You can download an A5 booklet of our lectionary readings for the year here. Otherwise the readings for Year A are as follows:
Sunday 5th February (3rd before Lent)
Green
Isaiah 58. 1-9a [9b-12]
Psalm 112 (or 112:1-9)
1 Cor 2.1-12 [13-end]
Matthew 5:13-20
Sunday 12th February (2nd before Lent)
Green
Genesis 1.1 – 2.3
Psalm 136 or
Psalm 136.1-9,23-26
Romans 8.18-25
Matthew 6.25-34
Sunday 19th February (Sunday before Lent)
Green
Exodus 24.12-18
Psalm 2
or Psalm 99
2 Peter 1.16-21
Matthew 17.1-9
Wednesday 22nd February (Ash Wednesday)
Purple
Joel 2.1-2,12-17 or Isaiah 58.1-12
Psalm 51.1-18
2 Corinthians 5.20b – 6.10
Matthew 6.1-6,16-21 or John 8.1-11
Sunday 26th February (Lent 1)
Purple
Genesis 2.15-17; 3.1-7
Psalm 32
Romans 5.12-19
Matthew 4.1-11
Sunday 5th March (Lent 2)
Purple
Genesis 12.1-4a
Psalm 121
Romans 4.1-5,13-17
John 3.1-17
Sunday 12th March (Lent 3)
Purple
Exodus 17.1-7
Psalm 95
Romans 5.1-11
John 4.5-42
Sunday 19th March (Mothering Sunday)
Purple
Exodus 2.1-10 or 1 Samuel 1.20-28
Psalm 34.11-20 or Psalm 127.1-4
2 Corinthians 1.3-7 or Colossians 3.12-17
Luke 2.33-35 or John 19.25-27
Sunday 26th March (Lent 5)
Purple
Ezekiel 37.1-14
Psalm 130
Romans 8.6-11
John 11.1-45
Sunday 2nd April (Palm Sunday)
Red
Matthew 21.1-11
Psalm 118.1-2,19-29*
Thursday 6th April (Maundy Thursday)
White
Exodus 12.1-4[5-10], 11-14
Psalm 116.1,10-17*
1 Corinthians 11.23-26
John 13.1-17,31b-35
Friday 7th April (Good Friday)
Black
Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12
Psalm 22*
Hebrews 10.16-25 or
Hebrews 4.14-16; 5.7-9
John 18.1 – 19.42
Sunday 9th April (Easter Sunday)
White
Acts 10.34-43 or Jeremiah 31.1-6 Psalm 118.1-2,14-24* Colossians 3.1-4 or Acts 10.34-43 John 20.1-18 or Matthew 28.1-10 |
Sunday 16th April (Easter 2)
White
Acts 2.14a,22-32
Psalm 16
1 Peter 1.3-9
John 20.19-31
Sunday 23rd April (Easter 3)
White
Acts 2.14a,36-41
Psalm 116.1-3,10-17*
1 Peter 1.17-23
Luke 24.13-35
Sunday 30th April (Easter 4)
White
Acts 2.42-47
Psalm 23
1 Peter 2.19-25
John 10.1-10
Sunday 7th May (Easter 5)
White
Acts 7.55-60
Psalm 31.1-5,15-16*
1 Peter 2.2-10
John 14.1-14
Sunday 14th May (Easter 6)
White
Acts 17.22-31
Psalm 66.7-18
1 Peter 3.13-22
John 14.15-21
Thursday 18th May (Ascension Day)
White
Acts 1.1-11 or Daniel 7.9-14
Psalm 47 or Psalm 93
Ephesians 1.15-23 or Acts 1.1-11
Luke 24.44-53
Sunday 21st May (Easter 7)
White
Acts 1.6-14
Psalm 68.1-10,32-35*
1 Peter 4.12-14; 5.6-11
John 17.1-11
Sunday 28th May (Pentecost)
Red
Acts 2.1-21 or Numbers 11.24-30
Psalm 104.26-36,37b*
1 Corinthians 12.3b-13 or Acts 2.1-21
John 20.19-23 or John 7.37-39
Sunday 4th June (Trinity Sunday)
White
Isaiah 40.12-17,27-31
Psalm 8
2 Corinthians 13.11-13
Matthew 28.16-20
Thursday 8th June (Corpus Christi)
Green
Genesis 14.18-20
Psalm 116.10-17
1 Corinthians 11.23-26
John 6.51-58
Sunday 11th June (Trinity 1)
Green
Hosea 5.15 – 6.6
Psalm 50.7-15
Romans 4.13-25
Matthew 9.9-13,18-26
Sunday 18th June (Trinity 2)
Green
Exodus 19.2-8a
Psalm 100
Romans 5.1-8
Matthew 9.35 – 10.8 [9-23]
Sunday 25th June (Trinity 3)
Green
Jeremiah 20.7-13
