v. 23 to v. 36 |Rev. 1 | | _Innocents'-day_ | | 1st Lesson |Jerem. 31, to v. 18 |Baruch 4, v. 21 to v. 31 | | _Circumcision_ | | 1st Lesson |Gen. 17, v. 9 |Deut. 10, v. 12 2nd Lesson |Rom. 2, v. 17 |Col. 2, v. 8 to v. 18 | | _Epiphany_ | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 60 |Isaiah 49, v. 13 to v. 24 2nd Lesson |Luke 3, v. 15 to v. 23 |John 2, to v. 12 | | _Conversion of St Paul_ | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 49, to v. 13 |Jerem. 1, to v. 11 2nd Lesson |Gal. 1, v. 11 |Acts 26, to v. 21 | | _Purification of the_ | | _Virgin Mary_ | | 1st Lesson |Exod. 13, to v. 17 |Haggai 2, to v. 10 | | _St Matthias_ | | 1st Lesson |1 Sam. 2, v. 27 to v. 36 |Isaiah 22, v. 15 | | _Annunciation of our_ | | _Lady_ | | 1st Lesson |Gen. 3, to v. 16 |Isaiah 52, v. 7 to v. 13 | | _Ash Wednesday_ | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 58, to v. 13 |Jonah 3 2nd Lesson |Mark 2, v. 13 to v. 23 |Heb. 12, v. 3 to v. 18
LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |MATTINS |EVENSONG ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _Monday before Easter_ | | 1st Lesson |Lam. 1, to v. 15 |Lam. 2, v. 13 2nd Lesson |John 14, to v. 15 |John 14, v. 15 | | _Tuesday before Easter_ | | 1st Lesson |Lam. 3, to v. 34 |Lam. 3, v. 34 2nd Lesson |John 15, to v. 14 |John 15, v. 14 | | _Wednesday before Easter_ | | 1st Lesson |Lam. 4, to v. 21 |Dan. 9, v. 20 2nd Lesson |John 16, to v. 16 |John 16, v. 16 | | _Thursday before Easter_ | | 1st Lesson |Hosea 13, to v. 15 |Hosea 14 2nd Lesson |John 17 |John 13, to v. 36 | | _Good Friday_ | | 1st Lesson |Gen. 22, to v. 20 |Isaiah 52, v, 13 & 53 2nd Lesson |John 18 |1 Peter 2 | | _Easter Even_ | | 1st Lesson |Zech. 9 |Hosea 5, v. 8 to 6, v. 4 2nd Lesson |Luke 23, v. 50 |Romans 6, to v. 14 | | _Monday in Easter-week_ | | 1st Lesson |Exod. 15, to v. 22 |Cant. 2, v. 10 2nd Lesson |Luke 24, to v. 13 |Matt. 28, to v. 10 | | _Tuesday in Easter-week_ | | 1st Lesson |2 Kings 13, v. 14 to v. 22 |Ezek. 37, to v. 15 2nd Lesson |John 21, to v. 15 |John 21, v. 15 | | _St Mark_ | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 62, v. 6 |Ezek. 1, to v. 15 | | _St Philip and St James_ | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 61 | 2nd Lesson |John 1, v. 43 | | | _Ascension-day_ | | 1st Lesson |Dan. 7, v. 9 to v. 15 |2 Kings 2, to v. 16 2nd Lesson |Luke 24, v. 44 |Hebrews 4 | | _Monday in Whitsun-week_ | | 1st Lesson |Gen. 11, to v. 10 |Num. 11, v. 16 to v. 31 2nd Lesson |1 Cor. 12, to v. 14 |1 Cor. 12, v. 27 & 13 | | _Tuesday in Whitsun-week_ | | 1st Lesson |Joel 2, v. 21 |Micah 4, to v. 8 2nd Lesson |1 Thess. 5, v. 12 to v. 24 |1 John 4, to v. 14
LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |MATTINS |EVENSONG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _St Barnabas_ | | 1st Lesson |Deut. 33, to v. 12 |Nahum 1 2nd Lesson |Acts 4, v. 31 |Acts 14, v. 8 | | _St John Baptist_ | | 1st Lesson |Mal. 3, to v. 7 |Malachi 4 2nd Lesson |Matt. 3 |Matt. 14, to v. 13 | | _St Peter_ | | 1st Lesson |Ezek. 3, v. 4 to v. 15 |Zech. 3 2nd Lesson |John 21, v. 15 to v. 23 |Acts 4, v. 8 to v. 23 | | _St James_ | | 1st Lesson |2 Kings 1, to v. 16 |Jer. 26, v. 8 to v. 16 2nd Lesson |Luke 9, v. 51 to v. 57 | | | _St Bartholomew_ | | 1st Lesson |Gen. 28, v. 10 to v. 18 |Deut. 18, v. 15 | | _St Matthew_ | | 1st Lesson |1 Kings 19, v. 15 |1 Chron. 29, to v. 20 | | _St Michael_ | | 1st Lesson |Gen. 32 |Dan. 10, v. 4 2nd Lesson |Luke 24, to v. 13 |Matt. 28, to v. 10 | | _St Luke_ | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 55 |Ecclus. 38, to v. 15 | | _St Simon and St Jude_ | | 1st Lesson |Isaiah 28, v. 9 to v. 17 |Jer. 3, v. 12 to v. 19 | | _All Saints_ | | 1st Lesson |Wisdom 3, to v. 10 |Wisdom 5, to v. 17 2nd Lesson |Heb. 11, v. 33 & 12, to v. 7 |Rev. 19, to v. 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADDITIONAL PROPER LESSONS
_The column headed_ First Evensong _contains Lessons Proper for Evensong on the days before Sundays and Holy-days_.
Note.--_The Gospel of the Day may be read as the Second Lesson at Evensong on all Sundays and Holy-days_.