Daily Readings

Daily readings for Holy Week and the Easter season can be downloaded here: Easter Readings 2009

The Caim currently draws daily readings from the Daily Eucharistic Lectionary, as featured in the lectionary of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand.

About the Daily Eucharistic Lectionary:
“The readings of the Daily Eucharistic Lectionary complement those of the Sunday lectionary, enabling a larger amount of the Bible to be read over the course of two years. Almost all weekdays are provided with two readings: first, a reading from the Old Testament or from the New Testament other than the Gospels; and, secondly, a reading from one of the Gospels.  Christmas Eve and the days of Holy Week are provided with both an Old Testament and a New Testament reading in addition to a reading from the Gospels. The first reading is, in each case, followed by a psalm or portion of a psalm which serves as a response to the reading.  In Advent and Christmas and during the first part of Epiphany (until the Baptism of Christ) and again during Lent and Eastertide the selection of readings and psalms is the same every year. In the rest of the Epiphany season (from the Baptism of Christ until the feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, or Candlemas) and in the remainder of the year (between the Presentation and Lent, and between Pentecost and Advent; the periods called ‘Ordinary Time’) the selection of first readings and psalms is spread over a two-year cycle. The readings for Year 1 are used in calendar years with an odd number, and the readings for Year 2 in calendar years with an even number. The Gospel readings are the same in each year.” (Common Worship: Daily Eucharistic Lectionary, SCM-Canterbury Press, 2008)