A217 Consultation of Common Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings
The Episcopal Church is a member of the Consultation on Common Texts. Although the General Convention adopted the CCT’s Revised Common Lectionary, it has never considered the accompanying Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings, which first appeared in 2005. An expansion of that calendar under discussion at the CCT would make it suitable for daily Eucharistic use and would have some decided advantages over the Daily Eucharistic Reading currently adopted over the past decades from the Roman Catholic daily mass lectionary: a better balance of men and women, less focus on hierarchical priesthood, less use of the Apocrypha, and relationship to Sunday readings.
Explanation
The Episcopal Church is a member of the Consultation on Common Texts. Although the General Convention adopted the CCT’s Revised Common Lectionary, it has never considered the accompanying Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings, which first appeared in 2005. An expansion of that calendar under discussion at the CCT would make it suitable for daily Eucharistic use and would have some decided advantages over the Daily Eucharistic Reading currently adopted over the past decades from the Roman Catholic daily mass lectionary: a better balance of men and women, less focus on hierarchical priesthood, less use of the Apocrypha, and relationship to Sunday readings.