Proper Lessons

to be read at Morning and Evening

Prayer on the Sundays and other
holy days throughout the year.

Lessons Proper for Sundays.

Mattins Evensong
Sundays 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
Of Advent
1 Isa. 1 - Isa. 2 -
2 5 - 24 -
3 25 - 26 -
4 30 - 32 -
After Christmas
1 37 - 38 -
2 41 - 43 -
After Epiphany
1 44 - 46 -
2 51 - 53 -
3 55 - 56 -
4 57 - 58 -
5 59 - 64 -
6 65 - 66 -
Septuagesima Gen. 1 - Gen. 2 -
Sexagesima 3 - 6 -
Quinquagesima 9:1-19 - 12 -
In Lent -
1 19:1-29 - 22 -
2 27 - 34 -
3 39 - 42 -

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 Lessons Proper for Sundays
Mattins Evensong
Sundays 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
4 Gen. 43 - Gen. 45 -
5 Exod. 3 - Exod. 5 -
6 9 Matt. 26 10 Heb. 5:1-10
Easter Day 12 Rom. 6 14 Acts 2:22-47
After Easter
1 Num. 16 - Num. 22 -
2 23–24 - 25 -
3 Deut. 4 - Deut. 5 -
4 6 - 7 -
5 8 - 9 -
After Ascension 12 - 13 -
Whitsunday 16:1-17 Acts 10:34-48 Isa. 11 19:1-20
Trinity Sunday Gen. 1 Matt. 3 Gen. 18 1 John 5
After Trinity
1 Josh. 10 - Josh. 23 -
2 Judg. 4 - Judg. 5 -
3 1 Sam. 2 - 1 Sam. 3 -
4 12 - 13 -
5 15 - 17 -
6 2 Sam. 12 - 2 Sam. 19 -
7 21 - 24 -
8 1 Kgs. 13 - 1 Kgs. 17 -
9 18 - 19 -
10 21 - 22 -
11 2 Kgs. 5 - 2 Kgs. 9 -
12 10 - 18 -
13 19 - 23 -
14 Jer. 5 - Jer. 22 -
15 35 - 36 -
16 Ezek. 2 - Ezek. 13 -

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 Lessons Proper for Holy Days
Mattins Evensong
Sundays 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
17 Ezek. 14 - Ezek. 18 -
18 20 - 24 -
19 Dan. 3 - Dan. 6 -
20 Joel 2 - Mic. 6 -
21 Hab. 2 - Prov. 1 -
22 Prov. 2 - 3 -
23 11 - 12 -
24 13 - 14 -
25 15 - 16 -
26 17 - 19 -

Lessons Proper for Holy Days – Mattins.

Day 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
St. Andrew Prov. 20 -
St. Thomas the Apostle 23 -
Nativity of Christ Isa. 9:1-7 Luke 2:1-14
St. Stephen Prov. 28 Acts 6:8–7:29
St. John Eccl. 5 Rev. 1
Innocents’ Day Jer. 31:1-17 -
Circumcision Gen. 17 Rom. 2
Epiphany Isa. 60 Luke 3:1-22
Conversion of St. Paul Wis. 5 Acts 22:1-21
Purification of the V. Mary 9 -
St. Matthias 19 -
Annunciation of our Lady Sir. 2 -
Wednesday before Easter Hos. 13 John 11:45-57
Thursday before Easter Dan. 9 13
Good Friday Gen. 22:1-19 18
Easter Even Zech. 9 Luke 23:50-56
Monday in Easter Week Exod. 16 Matt. 28

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 Lessons Proper for Holy Days
Day 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
Tuesday in Easter Week Exod. 20 Luke 24:1-12
St. Mark Sir. 4 -
St. Philip and St. James 7 John 1:43-51
Ascension Day Deut. 10 Luke 24:44-53
Monday in Whitsun Week Gen. 11:1-9 1 Cor. 12
Tuesday in Whitsun Week 1 Sam. 19:18-24 1 Thess. 5:12-23
St. Barnabas Sir. 10 Acts 14
St. John the Baptist Mal. 3 Matt. 3
St. Peter Sir. 15 Acts 3
St. James 21 -
St. Bartholomew 24 -
St. Matthew 35 -
St. Michael Gen. 32 Acts 12:1-19
St. Luke Sir. 51 -
St. Simon and St. Jude Job 24–25 -
All Saints Wis. 3:1-9 Heb. 11:32–12:6

Lessons Proper for Holy Days – Evensong.