Psalm 69.8-11[12-17]18-20*
Romans 6.1b-11
Matthew 10.24-39
Sunday 2nd July (Trinity 4)
Green
Jeremiah 28.5-9
Psalm 89.1-4,15-18*
Romans 6.12-23
Matthew 10.40-42
Sunday 9th July (Trinity 5)
Green
Zechariah 9.9-12
Psalm 145.8-15
Romans 7.15-25a
Matthew 11.16-19,25-30
Sunday 16th July (Trinity 6)
Green
Isaiah 55.10-13
Psalm 65.[1-7]8-13*
Romans 8.1-11
Matthew 13.1-9,18-23
Sunday 23rd July (Trinity 7)
Green
Wisdom of Solomon 12.13,16-19 or Isaiah 44.6-8
Psalm 86.11-17
Romans 8.12-25
Matthew 13.24-30,36-43
Sunday 30th July (Trinity 8)
Green
1 Kings 3.5-12
Psalm 119.129-136
Romans 8.26-39
Matthew 13.31-33,44-52
Sunday 6th August (Trinity 9)
White/Green
Isaiah 55.1-5
Psalm 145.8-9,15-22*
Romans 9.1-5
Matthew 14.13-21
Sunday 13th August (Trinity 10)
Green
1 Kings 19.9-18
Psalm 85.8-13
Romans 10.5-15
Matthew 14.22-33
Sunday 20th August (Trinity 11)
Green
Isaiah 56.1,6-8
Psalm 67
Romans 11.1-2a,29-32
Matthew 15.[10-20]21-28
Sunday 27th August (Trinity 12)
Green
Isaiah 51.1-6
Psalm 138
Romans 12.1-8
Matthew 16.13-20
Sunday 3rd September (Trinity 13)
Green
Jeremiah 15.15-21
Psalm 26.1-8
Romans 12.9-21
Matthew 16.21-28
Sunday 10th September (Trinity 14)
Green
Ezekiel 33.7-11
Psalm 119.33-40
Romans 13.8-14
Matthew 18.15-20
Sunday 17th September (Trinity 15)
Green
Genesis 50.15-21
Psalm 103.[1-7]8-13*
Romans 14.1-12
Matthew 18.21-35
Sunday 24th September (Trinity 16)
Green
Jonah 3.10 – 4.11
Psalm 145.1-8
Philippians 1.21-30
Matthew 20.1-16
Sunday 1st October (Trinity 17)
Green
Ezekiel 18.1-4,25-32
Psalm 25.1-8
Philippians 2.1-13
Matthew 21.23-32
Sunday 8th October (Trinity 18)
Green
Isaiah 5.1-7
Psalm 80.9-17
Philippians 3.4b-14
Matthew 21.33-46
Sunday 15th October (Trinity 19)
Green
Isaiah 25.1-9
Psalm 23
Philippians 4.1-9
Matthew 22.1-14
Sunday 22nd October (Trinity 20)
Green
Isaiah 45.1-7
Psalm 96.1-9[10-13]
1 Thessalonians 1.1-10
Matthew 22.15-22
Sunday 29th October (Trinity 21)
Green
Leviticus 19.1-2,15-18
Psalm 1
1 Thessalonians 2.1-8
Matthew 22.34-46
Sunday 5th November (Trinity 22)
Green
Micah 3.5-12
Psalm 43*
1 Thessalonians 2.9-13
Matthew 24.1-14
Sunday 12th November (Remembrance Sunday)
Red
TBC
Sunday 19th November (Trinity 24)
Green
Zephaniah 1.7,12-18
Psalm 90.1-8[9-11]12*
1 Thessalonians 5.1-11
Matthew 25.14-30
Sunday 26th November (Christ the King)
Red
Ezekiel 34.11-16,20-24
Psalm 95.1-7
Ephesians 1.15-23
Matthew 25.31-46
Sunday 3rd December (Advent 1)
Purple
Isaiah 64.1-9
Psalm 80.1-8,18-20*
1 Corinthians 1.3-9
Mark 13.24-37
Sunday 10th December (Advent 2)
Purple
Isaiah 40.1-11
Psalm 85.1-2,8-13*
2 Peter 3.8-15a
Mark 1.1-8
Sunday 17th December (Advent 3)
Purple
Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11
Psalm 126 or Canticle: Magnificat
1 Thessalonians 5.16-24
John 1.6-8,19-28
Sunday 24th December (Advent 4/Christmas Eve)
White
2 Samuel 7.1-11,16
Canticle: Magnificat or Psalm 89.1-4,19-26*
Romans 16.25-27
Luke 1.26-38
Monday 25th December (Christmas Day)
White
Isaiah 62.6-12
Psalm 97
Titus 3.4-7
Luke 2.[1-7]8-20
Sunday 31st December (Christmas 1)
White
Isaiah 61.10 – 62.3
Psalm 148*
Galatians 4.4-7
Luke 2.15-21