This site posts daily readings from the Bible based on the dates of the secular calendar.
An annual cycle through the Psalms and the Gospels begins on January 1 of each year, with lessons for the Circumcision and Holy Name of our Lord. The Psalms are covered in full three times in 111 day cycles, along with appointed psalms for Holy Days. The Gospels are covered once in full, with short readings each day and each Gospel appointed roughly for the four seasons:
- The Gospel according to John in the winter (beginning January 2)
- The Gospel according to Matthew in the spring (beginning March 24)
- The Gospel according to Mark in the summer (beginning June 25)
- The Gospel according to Luke in the autumn (beginning September 22)
Breaks from the continuous lessons from the Psalms and Gospels are taken for fixed Holy Days from the Lectionary of the Episcopal Church’s 1979 Book of Common Prayer, as follows:
- January 1 – The Holy Name
- January 6 – The Epiphany
- January 18 – The Confession of Saint Peter
- January 25 – The Conversion of Saint Paul
- February 2 – The Presentation of Our Lord
- February 24 – Saint Matthias
- March 19 – Saint Joseph
- March 25 – The Annunciation
- April 25 – Saint Mark
- May 1 – Saint Philip and Saint James the Less
- May 31 – The Visitation of the Virgin Mary
- June 11 – Saint Barnabas
- June 24 – The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
- June 29 – Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- July 22 – Saint Mary Magdalene
- July 25 – Saint James the Greater
- August 6- The Transfiguration
- August 15 – The Blessed Virgin Mary
- August 24 – Saint Bartholomew
- September 14 – The Holy Cross
- September 21- Saint Matthew
- September 29 – Saint Michael and all Angels
- October 18 – Saint Luke
- October 23 – Saint James of Jerusalem
- October 28 – Saint Simon and Saint Jude
- November 1 – All Saints
- November 30 – Saint Andrew
- December 21 – Saint Thomas
- December 25 – The Nativity of Our Lord
- December 26 – Saint Stephen
- December 27 – Saint John the Evangelist
- December 28 – The Innocents
In addition, the continuous lessons from the Gospel according to Luke is scheduled so that the Conception of Saint John the Baptist is appointed for September 23, the date on which the Easter Church commemorates that event.
The Collects, Epistles, and Gospel lessons for Sundays and movable Holy Days from the historic One Year Lectionary according to the Book of Common Prayer are also interspersed without breaking from the continuous lessons from the Psalms and Gospels throughout the year as appointed for that year, usually illustrated with the works of James Tissot.
The remainder of the Bible, including in their entirety the remainder of the Old Testament, the Catholic Deuterocanonicals, and the remainder of the New Testament are scheduled for reading one chapter daily over three years. The Protestant apocryphal books not included in the Catholic Deuterocanonicals are offered for reading either on Leap Days (1 and 2 Esdras and 3 and 4 Maccabees) or when they fit the readings from the Old Testament (Psalm 151 with 1 Samuel 17 and the Prayer of Manasseh with 2 Chronicles 33)
Links for readings are to BibleGateway and users may select the translation of their choosing. Users who wish to do so may select a translation with audio recordings so as to listen to the readings. In addition, links are available to YouTube for the singing of the Psalms as translated by Myles Coverdale. (The editor of this site usually reads from printed sources and listens to Choral singing of Coverdale’s Psalms from a music streaming service.)
Last revised May 8, 2025.
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