Day 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
St. Andrew Prov. 21 -
St. Thomas the Apostle 24 -
Nativity of Christ Isa. 7:10-16 Titus 3:4-8
St. Stephen Eccl. 4 Acts 7:30-54
St. John 6 Rev. 22
Innocents’ Day Wis. 1 -
Circumcision Deut. 10:12-22 Col. 2
Epiphany Isa. 49 John 2:1-11
Conversion of St. Paul Wis. 6 Acts 26
Purification of the V. Mary 12 -
St. Matthias Sir. 1 -
Annunciation of our Lady 3 -

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 PROPER PSALMS
Day 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
Wednesday before Easter Hos. 14 -
Thursday before Easter Jer. 31 -
Good Friday Isa. 53 1 Pet. 2
Easter Even Exod. 13 Heb. 4
Monday in Easter Week 17 Acts 3
Tuesday in Easter Week 32 1 Cor. 15
St. Mark Sir. 5 -
St. Philip and St. James 9 -
Ascension Day 2 Kgs. 2 Eph. 4:1-16
Monday in Whitsun Week Num. 11:16-29 1 Cor. 14:1-25
Tuesday in Whitsun Week Deut. 30 1 John 4:1-13
St. Barnabas Sir. 12 Acts 15:1-35
St. John the Baptist Mal. 4 Matt. 14:1-12
St. Peter Sir. 19 Acts 4
St. James 22 -
St. Bartholomew 29 -
St. Matthew 38 -
St. Michael Dan. 10:5-21 Jude 6-15
St. Luke Job 1 -
St. Simon and St. Jude 42 -
All Saints Wis. 5:1-16 Rev. 19:1-16

Proper Psalms on Certain Days.

Day Mattins Evensong
Christmas Day 19, 45, 85 89, 110, 132
Ash Wednesday 6, 32, 38 102, 130, 143
Good Friday 22, 40, 54 69, 88
Easter Day 2, 57, 111 113, 114, 118
Ascension Day 8, 15, 21 24, 47, 108
Whitsunday 48, 68 104, 145

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 JANUARY – MATTINS
January hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 A Circumcision of our Lord — —
2 b Gen. 1 Matt. 1
3 c 3 2
4 d 5 3
5 e 7 4
6 f Epiphany of our Lord — —
7 g 9 5
8 a Lucian, P. & M. 13 6
9 b 15 7
10 c 17 8
11 d 19 9
12 e 21 10
13 f Hilary, B. & C. 23 11
14 g 25 12
15 a 27 13
16 b 29 14
17 c 31 15
18 d Prisca, Roman V. & M. 33 16
19 e 35 17
20 f Fabian, B. of Rome & M. 38 18
21 g Agnes, Roman V. & M. 40 19
22 a Vincent, Spanish D. & M. 42 20
23 b 44 21
24 c 46 22
25 d Conversion of St. Paul — —
26 e 48 23
27 f 50 24
28 g Exod. 2 25
29 a 4 26
30 b 6:1-13 27
31 c 8 28

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 JANUARY – EVENSONG
January hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 A Circumcision of our Lord — —
2 b Gen. 2 Rom. 1
3 c 4 2
4 d 6 3
5 e 8 4
6 f Epiphany of our Lord — —
7 g 12 5
8 a Lucian, P. & M. 14 6
9 b 16 7
10 c 18 8
11 d 20 9
12 e 22 10
13 f Hilary, B. & C. 24 11
14 g 26 12
15 a 28 13
16 b 30 14
17 c 32 15
18 d Prisca, Roman V. & M. 34 16
19 e 37 1 Cor. 1
20 f Fabian, B. of Rome & M. 39 2
21 g Agnes, Roman V. & M. 41 3
22 a Vincent, Spanish D. & M. 43 4
23 b 45 5
24 c 47 6
25 d Conversion of St. Paul — —
26 e 49 7
27 f Exod. 1 8
28 g 3 9
29 a 5 10
30 b 7 11
31 c 9 12

