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Ecclesiasticus in the Daily Office Lectionary

The Daily Office Lectionary appoints Ecclesiasticus 34 times in its two-year course and 7 times on Holy Days. The course reads 27 of its 51 chapters, 2 of them in full.

Chapter by chapter

  • Year One reads chapters 3, 42–46 during Christmas, Easter, and the Season after Pentecost, at Morning and Evening Prayer.
  • Year Two reads chapters 1, 3–7, 10–11, 15, 18–19, 24, 28, 31–32, 34–36, 38, 42–44, 48, 50–51 during Epiphany and the Season after Pentecost, at Morning and Evening Prayer.
Ecclesiasticus chapters: both years 3, 42–44; Year One only 45–46; Year Two only 1, 4–7, 10–11, 15, 18–19, 24, 28, 31–32, 34–36, 38, 48, 50–51; not in the two-year course 2, 8–9, 12–14, 16–17, 20–23, 25–27, 29–30, 33, 37, 39–41, 47, 49; in part 1, 3–7, 10–11, 15, 18–19, 24, 28, 31–32, 34–36, 38, 42, 44–45, 48, 50–51.
  • Year One only
  • Year Two only
  • Both years
  • Half filled: only part of the chapter
  • Not in the two-year course

When both offices have two lessons, “the Old Testament Reading for the alternate year is used as the First Reading at Evening Prayer” (BCP p. 934). This site and the app follow that rubric, so most of these lessons are heard twice: at Morning Prayer in the year listed, and at Evening Prayer on the same day in the other year.

Year One8 lessons

Ecclesiasticus in Year One of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Christmas Day and Following, Second Sunday after ChristmasMorningEcclesiasticus 3:3-9, 14-17940
Week of 6 Easter, SundayMorningEcclesiasticus 43:1-12, 27-32962
Week of 7 Easter, Eve of Trinity SundayEveningEcclesiasticus 42:15-25964
Week of 7 Easter, Trinity SundayMorningEcclesiasticus 43:1-12(27-33)964
Week of Proper 5, ThursdayMorningEcclesiasticus 44:19–45:5970
Week of Proper 5, FridayMorningEcclesiasticus 45:6-16970
Week of Proper 5, SaturdayMorningEcclesiasticus 46:1-10970
Week of Proper 6, SundayMorningEcclesiasticus 46:11-20970

Year Two26 lessons

Ecclesiasticus in Year Two of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Week of Last Epiphany, SundayMorningEcclesiasticus 48:1-11951
Week of 7 Easter, Eve of Trinity SundayEveningEcclesiasticus 42:15-25965
Week of Proper 23, FridayMorningEcclesiasticus 1:1-10, 18-27989
Week of Proper 23, SaturdayMorningEcclesiasticus 3:17-31989
Week of Proper 24, SundayMorningEcclesiasticus 4:1-10989
Week of Proper 24, MondayMorningEcclesiasticus 4:20–5:7989
Week of Proper 24, TuesdayMorningEcclesiasticus 6:5-17989
Week of Proper 24, WednesdayMorningEcclesiasticus 7:4-14989
Week of Proper 24, ThursdayMorningEcclesiasticus 10:1-18989
Week of Proper 24, FridayMorningEcclesiasticus 11:2-20989
Week of Proper 24, SaturdayMorningEcclesiasticus 15:9-20989
Week of Proper 25, SundayMorningEcclesiasticus 18:19-33991
Week of Proper 25, MondayMorningEcclesiasticus 19:4-17991
Week of Proper 25, TuesdayMorningEcclesiasticus 24:1-12991
Week of Proper 25, WednesdayMorningEcclesiasticus 28:14-26991
Week of Proper 25, ThursdayMorningEcclesiasticus 31:12-18, 25–32:2991
Week of Proper 25, FridayMorningEcclesiasticus 34:1-8, 18-22991
Week of Proper 25, SaturdayMorningEcclesiasticus 35:1-17991
Week of Proper 26, SundayMorningEcclesiasticus 36:1-17991
Week of Proper 26, MondayMorningEcclesiasticus 38:24-34991
Week of Proper 26, TuesdayMorningEcclesiasticus 43:1-22991
Week of Proper 26, WednesdayMorningEcclesiasticus 43:23-33991
Week of Proper 26, ThursdayMorningEcclesiasticus 44:1-15991
Week of Proper 26, FridayMorningEcclesiasticus 50:1, 11-24991
Week of Proper 26, SaturdayMorningEcclesiasticus 51:1-12991
Week of Proper 27, SundayMorningEcclesiasticus 51:13-22993

On Holy Dayspages 996–1000, the same in both years

Ecclesiasticus on Holy Days and other occasions
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Conversion of St. PaulEveningEcclesiasticus 39:1-10996
St. MarkMorningEcclesiasticus 2:1-11997
St. BarnabasMorningEcclesiasticus 31:3-11998
Eve of St. John the BaptistEveningEcclesiasticus 48:1-11998
Independence DayMorningEcclesiasticus 10:1-8, 12-18998
Eve of the Patronal FeastEveningEcclesiasticus 51:6-12in place of Isaiah 49:1-131000
The Patronal FeastEveningEcclesiasticus 2:7-18in place of Jeremiah 31:10-141001

Coming up

The next 12 offices on this site that read from Ecclesiasticus:

40 more through November 7, 2027; see the calendar.

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