SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR LITURGICAL YEAR 2008

Liturgical Week Date Reading I Psalm Reading II Gospel
1 Sunday Advent 12/2/07 Is 2:1-5 122 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44
2 Sunday Advent 12/9/07 Is 11:1-10 72 Rom 15:4-9 Mt 3:1-12
3 Sunday Advent 12/16/07 Is 35:1-10* 146 Jas 5:7-10 Mt 11:2-11
4 Sunday Advent 12/23/07 Is 7:10-14 24 Rom 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-24
Christmas Dec 25* Is 52:7-10 98 Heb 1:1-6 Jn 1:1-18
Holy Family Sunday 12/30/2007 Sir 3:2-14* 128 Col 3:12-21 Mt 2:13-23*
Mary, Mother of God Jan 1* Nm 6:22-27 67 Gal 4:4-7 Lk 2:16-21
Epiphany 1/6/2008 Is 60:1-6 72 Eph 3:2-6* Mt 2:1-12
Baptism of our Lord 1/13/2008 Is 42:1-7* 29 Acts 10:34-38 Mt 3:13-17
2 Sunday of the Yr 1/20/2008 Is 49:3-6* 40 1 Cor 1:1-3 Jn 1:29-34
3 Sunday of the Yr 1/27/2008 Is 8:23-9:3 27:1,4,13-14 1 Cor 1:10-17* Mt 4:12-23
4 Sunday of the Yr 2/3/2008 Zep 2:3; 3:12-13 146 1 Cor 1:26-31 Mt 5:1-12
Ash Wednesday 2/6/2008 Jl 2:12-18 51 2 Cor 5:20-6:2 Mt 6:1-6.16-18*
1 Sunday Lent 2/10/2008 Gn 2:7-9;3:1-7* 51 Rom 5:12-19 Mt 4:1-11
2 Sunday Lent 2/17/2008 Gn 12:1-4 33 2 Tim 1:8-10 Mt 17:1-9
3 Sunday Lent 2/24/2008 Ex 17:3-7 95 Rom 5:1-8* Jn 4:5-42
4 Sunday Lent 3/2/08 1 Sm 16:1-13* 23 Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41
5 Sunday Lent 3/9/2008 Ez 37:12-14 130 Rom 8:8-11 Jn 11:1-45
Palm Sunday 3/16/08 Is 50:4-7 22 Phil 2:6-11 Mt 26:14-27:66
Easter Sunday 3/23/08 Acts 10:34-43* 118 Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6-8 Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:13-35
2 Sunday of Easter 3/30/08 Acts 2:42-47 118 1 Pet 1:3-9 Jn 20:19-31
3 Sunday of Easter 4/6/2008 Acts 2:14.22-28* 16 1 Pet 1:17-21 Lk 24:13-35
4 Sunday of Easter 4/13/08 Acts 2:14.36-41* 23 1 Pet 2:20-25 Jn 10:1-10
5 Sunday of Easter 4/20/08 Acts 6:1-7 33 1 Pet 2:4-9 Jn 14:1-12
6 Sunday of Easter 4/27/08 Acts 8:5-8.14-17* 66 1 Pet 3:15-18 Jn 14:15-21
Ascension Thursday 05/01/2008* Acts 1:1-11 47 Eph 1:17-23 Mt 28:16-20
7 Sunday of Easter 5/4/2008 Acts 1:12-14 27 1 Pet 4:13-16 Jn 17:1-11
Pentecost 5/11/2008 Acts 2:1-11 104 1 Cor 12:3-13* Jn 20:19-23
Trinity Sunday 5/18/2008 Ex 34:4-9* Dn 3 2 Cor 13:11-13 Jn 3:16-18
Corpus Christi Sunday 5/25/2008 Dt 7:6-11 147 1 Jn 4:7-16 Mt 11:25-30
9 Sunday of the Yr 6/1/2008 Dt 11:18.26-28 31 Rom 3:21-25.28 Mt 7:21-27
10 Sunday of the Yr 6/8/2008 Hos 6:3-6 50 Rom 4:18-25 Mt 9:9-13
11 Sunday of the Yr 6/15/2008 Ex 19:2-6 100 Rom 5:6-11 Mt 9:36-10:8
12 Sunday of the Yr 6/22/2008 Jer 20:10-13 69 Rom 5:12-15 Mt 10:26-33
13 Sunday of the Yr 6/29/2008 2 Kgs 4:8-16* 89 Rom 6:3-11* Mt 10:37-42
14 Sunday of the Yr 7/6/2008 Zec 9:9-10 145 Rom 8:9-13* Mt 11:25-30
15 Sunday of the Yr 7/13/2008 Is 55:10-11 65 Rom 8:18-23 Mt 13:1-23
16 Sunday of the Yr 7/20/2008 Wis 12:13-19* 86 Rom 8:26-27 Mt 13:24-43
17 Sunday of the Yr 7/27/2008 1 Kgs 3:5-12* 119 Rom 8:28-30 Mt 13:44-52
18 Sunday of the Yr 8/3/2008 Is 55:1-3 145 Rom 8:35-39* Mt 14:13-21
19 Sunday of the Yr 8/10/2008 1 Kgs 19:9-13* 85 Rom 9:1-5 Mt 14:22-33
20 Sunday of the Yr 8/17/2008 Is 56:1-7* 67 Rom 11:13-32* Mt 15:21-28
21 Sunday of the Yr 8/24/2008 Is 22:15-23* 138 Rom 11:33-36 Mt 16:13-20
22 Sunday of the Yr 8/31/2008 Jer 20:7-9 63 Rom 12:1-2 Mt 16:21-27
23 Sunday of the Yr 9/7/2008 Ez 33:7-9 95 Rom 13:8-10 Mt 18:15-20
24 Sunday of the Yr 9/14/2008 Sir 27:30-28:7 103 Rom 14:7-9 Mt 18:21-35
25 Sunday of the Yr 9/21/2008 Is 55:6-9 145 Phil 1:20-27* Mt 20:1-16
26 Sunday of the Yr 9/28/2008 Ez 18:25-28 25 Phil 2:1-11 Mt 21:28-32
27 Sunday of the Yr 10/5/2008 Is 5:1-7 80 Phil 4:6-9 Mt 21:33-43
28 Sunday of the Yr 10/12/2008 Is 25:6-10 23 Phil 4:12-20* Mt 22:1-14
29 Sunday of the Yr 10/19/2008 Is 45:1-6* 96 1 Thes 1:1-5 Mt 22:15-21
30 Sunday of the Yr 10/26/2008 Ex 22:20-26 18 1 Thes 1:5-10 Mt 22:34-40
31 Sunday of the Yr 11/2/2008 Mal 1:14-2:2.8-10* 131 1 Thes 2:7-13* Mt 23:1-12
32 Sunday of the Yr 11/9/2008 Wis 6:12-16 63 1 Thes 4:13-18 Mt 25:1-13
33 Sunday of the Yr 11/16/2008 Prv 31:10-31* 128 1 Thes 5:1-6 Mt 25:14-30
34 - Christ the King 11/23/2008 Ez 34:11-17* 23 1 Cor 15:20-28* Mt 25:31-46

* = The Roman Lectionary contains this passage in excerpted form

** = Not a Sunday

Ordinary Time is split in two by the Lent and Easter season. When the Ordinary Time readings resume the day after Pentecost (usually around the 7th to 10th week of Ordinary Time), a week of readings must occasionally be skipped, so that the liturgical year can end after the 34th Week of the Year. The 34th Sunday of the Year (Christ the King) must always occur on the last Sunday before the start of Advent, which is the Sunday nearest November 30.

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