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 FEBRUARY – MATTINS
February hath 28 (or 29) days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 d fast Exod. 10 Mark 1
2 e Purification of Mary the Blessed V. — 2
3 f Blasius, Armenian B. & M. 12 3
4 g 14 4
5 a Agatha, Sicilian V. & M. 16 5
6 b 18 6
7 c 20 7
8 d 22 8
9 e 24 9
10 f 33 10
11 g Lev. 18 11
12 a 20 12
13 b Num. 11 13
14 c Valentine, B. & M. 13 14
15 d 16 15
16 e 20 16
17 f 22 Luke 1:1-38
18 g 24 1:39-80
19 a 27 2
20 b 31 3
21 c 35 4
22 d Deut. 1 5
23 e fast 3 6
24 f St. Matthias, A. & M. — 7
25 g 5 8
26 a 7 9
27 b 9 10
28 c 11 11
29 13 Matt. 7

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 FEBRUARY – EVENSONG
February hath 28 (or 29) days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 d fast Exod. 11 1 Cor. 13
2 e Purification of Mary the Blessed V. — 14
3 f Blasius, Armenian B. & M. 13 15
4 g 15 16
5 a Agatha, Sicilian V. & M. 17 2 Cor. 1
6 b 19 2
7 c 21 3
8 d 23 4
9 e 32 5
10 f 34 6
11 g Lev. 19 7
12 a 26 8
13 b Num. 12 9
14 c Valentine, B. & M. 14 10
15 d 17 11
16 e 21 12
17 f 23 13
18 g 25 Gal. 1
19 a 30 2
20 b 32 3
21 c 36 4
22 d Deut. 2 5
23 e fast 4 6
24 f St. Matthias, A. & M. — Eph. 1
25 g 6 2
26 a 8 3
27 b 10 4
28 c 12 5
29 14 Rom. 12

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 MARCH – MATTINS
March hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 d David, Archb. of Menevia Deut. 15 Luke 12
2 e Cedde, or Chad, B. of Lichfield 17 13
3 f 19 14
4 g 21 15
5 a 24 16
6 b 26 17
7 c Perpetua of Mauritania, M. 28 18
8 d 30 19
9 e 32 20
10 f 34 21
11 g Josh. 2 22
12 a Gregory Magnus, B. of Rome & C. 4 23
13 b 6 24
14 c 8 John 1
15 d 10 2
16 e 24 3
17 f Judg. 2 4
18 g Edward, K. of the West Saxons 4 5
19 a 6 6
20 b 8 7
21 c Benedict, Ab. 10 8
22 d 12 9
23 e 14 10
24 f fast 16 11
25 g Annunciation of Mary — 12
26 a 18 13
27 b 20 14
28 c Ruth 1 15
29 d 3 16
30 e 1 Sam. 1 17
31 f 3 18

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 MARCH – EVENSONG
March hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 d David, Archb. of Menevia Deut. 16 Eph. 6
2 e Cedde, or Chad, B. of Lichfield 18 Phil. 1
3 f 20 2
4 g 22 3
5 a 25 4
6 b 27 Col. 1
7 c Perpetua of Mauritania, M. 29 2
8 d 31 3
9 e 33 4
10 f Josh. 1 1 Thess. 1
11 g 3 2
12 a Gregory Magnus, B. of Rome & C. 5 3
13 b 7 4
14 c 9 5
15 d 23 2 Thess. 1
16 e Judg. 1 2
17 f 3 3
18 g Edward, K. of the West Saxons 5 1 Tim. 1
19 a 7 2–3
20 b 9 4
21 c Benedict, Ab. 11 5
22 d 13 6
23 e 15 2 Tim. 1
24 f fast 17 2
25 g Annunciation of Mary — 3
26 a 19 4
27 b 21 Titus 1
28 c Ruth 2 2–3
29 d 4 Phlm.
30 e 1 Sam. 2 Heb. 1
31 f 4 2

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 APRIL – MATTINS
April hath 30 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 g 1 Sam. 5 John 19
2 A 7 20
3 b Richard, B. of Chichester 9 21
4 c Ambrose, B. of Milan 11 Acts 1
5 d 13 2
6 e 15 3
7 f 17 4
8 g 19 5
9 a 21 6
10 b 23 7
11 c 25 8
12 d 27 9
13 e 29 10
14 f 31 11
15 g 2 Sam. 2 12
16 a 4 13
17 b 6 14
18 c 8 15
19 d Alphege, Archb. of Canterbury 10 16
20 e 12 17
21 f 14 18
22 g 16 19
23 a St. George, M. 18 20
24 b 20 21
25 c St. Mark, E. & M. — 22
26 d 22 23
27 e 24 24
28 f 1 Kgs. 2 25
29 g 4 26
30 a 6 27

