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All Bible references (except to the Psalms) are to the New Revised Standard Version (New York, 1989). Those who use other Bible translations should check the verse numbers against the NRSV. Each reference gives book, chapter and verse, in that order.

References to the Psalms are to the Common Worship psalter, published in Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England (2000) and Common Worship: Daily Prayer (2005). A table showing the verse number differences between this and the psalter in the Book of Common Prayer is provided on the Common Worship website (https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/daily-prayer/psalter/psalter-verse).

Options in the provision of readings or psalms are presented in the following ways:

¶ square brackets [xx] give either optional additional verses or Psalms, or a shorter alternative;

¶ ‘or’ indicates a simple choice between two alternative readings or courses of psalms;

¶ a psalm printed in bold may be used as the sole psalm at that office;

¶ on weekdays a psalm printed in parentheses (xx) is omitted if it has been used as the opening canticle at that office;

¶ a psalm marked with an asterisk may be shortened if desired.

Where a reading from the Apocrypha is offered, an alternative Old Testament reading is provided.

In the choice of readings other than the Gospel reading, the minister should ensure that, in any year, a balance is maintained between readings from the Old and New Testaments and that, where a particular biblical book is appointed to be read over several weeks, the choice ensures that the continuity of one book is not lost.

On the Sundays after Trinity, the Principal Service Lectionary provides alternative Old Testament readings and psalms. References in the left-hand column (under the heading ‘Continuous’) offer a semi-continuous reading of Old Testament texts. Such a reading and its complementary psalmody stand independently of the other readings. References in the right-hand column (under the heading ‘Related’) relate the Old Testament reading and the psalm to the Gospel reading. One column should be followed for the whole sequence of Sundays after Trinity.

The Lectionary 2020—2021

The Sunday and festal readings for 29 November 2020 (the First Sunday of Advent) to 27 November 2021 (the eve of Advent Sunday) are from Year B, which offers a semi-continuous reading of Mark’s Gospel at the Principal Service on Sundays throughout the year.

The weekday readings for Holy Communion are from Year One of the Daily Eucharistic Lectionary (DEL).

Office readings are from Table 2 of the Weekday Lectionary at Morning Prayer: Old Testament 2a in Seasonal Time and 2b in Ordinary Time, and New Testament 2, and from Table 1 of the Weekday Lectionary at Evening Prayer.