Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church
Year A
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What would it look like if women built a lectionary focusing on women’s stories?
What does it look like to tell the good news through the stories of women who are often on the margins of scripture and often set up to represent bad news? How would a lectionary centering women’s stories, chosen with womanist and feminist commitments in mind, frame the presentation of the scriptures for proclamation and teaching?
The scriptures are androcentric, male-focused, as is the lectionary that is dependent upon them. As a result, many congregants know only the biblical men's stories told in the Sunday lectionary read in their churches. A more expansive, more inclusive lectionary will remedy that by introducing readers and hearers of scripture to “women's stories” in the scriptures.
A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, when completed, will be a three-year lectionary accompanied by a stand-alone single year lectionary, Year W, that covers all four gospels. Year A features the Gospel of Matthew with John interwoven as is the case in the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) and Episcopal Lectionary.
Acknowledgments
About the Cover Images
Abbreviations
Biblical Resources
Introduction
Text Selection
Using A Women’s Lectionary
About the Translations
The Lessons with Commentary
Advent I / 1
Advent II / 4
Advent III / 7
Advent IV / 11
Christmas I / 15
Christmas II / 17
Christmas III / 21
First Sunday after Christmas / 23
Feast of the Holy Name, January 1 / 26
Second Sunday after Christmas / 29
Feast of the Epiphany / 33
Epiphany I / 36
Epiphany II / 39
Feast of the Presentation, February 2 / 43
Epiphany III / 46
Epiphany IV / 50
Epiphany V / 54
Epiphany VI / 57
Epiphany VII / 61
Epiphany VIII / 65
Last Week of Epiphany (Transfiguration) / 68
Lent—Ash Wednesday / 72
Lent 1 / 76
Lent II / 80
Lent III / 82
Lent IV / 85
Lent V / 88
Feast of the Annunciation, March 25 / 91
Palm Sunday—Liturgy of the Palms / 94
Palm Sunday—Liturgy of the Word / 96
Monday in Holy Week / 104
Tuesday in Holy Week / 108
Wednesday in Holy Week / 111
Maundy Thursday / 114
Good Friday / 118
Holy Saturday / 127
Easter—The Great Vigil / 132
Easter Day—Early Service / 143
Easter Day—Principal Service / 143
Easter Day—Evening Service / 149
Monday in Easter Week / 153
Tuesday in Easter Week / 155
Wednesday in Easter Week / 157
Thursday in Easter Week / 159
Friday in Easter Week / 161
Saturday in Easter Week / 163
Second Sunday of Easter / 165
Third Sunday of Easter / 169
Fourth Sunday of Easter / 172
Fifth Sunday of Easter / 174
Sixth Sunday of Easter / 177
Feast of the Ascension / 180
Seventh Sunday of Easter / 182
Pentecost Vigil (or Early Service) / 186
Pentecost Principal Service / 192
Trinity Sunday / 196
Season after Pentecost / 199
Proper 1 (Closest to May 11) / 199
Proper 2 (Closest to May 18) / 203
Proper 3 (Closest to May 25) / 206
Proper 4 (Closest to June 1) / 209
Proper 5 (Closest to June 8) / 213
Proper 6 (Closest to June 15) / 216
Proper 7 (Closest to June 22) / 219
Proper 8 (Closest to June 29) / 223
Proper 9 (Closest to July 6) / 227
Proper 10 (Closest to July 13) / 231
Proper 11 (Closest to July 20) / 235
Feast of Mary Magdalene, July 22 / 239
Proper 12 (Closest to July 27) / 242
Proper 13 (Closest to August 3) / 246
Proper 14 (Closest to August 10) / 249
Feast of the Ever-Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15 / 253
Proper 15 (Closest to August 17) / 257
Proper 16 (Closest to August 24) / 260
Proper 17 (Closest to August 31) / 263
Proper 18 (Closest to September 7) / 267
Proper 19 (Closest to September 14) / 271
Proper 20 (Closest to September 21) / 274
Proper 21 (Closest to September 28) / 278
Proper 22 (Closest to October 5) / 282
Proper 23 (Closest to October 12) / 287
Proper 24 (Closest to October 19) / 291
Proper 25 (Closest to October 26) / 295
Feast of All Saints, November 1 / 299
Proper 26 (Closest to November 2) / 302
Proper 27 (Closest to November 9) / 306
Proper 28 (Closest to November 16) / 310
Majesty of Christ (Closest to November 23) / 313
Appendix: God Names and Divine Titles
Bibliography
Scripture Index