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the Bishops, in union with the Pope, revised the Roman Catholic Lectionary.� The Lectionary is the book which contains the readings for all the Sundays and weekdays of the liturgical year.� The readings previously had little variety and the Coucil Fathers did not expose Catholics to enough of the Sacred Scriptures.
The Sunday readings are now arranged in three cycles,
A - B - C.� These cycles each offer different readings so that the faithful can hear a variety of Sacred Scripture year to year.� This exposes Catholics to more books of the Bible and to each of the four Gospels.�
A cycle runs from the First Sunday of Advent until the Solemnity of Christ the King, which is the Sunday before the First Sunday of Advent.�
To keep track of what Cycle the Church is in, count from Advent, 2000, on which Cycle C began.� Cycle A will begin on the First Sunday of Advent, 2001, and so on....
The weekday readings follow a different pattern.� They follow a set of two years, Year One and Year Two.� Year One began on Monday of the First Week of Advent, 2000 and ends on the Saturday after Christ the King, 2001.� During some liturgical seasons, such as Advent, the readings are the same during Year One and Two.�
-Shaun Lowery
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Cycle A - Cycle B - Cycle C
Shaun Douglas Lowery
2000