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 APRIL – EVENSONG
April hath 30 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 g 1 Sam. 6 Heb. 3
2 A 8 4
3 b Richard, B. of Chichester 10 5
4 c Ambrose, B. of Milan 12 6
5 d 14 7
6 e 16 8
7 f 18 9
8 g 20 10
9 a 22 11
10 b 24 12
11 c 26 13
12 d 28 Jas. 1
13 e 30 2
14 f 2 Sam. 1 3
15 g 3 4
16 a 5 5
17 b 7 1 Pet. 1
18 c 9 2
19 d Alphege, Archb. of Canterbury 11 3
20 e 13 4
21 f 15 5
22 g 17 2 Pet. 1
23 a St. George, M. 19 2
24 b 21 3
25 c St. Mark, E. & M. — 1 John 1
26 d 23 2
27 e 1 Kgs. 1 3
28 f 3 4
29 g 5 5
30 a 7 2 & 3 John

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 MAY – MATTINS
May hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 b St. Philip & St. James, A. & M. — —
2 c 1 Kgs. 8 Acts 28
3 d Invention of the Cross 10 Matt. 1
4 e 12 2
5 f 14 3
6 g St. John the Evangelist ante 16 4
7 a   portam Latinam 18 5
8 b 20 6
9 c 22 7
10 d 2 Kgs. 2 8
11 e 4 9
12 f 6 10
13 g 8 11
14 a 10 12
15 b 12 13
16 c 14 14
17 d 16 15
18 e 18 16
19 f Dunstan, Archb. of Canterbury 20 17
20 g 22 18
21 a 24 19
22 b Ezra 1 20
23 c 4 21
24 d 6 22
25 e 9 23
26 f Augustine, Archb. of Canterbury Neh. 2 24
27 g Venerable Bede, P. 5 25
28 a 8 26
29 b 10 27
30 c Esth. 1 28
31 d 3 Mark 1

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 MAY – EVENSONG
May hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 b St. Philip & St. James, A. & M. — Jude
2 c 1 Kgs. 9 Rom. 1
3 d Invention of the Cross 11 2
4 e 13 3
5 f 15 4
6 g St. John the Evangelist ante 17 5
7 a   portam Latinam 19 6
8 b 21 7
9 c 2 Kgs. 1 8
10 d 3 9
11 e 5 10
12 f 7 11
13 g 9 12
14 a 11 13
15 b 13 14
16 c 15 15
17 d 17 16
18 e 19 1 Cor. 1
19 f Dunstan, Archb. of Canterbury 21 2
20 g 23 3
21 a 25 4
22 b Ezra 3 5
23 c 5 6
24 d 7 7
25 e Neh. 1 8
26 f Augustine, Archb. of Canterbury 4 9
27 g Venerable Bede, P. 6 10
28 a 9 11
29 b 13 12
30 c Esth. 2 13
31 d 4 14

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 JUNE – MATTINS
June hath 30 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 e Nicomede, Roman P. & M. Esth. 5 Mark 2
2 f 7 3
3 g 9 4
4 a Job 2 5
5 b Boniface, B. of Mainz & M. 4 6
6 c 6 7
7 d 8 8
8 e 10 9
9 f 12 10
10 g 14 11
11 a St. Barnabas, A. & M. — —
12 b 16 12
13 c 19 13
14 d 21 14
15 e 23 15
16 f 26–27 16
17 g St. Alban, M. 29 Luke 1
18 a 31 2
19 b 33 3
20 c Tr. of Edward, K. of the West 35 4
21 d   Saxons 37 5
22 e 39 6
23 f fast 41 7
24 g Nativity of St. John the Baptist — —
25 a Prov. 1 8
26 b 3 9
27 c 5 10
28 d fast 7 11
29 e St. Peter, A. & M. — —
30 f 9 12

