The Lectionary, which is the book that contains the Scripture readings for Mass and the Sacraments, has now changed as part of the continuing process of revising liturgical translations. The process began with the Roman Missal in 2011 and has continued with all the other liturgical texts. The new Lectionary uses the English Standard Version – Catholic Edition of the Bible and the Abbey Psalter. The changes are intended to make the biblical translations more faithful to the original languages, biblical scholarship, and to provide a text for use in liturgical setting that is more proclaimable and, where appropriate, more inclusive.
Text: Typeset in updated specially modified version of Stone font with rubrics in red.
Clarity: Text set in sense lines for ease of proclaimability.
Study Aids: In-line verse numbers simplify cross-referencing for preaching and study.
Calendar: A complete Proper of Saints with new saints and updated national calendars for England, Scotland and Wales.
Index: Fully indexed with page numbers and Lectionary numbers for all biblical references, psalms and feasts, including national propers.
Music: New music settings for Gospel Sequences.
These special editions of the Gospels, with introductions by Fr John Hemer MHM and Fr Javier Ruiz-Ortiz, are published to mark the introduction of the ESV-CE translation in the new Catholic lectionary for England, Scotland and Wales.
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A new Lectionary is a fresh chance to hear Christ speaking to us with the ears of faith; to take a fresh look at the Liturgy of the Word; to sense the “living and active” quality of God’s word (Heb 4:12); to let it bring us together with others; and to incorporate it more into our lives.
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