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brian
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Posted: Wed Apr 25th, 2007 04:19 pm |
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| I have heard it said that we are in 3 or four year cycles of readings in mass so that the whole bible gets read within that time? Is this true that it is literally the whole and wentire bible? Or is it just enough of all the books to cover them, or is it just the gospels and the epistles? I told someone I thought it was the entire Bible, but then I was not positive if it was literally the entire bible or what.
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CajunRick
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Posted: Wed Apr 25th, 2007 05:40 pm |
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brian wrote: I have heard it said that we are in 3 or four year cycles of readings in mass so that the whole bible gets read within that time? Is this true that it is literally the whole and wentire bible? Or is it just enough of all the books to cover them, or is it just the gospels and the epistles? I told someone I thought it was the entire Bible, but then I was not positive if it was literally the entire bible or what.
There is a three-year cycle of Sunday readings, and a two-year cycle of weekday readings. Over the course of the two cycles, most of the bible is read, but not all. Some verses and passages are skipped.
This web site by Fr. Felix Just gives all of the scripture references for the three year Sunday and the two year weekday cycles.
This web site by Fr. Frank Quinn gives a history of the development of the Lectionary since Vatican II.
I looked for an online list that shows all of the passages of scripture and cross-references them back to the Lectionary readings, but I couldn't find one. Maybe someone else can help.
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Wed Apr 25th, 2007 09:14 pm |
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It’s not the entire bible, Brian. I recall reading somewhere on the internet just a couple of months ago that just over half of the bible is covered in the various yearly cycles of the Mass, including the daily Masses. (Sunday Masses by themselves, of course, are only able to hit the high spots because there are not enough Sundays even in three years to come close to reading everything. Since most Catholics attend Mass only on Sundays, Sunday emphasis is naturally on the most important passages.) Nearly all the remainder is covered in the Liturgy of the Hours in its extended edition (the four volume version plus the supplemental readings). So it’s possible to come close, but not likely. However, even the Sunday Mass schedule is still a lot more coverage than one would get in most Protestant environments unless they use a similar cycle of readings, which a few of them do.
David
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