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 JUNE – EVENSONG
June hath 30 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 e Nicomede, Roman P. & M. Esth. 6 1 Cor. 15
2 f 8 16
3 g Job 1 2 Cor. 1
4 a 3 2
5 b Boniface, B. of Mainz & M. 5 3
6 c 7 4
7 d 9 5
8 e 11 6
9 f 13 7
10 g 15 8
11 a St. Barnabas, A. & M. — —
12 b 17–18 9
13 c 20 10
14 d 22 11
15 e 24–25 12
16 f 28 13
17 g St. Alban, M. 30 Gal. 1
18 a 32 2
19 b 34 3
20 c Tr. of Edward, K. of the West 36 4
21 d   Saxons 38 5
22 e 40 6
23 f fast 42 Eph. 1
24 g Nativity of St. John the Baptist — —
25 a Prov. 2 2
26 b 4 3
27 c 6 4
28 d fast 8 5
29 e St. Peter, A. & M. — —
30 f 10 6

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 JULY – MATTINS
July hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 g Prov. 11 Luke 13
2 A Visitation of the Blessed V. Mary 13 14
3 b 15 15
4 c Tr. of St. Martin, B. & C. 17 16
5 d 19 17
6 e 21 18
7 f 23 19
8 g 25 20
9 a 27 21
10 b 29 22
11 c Eccl. 1 23
12 d 3 24
13 e 5 John 1
14 f 7 2
15 g Swithun, B. of Winchester, Tr. 9 3
16 a 11 4
17 b Jer. 1 5
18 c 3 6
19 d 5 7
20 e Margaret, V. & M. at Antioch 7 8
21 f 9 9
22 g St. Mary Magdalen 11 10
23 a 13 11
24 b fast 15 12
25 c St. James, A. & M. — 13
26 d St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed 17 14
27 e   V. Mary 19 15
28 f 21 16
29 g 23 17
30 a 25 18
31 b 27 19

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 JULY – EVENSONG
July hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 g Prov. 12 Phil. 1
2 A Visitation of the Blessed V. Mary 14 2
3 b 16 3
4 c Tr. of St. Martin, B. & C. 18 4
5 d 20 Col. 1
6 e 22 2
7 f 24 3
8 g 26 4
9 a 28 1 Thess. 1
10 b 31 2
11 c Eccl. 2 3
12 d 4 4
13 e 6 5
14 f 8 2 Thess. 1
15 g Swithun, B. of Winchester, Tr. 10 2
16 a 12 3
17 b Jer. 2 1 Tim. 1
18 c 4 2–3
19 d 6 4
20 e Margaret, V. & M. at Antioch 8 5
21 f 10 6
22 g St. Mary Magdalen 12 2 Tim. 1
23 a 14 2
24 b fast 16 3
25 c St. James, A. & M. — 4
26 d St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed 18 Titus 1
27 e   V. Mary 20 2–3
28 f 22 Phlm.
29 g 24 Heb. 1
30 a 26 2
31 b 28 3

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 AUGUST – MATTINS
August hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 c Lammas Day Jer. 29 John 20
2 d 31 21
3 e 33 Acts 1
4 f 35 2
5 g 37 3
6 a Transfiguration of our Lord 39 4
7 b Name of Jesus 41 5
8 c 43 6
9 d 45–46 7
10 e St. Laurence, Archd. of Rome & M. 48 8
11 f 50 9
12 g 52 10
13 a Lam. 2 11
14 b 4 12
15 c Ezek. 2 13
16 d 6 14
17 e 13 15
18 f 18 16
19 g 34 17
20 a Dan. 2 18
21 b 4 19
22 c 6 20
23 d fast 8 21
24 e St. Bartholomew, A. & M. — 22
25 f 10 23
26 g 12 24
27 a Hos. 2–3 25
28 b St. Augustine, B. of Hippo, C., Dr. 5–6 26
29 c Beheading of St. John the Baptist 8 27
30 d 10 28
31 e 12 Matt. 1

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 AUGUST – EVENSONG
August hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 c Lammas Day Jer. 30 Heb. 4
2 d 32 5
3 e 34 6
4 f 36 7
5 g 38 8
6 a Transfiguration of our Lord 40 9
7 b Name of Jesus 42 10
8 c 44 11
9 d 47 12
10 e St. Laurence, Archd. of Rome & M. 49 13
11 f 51 Jas. 1
12 g Lam. 1 2
13 a 3 3
14 b 5 4
15 c Ezek. 3 5
16 d 7 1 Pet. 1
17 e 14 2
18 f 33 3
19 g Dan. 1 4
20 a 3 5
21 b 5 2 Pet. 1
22 c 7 2
23 d fast 9 3
24 e St. Bartholomew, A. & M. — 1 John 1
25 f 11 2
26 g Hos. 1 3
27 a 4 4
28 b St. Augustine, B. of Hippo, C., Dr. 7 5
29 c Beheading of St. John the Baptist 9 2 & 3 John
30 d 11 Jude
31 e 13 Rom. 1

