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Lectionary: Year A

Date

First Reading /
Alternate First Reading

Psalm /
Alternate Psalm

Second Reading

Gospel

November 30, 2025

First Sunday of Advent

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep58

December 7, 2025

Second Sunday of Advent

Isaiah 11:1-10

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse and Season Podcast, Ep59

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep59

Matthew 3:1-12

YBS Video

December 14, 2025

Third Sunday of Advent

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep60

Matthew 11:2-11

YBS Video

December 21, 2025

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep61

December 24, 2025

Christmas Eve, Morn, or Mid-Day -Proper 1

Isaiah 9:2-7

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep5

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep118

December 24, 2025

Christmas Eve, Morn, or Mid-Day – Proper II

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep62

December 24, 2025

Christmas Eve, Morn, or Mid-Day – Proper III

Hebrews 1:1-4, (5-12)

December 28, 2025

First Sunday after Christmas Day

January 1, 2026

Holy Name of Jesus

Numbers 6:22-27

Psalm 8

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep63

Galatians 4:4-7

YBS Video

OR Philippians 2:5-11

YBS Video

The Character of Jesus

Luke 2:15-21

YBS Video

January 1, 2026

New Year’s Day

January 4, 2026

Second Sunday after Christmas Day

Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21

Ephesians 1:3-14

John 1:(1-9), 10-18

YBS Video

January 6, 2026

Epiphany of the Lord

January 11, 2026

First Sunday after the Epiphany

Isaiah 42:1-9

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep64

January 18, 2026

Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep65

January 25, 2026

Third Sunday after the Epiphany

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep66

1 Corinthians 1:10-28

YBS Video

Matthew 4:12-23

YBS Video

February 1, 2026

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

Micah 6:1-8

Psalm 15

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

YBS Video

Matthew 5:1-12

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep67

February 8, 2026

Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12)

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep68

Psalm 112:1-9 (10)

YBS Video

1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)

YBS Video

Matthew 5:13-20

YBS Video

February 15, 2026

Transfiguration Sunday

Exodus 24:12-18

YBS Video

The 10 Commandments

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep70

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep70

February 18, 2026

Ash Wednesday

2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10

YBS Video

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

YBS Video

February 22, 2026

First Sunday in Lent

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7

YBS Video

Eating From the Tree of Knowledge

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast, Ep71

March 1, 2026

Second Sunday in Lent

Genesis 12:1-4a

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Ep72

March 8, 2026

Third Sunday in Lent

Exodus 17:1-7

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep73

Jesus and a Samaritan Woman

March 15, 2026

Fourth Sunday in Lent

March 22, 2026

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Mary, Martha and Lazarus

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep75

March 29, 2026

Sixth Sunday in Lent – Liturgy of the Palms

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29

YBS Video

Matthew 21:1-11

March 29, 2026

Sixth Sunday in Lent – Liturgy of the Passion

The Character of Jesus

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep76

April 2, 2026

Maundy Thursday

Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep77

Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19

YBS Video

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

YBS Video

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

YBS Video

April 3, 2026

Good Friday

OR Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9

YBS Video

John 18:1-19:42

YBS Video

Arrest and Interrogation

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep78

April 5, 2026

Easter Day

Acts 10:34-43

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep80

April 5, 2026

Easter Evening

April 12, 2026

Second Sunday of Easter

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep81

April 19, 2026

Third Sunday of Easter

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep82

April 26, 2026

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep83

1 Peter 2:19-25

YBS Video

John 10:1-10

May 3, 2026

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Chapter, Verse, and Season Ep84

May 10, 2026

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep85

John 14:15-21

May 17, 2026

Seventh Sunday of Easter

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep86

1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

YBS Video

John 17:1-11

YBS Video

May 24, 2026

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-21

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep87

OR Numbers 11:24-30

Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

YBS Video

1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

OR Acts 2:1-12

May 31, 2026

First Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 1:1-2:4

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep88

Psalm 8

YBS Video

2 Corinthians 13:11-13

YBS Video

Matthew 28:16-20

YBS Video

June 7, 2026

Second Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 12:1-9

YBS Video

Go Forth From Your Native Land

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep89

Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

YBS Video

June 14, 2026

Third Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7)

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep90

Matthew 9:35-10:8 (9-23)

YBS Video

June 21, 2026

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Psalm 69:7-10, (11-15), 16-18

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep91

June 28, 2026

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 22:1-14

YBS Video

The Paradigm of Biblical Narration

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep92

Matthew 10:40-42

YBS Video

July 5, 2026

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67

Zechariah 9:9-12

Psalm 45:10-17

YBS Video

OR Song of Solomon 2:8-13

Psalm 145:8-14

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep93

July 12, 2026

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep94

July 19, 2026

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 28:10-19a

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep95

Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19

OR Isaiah 44:6-8

Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24

Psalm 86:11-17

YBS Video

Romans 8:12-25

YBS Video

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

YBS Video

July 26, 2026

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep96

OR Psalm 128

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

YBS Video

August 2, 2026

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep97

August 9, 2026

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

YBS Video

The Joseph Story Video

1 Kings 19:9-18

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep98

Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b

August 16, 2026

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep99

Psalm 67

YBS Video

Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

YBS Video

Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28

YBS Video

August 23, 2026

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Exodus 1:8-2:10

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep100

August 30, 2026

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Exodus 3:1-15

YBS Video

Jeremiah 15:15-21

Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45b

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep 101

Matthew 16:21-28

YBS Video

September 6, 2026

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Exodus 12:1-14

YBS Video

Ezekiel 33:7-11

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep102

September 13, 2026

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

OR Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21

YBS Video

Psalm 103:(1-7), 8-13

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep103

September 20, 2026

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep104

Philippians 1:21-30

YBS Video

What’s Happening in Philipi?

Matthew 20:1-16

YBS Video

September 27, 2026

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Exodus 17:1-7

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep105

Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32

October 4, 2026

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20

To Circumcise or Not?

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep106

Matthew 21:33-46

YBS Video

October 11, 2026

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Rejoice in the Lord Always

Matthew 22:1-14

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep107

October 12, 2026

Canadian Thanksgiving Day

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Wilderness Experience

October 18, 2026

Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

Exodus 33:12-23

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep108

Isaiah 45:1-7

Psalm 99

Psalm 96:1-9, (10-13)

YBS Video

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

YBS Video

Matthew 22:15-22

YBS Video

October 25, 2026

Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep109

Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18

Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17

Psalm 1

YBS Video

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

YBS Video

Matthew 22:34-46

YBS Video

November 1, 2026

All Saints Day (sometimes observed on first Sunday in November)

November 1, 2026

Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost

1 Thessalonians 2:9-13

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep110

Matthew 23:1-12

YBS Video

November 8, 2026

Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-16

OR Amos 5:18-24

Psalm 78:1-7

Wisdom of Solomon 6:17-20

OR Psalm 70

YBS Video

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

YBS Video

Matthew 25:1-13

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep111

November 15, 2026

Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Psalm 90:1-8, (9-11), 12

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

YBS Video

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep112

Matthew 25:14-30

YBS Video

November 22, 2026

Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast Ep113

November 26, 2026

Thanksgiving Day, USA

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Wilderness Experience

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