lectionary
noun
lec·tion·ary
ˈlek-shə-ˌner-ē 
plural lectionaries
: a book or list of lections for the church year
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Because Easter 2026 falls in year A in the common lectionary, the Gospel reading that many congregations across the U.S. will hear read on Easter Sunday 2026 is Matthew 28:1-10, while others will hear John 20:1-18.
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Mary Foskett, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
But one of the questions most often asked in e-mails from readers concerned the last paragraph, which asserted that Bible stories about women have slowly disappeared from the Sunday lectionary.
—Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
During these dark days of winter, across the Jewish world, our lectionary carries us through Exodus, the second book in the Torah.
—Dan Fink, idahostatesman, 13 Jan. 2018
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Mary Foskett, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
But one of the questions most often asked in e-mails from readers concerned the last paragraph, which asserted that Bible stories about women have slowly disappeared from the Sunday lectionary.
—Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
During these dark days of winter, across the Jewish world, our lectionary carries us through Exodus, the second book in the Torah.
—Dan Fink, idahostatesman, 13 Jan. 2018
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“Lectionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lectionary. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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