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 SEPTEMBER – MATTINS
September hath 30 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 f Giles, Ab. & C. Hos. 14 Matt. 2
2 g Joel 2 3
3 a Amos 1 4
4 b 3 5
5 c 5 6
6 d 7 7
7 e Evurtius, B. of Orleans 9 8
8 f Nativity of the Blessed V. Mary Jonah 1 9
9 g 4 10
10 a Mic. 2 11
11 b 4 12
12 c 6 13
13 d Nah. 1 14
14 e Holy Cross Day 3 15
15 f Hab. 2 16
16 g Zeph. 1 17
17 a Lambert, B. & M. 3 18
18 b Hag. 2 19
19 c Zech. 2–3 20
20 d fast 6 21
21 e St. Matthew, A., E., & M. — 22
22 f 8 23
23 g 10 24
24 a 12 25
25 b 14 26
26 c St. Cyprian, Archb. of Carthage Mal. 2 27
27 d   & M. 4 28
28 e Tob. 2 Mark 1
29 f St. Michael & All Angels — 2
30 g St. Jerome, P., C., & Dr. 4 3
  

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 SEPTEMBER – EVENSONG
September hath 30 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 f Giles, Ab. & C. Joel 1 Rom. 2
2 g 3 3
3 a Amos 2 4
4 b 4 5
5 c 6 6
6 d 8 7
7 e Evurtius, B. of Orleans Obad. 8
8 f Nativity of the Blessed V. Mary Jonah 2–3 9
9 g Mic. 1 10
10 a 3 11
11 b 5 12
12 c 7 13
13 d Nah. 2 14
14 e Holy Cross Day Hab. 1 15
15 f 3 16
16 g Zeph. 2 1 Cor. 1
17 a Lambert, B. & M. Hag. 1 2
18 b Zech. 1 3
19 c 4–5 4
20 d fast 7 5
21 e St. Matthew, A., E., & M. — 6
22 f 9 7
23 g 11 8
24 a 13 9
25 b Mal. 1 10
26 c St. Cyprian, Archb. of Carthage 3 11
27 d   & M. Tob. 1 12
28 e 3 13
29 f St. Michael & All Angels — 14
30 g St. Jerome, P., C., & Dr. 6 15
  

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 OCTOBER – MATTINS
October hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 A Remigius, B. of Rheims Tob. 7 Mark 4
2 b 9 5
3 c 11 6
4 d 13 7
5 e Jdt. 1 8
6 f Faith, V. & M. 3 9
7 g 5 10
8 a 7 11
9 b St. Denys the Areopagite, B. & M. 9 12
10 c 11 13
11 d 13 14
12 e 15 15
13 f Tr. of K. Edward the C. Wis. 1 16
14 g 3 Luke 1:1-38
15 a 5 1:39-80
16 b 7 2
17 c Etheldreda, V. 9 3
18 d St. Luke, E. — 4
19 e 11 5
20 f 13 6
21 g 15 7
22 a 17 8
23 b 19 9
24 c Sir. 2 10
25 d Crispin, M. 4 11
26 e 6 12
27 f fast 8 13
28 g St. Simon & St. Jude, A. & M. — 14
29 a 10 15
30 b 12 16
31 c fast 14 17

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 OCTOBER – EVENSONG
October hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 A Remigius, B. of Rheims Tob. 8 1 Cor. 16
2 b 10 2 Cor. 1
3 c 12 2
4 d 14 3
5 e Jdt. 2 4
6 f Faith, V. & M. 4 5
7 g 6 6
8 a 8 7
9 b St. Denys the Areopagite, B. & M. 10 8
10 c 12 9
11 d 14 10
12 e 16 11
13 f Tr. of K. Edward the C. Wis. 2 12
14 g 4 13
15 a 6 Gal. 1
16 b 8 2
17 c Etheldreda, V. 10 3
18 d St. Luke, E. — 4
19 e 12 5
20 f 14 6
21 g 16 Eph. 1
22 a 18 2
23 b Sir. 1 3
24 c 3 4
25 d Crispin, M. 5 5
26 e 7 6
27 f fast 9 Phil. 1
28 g St. Simon & St. Jude, A. & M. — 2
29 a 11 3
30 b 13 4
31 c fast 15 Col. 1

