Illuminations on the Lectionary readings for Holy Week 2024

Lectionary readings for March 25, 2024 (Monday in Holy Week)

Isaiah 42:1-9 [He has established justice in the earth]

Psalm 36:5-11 [Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens]

Hebrews 9:11-15 [He is the mediator of a new covenant]

John 12:1-11 [You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me]

Lectionary readings for March 26, 2024 (Tuesday in Holy Week)

Isaiah 49:1-7 [The Lord called me before I was born]

Psalm 71:1-14 [In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge]

1 Corinthians 1:18-31 [Consider your own call, brothers and sisters]

John 12:20-36 [Whoever serves me, the Father will honor]

Lectionary readings for March 27, 2024 (Wednesday in Holy Week)

Isaiah 50:4-9a [It is the Lord God who helps me]

Psalm 70 [O Lord, make haste to help me]

Hebrews 12:1-3 [Let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us]

John 13:21-32 [“Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me”]

Lectionary readings for March 28, 2024 (Maundy Thursday)

Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 [The first Passover]

Psalm 116:1, 10-17 [O Lord, I am your servant]

1 Corinthians 11:23-26 [This is my body that is for you]

John 13:1-17, 31b-35 [Jesus knew that his hour had come]

Lectionary readings for March 29, 2024 (Good Friday)

Isaiah 52:13-53:12 [The Suffering Servant]

Psalm 22 [My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?]

Hebrews 10:16-25 [He who has promised is faithful]

or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 [Jesus the Great High Priest]

John 18:1-19:42 [“It is finished.”]

Lectionary readings for March 30, 2024 (The Great Vigil of Easter)

At The Liturgy of the Word

At least two of the following Lessons are read, of which one is always the Lesson from Exodus. After each Lesson, the Psalm or Canticle listed, or some other suitable psalm, canticle, or hymn, may be sung. A period of silence may be kept; and the Collects provided on pages 288-91, or some other suitable Collect, may be said. It is recommended that the first Collect on page 290 be used after the Lesson from Baruch or Proverbs. (pp 893, BCP)

Genesis 1:1-2:4a [The Story of Creation]

Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18, 8:6-18, 9:8-13 [The Flood]

Genesis 22:1-18 [Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac]

Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 [Israel’s deliverance at the Red Sea]

Isaiah 55:1-11 [Salvation offered freely to all]

Baruch 3:9-15, 3:32-4:4 [Learn wisdom and live]

or Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21; 9:4b-6 [Does not wisdom call]

Ezekiel 36:24-28 [A new heart and a new spirit]

Ezekiel 37:1-14 [The valley of dry bones]

Zephaniah 3:14-20 [The gathering of God’s people]

At The Eucharist

Romans 6:3-11 [Death no longer has dominion over him]

Psalm 114 [Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord]

Mark 16:1-8 [His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow]

Lectionary readings for March 31, 2024 (Easter Sunday – Early Service)

Use one of the Old Testament Lessons from the Vigil with:

Psalm 114 [Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord]

Romans 6:3-11 [Death no longer has dominion over him]

Matthew 28:1-10 [He has been raised; he is not here]

Lectionary readings for March 31, 2024 (Easter Sunday – Principal Service)

Acts 10:34-43 [God raised him on the third day]

or Isaiah 25:6-9 [This is the Lord for whom we have waited;]

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 [Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good]

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 [His grace toward me has not been in vain]

or Acts 10:34-43 [God raised him on the third day]

John 20:1-18 [ “I have seen the Lord”]

or Mark 16:1-8 [His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow]

Lectionary readings for March 31, 2024 (Easter Sunday – Evening Service)

Isaiah 25:6-9 [Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces]

Psalm 114 [Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord]

1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 [A little yeast leavens the whole batch]

Luke 24:13-49 [He showed them his hands and his feet]