The Revised Common Lectionary is a lectionary of the liturgical year put together in 1983. It was the product of a collaboration between the North American Consultation on Common Texts (CCT) [1] and the International English Language Liturgical Consultation (ELLC) [2]. After a nine-year trial period, it was publicly released in 1994.

The lectionary differs little from the 1969 Roman lectionary, Ordo Leclionum Missae . As in its predecessor, readings are prescribed for each Sunday: a passage from one of the four Gospels, another from the Old Testament or the Apocrypha, another from either the Acts of the Apostles or the Book of Revelation, another taken from the Epistles, and finally a passage from one of the Psalms.

Also like its predecessor, it runs in three-year cycles; the gospel readings in the first year are taken from the book of Matthew, those in the second year from the books of Mark and John, and in the third year come from the book of Luke.

It differs from its Latin predecessor, however, in that — as a result of feedback collected from the participating churches during the trial period — a greater emphasis is given to Old Testament passages and to Wisdom literature .

External links

• Online copy at Vanderbilt University
• FAQ at commontexts.homestead.com