Bible Lessons for all Services
The Seasons
of the Church Year
SELECT A SEASON
from the list below to go to the readings.
Christmas Season
Epiphany Season
Lenten Season
Holy Week & The Great Vigil of Easter
Easter Season & The Day of Pentecost
The Season After Pentecost
Calendar Notes
Eves of All Feasts of Our Lord and of the Major Feasts
Subject to the rules of the Calendar, these feasts are observed at Evening Prayer.
Any variations from the lessons and psalms appointed by the Prayer Book and Lesser Feasts and Fasts are indicated by asterisks in the footnotes of the readings.
The Feasts and Commemorations
of the Church Year
JANUARY
01-01 - The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ - Mass
01-05 - Sarah, Theodora, and Syncletica - Mass
01-10 - William Laud - Mass
01-12 - Aelred - Mass
01-13 - Hilary - Mass
01-14 - Richard Meux Benson and Charles Gore - Mass
01-17 - Antony - Mass
01-18 - The Confession of Saint Peter - Morning Prayer
01-18 - The Confession of Saint Peter - Evening Prayer
01-18 - The Confession of Saint Peter - Mass
01-19 - Wulfstan - Mass
01-20 - Fabian - Mass
01-21 - Agnes and Cecilia - Mass
01-22 - Vincent - Mass
01-23 - Phillips Brooks - Mass
01-25 - The Conversion of Saint Paul - Morning Prayer
01-25 - The Conversion of Saint Paul - Evening Prayer
01-25 - The Conversion of Saint Paul - Mass
01-26 - Timothy, Titus, and Silas - Mass
01-27 - John Chrysostom - Mass
01-28 - Thomas Aquinas - Mass
01-30 - Charles I - Mass
FEBRUARY
02-01 - Brigid - Mass
02-02 - Eve of the Presentation - Evening Prayer
02-02 - The Presentation of Our Lord - Morning Prayer
02-02 - The Presentation of Our Lord - Evening Prayer
02-02 - The Presentation of Our Lord - Mass
02-03 - Anskar - Mass
02-04 - Cornelius - Mass
02-05 - The Martyrs of Japan - Mass
02-10 - Scholastica - Mass
02-13 - Absalom Jones - Mass
02-14 - Cyril and Methodius - Mass
02-15 - Thomas Bray - Mass
02-23 - Polycarp - Mass
02-24 - Saint Matthias the Apostle - Morning Prayer
02-24 - Saint Matthias the Apostle - Evening Prayer
02-24 - Saint Matthias the Apostle - Mass
02-27 - George Herbert - Mass
MARCH
03-01 - David - Mass
03-02 - Chad - Mass
03-03 - John and Charles Wesley - Mass
03-07 - Perpetua and her Companions - Mass
03-09 - Gregory of Nyssa - Mass
03-12 - Gregory the Great - Mass
03-17 - Patrick - Mass
03-18 - Cyril of Jerusalem - Mass
03-19 - Saint Joseph - Morning Prayer
03-19 - Saint Joseph- Evening Prayer
03-19 - Saint Joseph - Mass
03-20 - Cuthbert - Mass
03-21 - Thomas Ken - Mass
03-22 - James De Koven - Mass
03-23 - Gregory the Illuminator - Mass
03-24 - Oscar Romero - Mass
03-24 - Eve of the Annunciation - Evening Prayer (Yr 1)
03-24 - Eve of the Annunciation - Evening Prayer (Yr 2)
03-25 - The Annunciation - Morning Prayer
03-25 - The Annunciation - Evening Prayer
03-25 - The Annunciation - Mass
03-26 - Harriet Monsell - Mass
03-27 - Charles Henry Brent - Mass
03-29 - John Keble - Mass
03-31 - John Donne - Mass
APRIL
04-01 - Frederick Denison Maurice - Mass
04-02 - James Lloyd Breck - Mass
04-03 - Richard of Chichester - Mass
04-04 - Martin Luther King, Jr. - Mass
04-08 - William Augustus Muhlenberg - Mass
04-09 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Mass
04-10 - William Law - Mass
04-11 - George Augustus Selwyn - Mass
04-15 - Damien and Marianne Cope - Mass
04-19 - Alphege - Mass
04-21 - Anselm - Mass
04-24 - The Martyrs of Armenia - Mass
04-25 - Saint Mark the Evangelist - Morning Prayer
04-25 - Saint Mark the Evangelist - Evening Prayer
04-25 - Saint Mark the Evangelist - Mass
04-29 - Catherine of Siena - Mass
MAY
05-01 - Saint Philip and Saint James - Morning Prayer
05-01 - Saint Philip and Saint James - Evening Prayer
05-01 - Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles - Mass
05-02 - Athanasius - Mass
05-04 - Monnica - Mass
05-08 - Dame Julian of Norwich - Mass
05-09 - Gregory of Nazianzus - Mass
05-15 - Pachomius of Tabenissi - Mass
05-19 - Dunstan - Mass
05-20 - Alcuin - Mass
05-21 - Lydia of Thyatira - Mass
05-22 - Helena of Constantinople - Mass
05-24 - Jackson Kemper - Mass
05-25 - Bede - Mass
05-26 - Augustine of Canterbury - Mass
05-30 - Eve of the Visitation - Evening Prayer
05-31 - The Visitation - Morning Prayer
05-31 - The Visitation - Evening Prayer
05-31 - The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Mass
The readings for Ascension Day are found here.
