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 Lectionary
A good short introduction to Lectionaries, the name broadly given to collections of Scripture readings intended to be read during Mass. Also helpful is the General Instruction on the Roman Missal which explains that the readings for the Sunday celebration of the Mass are intended to demonstrate "the unity of each Testament and of the history of salvation."
- An Overview of the Lectionary


 Roman Catholic Lectionary Website
An extremely helpful resource created by Father Felix Just, S.J. of Loyola Marymount University. In addition to various articles that analyze and compare various versions of the Lectionary, the site includes:
- Calendar of Lectionary Cycles and Moveable Liturgical Feasts 1991-2025
- The Lectionary for Mass (1998)
- The Lectionary for Mass (1970)
- The Roman Missal (1570)
- An Overview of the Gospel Readings during the Sundays of Ordinary Time
- An Overview of the Sunday Readings from the New Testament Acts and Epistles
- An Overview of Common Responsorial Psalms and Alleluia Verses
- John's Gospel used on Sundays and Major Feasts
- John's Gospel used on Weekdays and Special Masses
- Texts of John's Gospel Not used in the Lectionary for Mass
- Johannine Epistles used on Sundays, Weekdays, and Special Masses


 Comparative Modern Western Lectionaries
Detailed tables compare the selection of readings in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer (listed in blue), the Roman Catholic Lectionary for Mass (red) and the Revised Common Lectionaries (green). Divided according to:
- First Readings
- Psalms
- Second Readings
- Gospel Readings


 The Greek Orthodox Lectionary
The Lectionary used in the modern Greek Orthodox Church, but which has remained almost exactly the same since the seventh century.


 The Missale Ambrosianum
Presents of a chart of Scripture readings for the daily Masses at the Cathedral of Milan, as found in the ancient Ambrosian Missal, said to have originated with the great fourth-century bishop, St. Ambrose of Milan. By studying how this ancient Missal puts together Old Testament and New Testament readings, we gain a better understanding of how the early Church interpreted the Old Testament in light of the New Testament and the New Testament in light of the Old.


 Lectionary Readings of Ambrose of Milan
Not really a lectionary but a list of Scripture references culled from Ambrose's sermons. Still an interesting reflection of how the Scripture was used in the litrugy and in preaching in the early Church.


 Lectionary Readings of St. Augustine
Not a complete lectionary, but a list of readings compiled from the sermons of St. Augustine. Suggestive of how the Bible was used in the liturgy in North Africa in the fourth and fifth centuries. The association of New and Old Testament texts and Psalms is instructive, too, for insights into how Augustine and his contemporaries interpreted the Bible. For another set of liturgical readings culled from Augustine's sermons, see:
- Undated Scripture References in the Preaching of St. Augustine


 The Hispano-Mozarabic Lectionary
A liturgy dating back to 1067 Spain. This page includes readings for a two-year cycle of liturgies and - rare among ancient liturgies - includes explicit use of the Book of Revelation.


 Gallican Lectionaries
A fascinating comparison of 13 lectionaries from France, dating between the sixth and eighth centuries.


 An Early East Syrian Lectionary
The Scripture readings you would have heard at Mass in Eastern Syria in the sixth century. For other options:
- Lectionary of the East Syrian Monaryer of Mar Aziza
- East Syrian Lectionary of the Church of the Forty Martyrs


 An Early Armenian Lectionary
A Lectionary used in the Jerusalem Church, circa 417-439 A.D. As with all the ancient Lectionaries, there is much to be learned by studying how the early Church leaders matched up readings from the Old and New Testaments. For another example from the Jerusalem Church, see:
- Another Early Armenian Lectionary


 The Georgian Lectionary
The Lectionary in use in Jerusalem, circa 700 A.D.