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 NOVEMBER – MATTINS
November hath 30 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 d All Saints’ Day — —
2 e Sir. 16 Luke 18
3 f 18 19
4 g 20 20
5 a 22 21
6 b Leonard, C. 24 22
7 c 27 23
8 d 29 24
9 e 31 John 1
10 f 33 2
11 g St. Martin, B. & C. 35 3
12 a 37 4
13 b Britius, B. 39 5
14 c 41 6
15 d Machutus, B. 43 7
16 e 45 8
17 f Hugh, B. of Lincoln 47 9
18 g 49 10
19 a 51 11
20 b Edmund, K. & M. Bar. 2 12
21 c 4 13
22 d Cecilia, V. & M. 6 14
23 e St. Clement I, B. of Rome & M. Bel 15
24 f Isa. 2 16
25 g Catherine, V. & M. 4 17
26 a 6 18
27 b 8 19
28 c 10 20
29 d fast 12 21
30 e St. Andrew, A. & M. — Acts 1

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 NOVEMBER – EVENSONG
November hath 30 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 d All Saints’ Day — —
2 e Sir. 17 Col. 2
3 f 19 3
4 g 21 4
5 a 23 1 Thess. 1
6 b Leonard, C. 25:1-12 2
7 c 28 3
8 d 30:1-17 4
9 e 32 5
10 f 34 2 Thess. 1
11 g St. Martin, B. & C. 36 2
12 a 38 3
13 b Britius, B. 40 1 Tim. 1
14 c 42 2–3
15 d Machutus, B. 44 4
16 e 46:1-19 5
17 f Hugh, B. of Lincoln 48 6
18 g 50 2 Tim. 1
19 a Bar. 1 2
20 b Edmund, K. & M. 3 3
21 c 5 4
22 d Cecilia, V. & M. Sus. Titus 1
23 e St. Clement I, B. of Rome & M. Isa. 1 2–3
24 f 3 Phlm.
25 g Catherine, V. & M. 5 Heb. 1
26 a 7 2
27 b 9 3
28 c 11 4
29 d fast 13 5
30 e St. Andrew, A. & M. — 6

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December hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 f Isa. 14 Acts 2
2 g 16 3
3 a 18 4
4 b 20–21 5
5 c 23 6
6 d Nicholas, B. of Myra in Lycia 25 7:1-29
7 e 27 7:30-60
8 f Conception of the Blessed V. Mary 29 8
9 g 31 9
10 a 33 10
11 b 35 11
12 c 37 12
13 d Lucy, V. & M. 39 13
14 e 41 14
15 f 43 15
16 g O Sapientia 45 16
17 a 47 17
18 b 49 18
19 c 51 19
20 d fast 53 20
21 e St. Thomas, A. & M. — 21
22 f 55 22
23 g 57 23
24 a fast 59 24
25 b Christmas Day — —
26 c St. Stephen, First Martyr — —
27 d St. John, A. & E. — —
28 e Innocents’ Day — 25
29 f 61 26
30 g 63 27
31 a Silvester, B. of Rome 65 28

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December hath 31 days 1 Lesson 2 Lesson
1 f Isa. 15 Heb. 7
2 g 17 8
3 a 19 9
4 b 22 10
5 c 24 11
6 d Nicholas, B. of Myra in Lycia 26 12
7 e 28 13
8 f Conception of the Blessed V. Mary 30 Jas. 1
9 g 32 2
10 a 34 3
11 b 36 4
12 c 38 5
13 d Lucy, V. & M. 40 1 Pet. 1
14 e 42 2
15 f 44 3
16 g O Sapientia 46 4
17 a 48 5
18 b 50 2 Pet. 1
19 c 52 2
20 d fast 54 3
21 e St. Thomas, A. & M. — 1 John 1
22 f 56 2
23 g 58 3
24 a fast 60 4
25 b Christmas Day — —
26 c St. Stephen, First Martyr — —
27 d St. John, A. & E. — —
28 e Innocents’ Day — 5
29 f 62 2 John
30 g 64 3 John
31 a Silvester, B. of Rome 66 Jude

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