The First Book of Common Prayer, 1549, is observed on a weekday following the Day of Pentecost.
The First Book of Common Prayer - Mass
JUNE
The readings for Ascension Day are found here.
06-01 - Justin - Mass
06-02 - The Martyrs of Lyons - Mass
06-03 - The Martyrs of Uganda - Mass
06-04 - John XXIII - Mass
06-05 - Boniface - Mass
06-09 - Columba - Mass
06-10 - Ephrem of Edessa - Mass
06-11 - Saint Barnabas the Apostle - Morning Prayer
06-11 - Saint Barnabas the Apostle - Evening Prayer
06-11 - Saint Barnabas the Apostle - Mass
06-14 - Basil the Great - Mass
06-16 - Joseph Butler - Mass
06-18 - Bernard Mizeki - Mass
06-22 - Alban - Mass
06-23 - Eve of the Nativity of John the Baptist - Evening Prayer
06-24 - The Nativity of John the Baptist - Morning Prayer
06-24 - The Nativity of John the Baptist - Evening Prayer
06-24 - The Nativity of John the Baptist - Mass
06-28 - Irenaeus - Mass
06-28 - Eve of Saints Peter & Paul - Evening Prayer
06-29 - Saint Peter and Saint Paul - Morning Prayer
06-29 - Saint Peter and Saint Paul - Evening Prayer
06-29 - Saint Peter and Saint Paul - Mass
JULY
07-02 - Moses the Black - Mass
07-04 - Independence Day - Morning Prayer
07-04 - Independence Day - Evening Prayer
07-04 - Independence Day - Mass
07-06 - Jan Hus - Mass
07-08 - Priscilla and Aquila - Mass
07-11 - Benedict - Mass
07-15 - Bonaventure - Mass
07-17 - William White - Mass
07-19 - Macrina - Mass
07-22 - Saint Mary Magdalene - Morning Prayer
07-22 - Saint Mary Magdalene - Evening Prayer
07-22 - Saint Mary Magdalene - Mass
07-23 - John Cassian - Mass
07-24 - Thomas à Kempis - Mass
07-25 - Saint James the Apostle - Morning Prayer
07-25 - Saint James the Apostle - Evening Prayer
07-25 - Saint James the Apostle - Mass
07-26 - Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Mass
07-27 - William Reed Huntington - Mass
07-29 - Mary and Martha of Bethany - Mass
07-30 - William Wilberforce - Mass
07-31 - Ignatius of Loyola - Mass
AUGUST
08-01 - Joseph of Arimathaea - Mass
08-05 - Eve of the Transfiguration - Evening Prayer
08-06 - The Transfiguration - Morning Prayer
08-06 - The Transfiguration - Evening Prayer
08-06 - Transfiguration - Year A - Mass
08-06 - Transfiguration - Year B - Mass
08-06 - Transfiguration - Year C - Mass
08-07 - John Mason Neale - Mass
08-08 - Dominic - Mass
08-10 - Laurence - Mass
08-11 - Clare - Mass
08-12 - Florence Nightingale - Mass
08-13 - Jeremy Taylor - Mass
08-14 - Jonathan Myrick Daniels - Mass
08-14 - Eve of Saint Mary the Virgin - Evening Prayer
08-15 - Saint Mary the Virgin - Morning Prayer
08-15 - Saint Mary the Virgin - Evening Prayer
08-15 - Saint Mary the Virgin - Mass
08-20 - Bernard - Mass
08-24 - Saint Bartholomew - Morning Prayer
08-24 - Saint Bartholomew - Evening Prayer
08-24 - Saint Bartholomew - Mass
08-25 - Louis - Mass
08-27 - Henry Winter Syle & Thomas Gallaudet - Mass
08-28 - Augustine of Hippo - Mass
08-29 - The Beheading of John the Baptist - Mass
08-30 - Charles Chapman Grafton - Mass
08-31 - Aidan - Mass
SEPTEMBER
09-02 - The Martyrs of New Guinea - Mass
09-03 - Phoebe, Deacon - Mass
09-07 - Eve of the Nativity of the BVM (Year 1) - EP
09-07 - Eve of the Nativity of the BVM (Year 2) - EP
09-08 - The Nativity of the BVM - Morning Prayer
09-08 - The Nativity of the BVM - Evening Prayer
09-08 - The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Mass
09-09 - Constance and her Companions - Mass
09-10 - Alexander Crummell - Mass
09-11 - September 11, 2001, Requiem - Mass
09-12 - John Henry Hobart - Mass
09-13 - Cyprian of Carthage - Mass
09-13 - Eve of Holy Cross Day - Evening Prayer
09-14 - Holy Cross Day - Morning Prayer
09-14 - Holy Cross Day - Evening Prayer
09-14 - Holy Cross Day - Mass
09-16 - Ninian - Mass
09-17 - Hildegard - Mass
09-18 - Edward Bouverie Pusey - Mass
09-19 - Theodore of Tarsus - Mass
09-20 - John Patteson and his Companions - Mass
