The Daily Office Lectionary: Rubrics

The Daily Office Lectionary

                                                                           

This Lectionary is organized as follows, for the days between November 12 the day after the feast of St. Martin of Tours to the Sunday on or following Epiphany the readings follow the civil calendar. During the rest of the year readings follow the church calendar. The 27 weeks of ordinary time from the Sunday on or following Epiphany to Septuagesima and from Trinity to Martinmas shift around the 17 weeks from Septuagesima to Trinity.

Thus if Easter is on March 22 then on Jan 11 the first Sunday after Epiphany the readings appointed for the first week of Ordinary Time are used until the Saturday before Septuagesima, the 17 weeks from Septuagesima to Trinity are used then on Trinity Sunday, the readings for the second week in Ordinary Time are used.

If Easter is on April 25 then on Jan 11 the first Sunday after Epiphany the readings appointed for the first week of Ordinary Time are used followed by the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth weeks of OT, until the Saturday before Septuagesima, the 17 weeks from Septuagesima to Trinity are used then on Trinity Sunday, the readings for the seventh week in Ordinary Time are used.