09-21 - Saint Matthew - Morning Prayer
09-21 - Saint Matthew - Evening Prayer
09-21 - Saint Matthew - Mass
09-25 - Sergius of Moscow - Mass
09-26 - Lancelot Andrewes - Mass
09-28 - Eve of Saint Michael & All Angels - Evening Prayer
09-29 - Saint Michael & All Angels - Morning Prayer
09-29 - Saint Michael & All Angels - Evening Prayer
09-29 - Saint Michael & All Angels - Mass
09- 30 - Jerome - Mass
OCTOBER
10-01 - Remigius - Mass
10-04 - Francis of Assisi - Mass
10-06 - William Tyndale - Mass
10-09 - Robert Grosseteste - Mass
10-11 - Philip - Mass
10-14 - Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky - Mass
10-15 - Teresa of Avila - Mass
10-16 - Latimer, Ridley, Cranmer- Mass
10-17 - Ignatius of Antioch - Mass
10-18 - Saint Luke - Morning Prayer
10-18 - Saint Luke - Evening Prayer
10-18 - Saint Luke - Mass
10-19 - Henry Martyn - Mass
10-23 - Saint James of Jerusalem - Morning Prayer
10-23 - Saint James of Jerusalem - Evening Prayer
10-23 - Saint James of Jerusalem - Mass
10-26 - Alfred the Great - Mass
10-28 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude - Morning Prayer
10-28 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude - Evening Prayer
10-28 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude - Mass
10-29 - James Hannington and his Companions - Mass
10-31 - Eve of All Saints' Day - Evening Prayer
NOVEMBER
11-01 - All Saints' Day - Morning Prayer
11-01 - All Saints' Day - Evening Prayer
11-01 - All Saints’ - Eucharistic Benediction
11-01 - All Saints' Day - Mass
11-02 - All Souls' Day - Morning Prayer
11-02 - All Souls' Day - Evening Prayer
11-02 - All Souls' Day - Mass
The following Masses are offered on the first five weekdays following All Souls’ Day.
Parish Requiem - Mass I
Parish Requiem - Mass II
Parish Requiem - Mass III
Parish Requiem - Mass IV
Parish Requiem - Mass V
11-03 - Richard Hooker - Mass
11-06 - William Temple - Mass
11-07 - Willibrord - Mass
11-09 - R. Rolle, W. Hilton, & M. Kempe - Mass
11-10 - Leo the Great - Mass
11-11 - Martin of Tours - Mass
11-12 - Charles Simeon - Mass
11-14 - Consecration of Samuel Seabury - Mass
11-16 - Margaret of Scotland - Mass
11-17 - Hugh of Lincoln - Mass
11-18 - Hilda of Whitby - Mass
11-19 - Elizabeth of Hungary - Mass
11-20 - Edmund - Mass
11-20 - Eve of the Presentation of the BVM - EP
11-21 - The Presentation of the BVM - Morning Prayer
11-21 - The Presentation of the BVM - Evening Prayer
11-21 - The Presentation of the BVM - Mass
11-20+ - Thanksgiving Day - Morning Prayer
11-20+ - Thanksgiving Day - Evening Prayer
11-20+ - Thanksgiving Day - Mass
11-23 - Clement of Rome - Mass
11-25 - James Otis Sargent Huntington - Mass
11-28 - Kamehameha and Emma - Mass
11-30 - Saint Andrew - Morning Prayer
11-30 - Saint Andrew - Evening Prayer
11-30 - Saint Andrew - Mass
DECEMBER
12-01 - Nicholas Ferrar - Mass
12-04 - John of Damascus - Mass
12-05 - Clement of Alexandria - Mass
12-06 - Nicholas - Mass
12-07 - Ambrose - Mass
12-07 - Eve of the Conception of the BVM - Evening Prayer
12- 08 - The Conception of the BVM - Morning Prayer
12-08 - The Conception of the BVM - Evening Prayer
12-08 - The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Mass
12-12 - Anniversary of the Dedication - Morning Prayer
12-12 - Anniversary of the Dedication - Evening Prayer
12-12 - Anniversary of the Dedication - Mass I (1 Peter)
12-12 - Anniversary of the Dedication - Mass II (Genesis)
12-13 - Lucy - Mass
12-14 - John of the Cross - Mass
12-21 - Saint Thomas - Morning Prayer
12-21 - Saint Thomas - Evening Prayer
12-21 - Saint Thomas - Mass Readings
12-24 - Morning Prayer (Year 1)
12-24 - Morning Prayer (Year 2)
12-24 - Mass in the Morning
Mass readings for all days between December 17 through December 24 can be found here.
December readings within the Christmas Cycle are listed in the Christmas Lectionary.