*Concerning the Daily Office Lectionary*  

*The Daily Office Lectionary is arranged in a two-year cycle. Year One 
begins on the First Sunday of Advent preceding odd-numbered years, and 
Year Two begins on the First Sunday of Advent preceding even-numbered 
years.  (Thus, on the First Sunday of Advent, 1976, the Lectionary for 
Year One is begun.)*  

*Three Readings are provided for each Sunday and weekday in each of the 
two years.  Two of the Readings may be used in the morning and one in 
the evening; or, if the Office is read only once in the day, all three 
Readings may be used.  When the Office is read twice in the day, it is 
suggested that the Gospel Reading be used in the evening in Year One, 
and in the morning in Year Two.  If two Readings are desired at both 
Offices, the Old Testament Reading for the alternate year is used as the 
First Reading at Evening Prayer.*  

*When more than one Reading is used at an Office, the first is always 
from the Old Testament (or the Apocrypha).*  

*When a Major Feast interrupts the sequence of Readings, they may be re-
ordered by lengthening, combining, or omitting some of them, to secure 
continuity or avoid repitition.*  

*Any Reading may be lengthened at discretion.  Suggested lengthenings 
are shown in parentheses.*  

*In this Lectionary (except in the weeks from 4 Advent to 1 Epiphany, 
and Palm Sunday to 2 Easter), the Psalms are arranged in a seven-week 
pattern which recurs throughout the year, except for appropriate 
variations in Lent and Easter Season.*  

*In the citation of the Psalms, those for the morning are given first, 
and then those for the evening.  At the discretion of the officiant, 
however, any of the Psalms appointed for a given day may be used in the 
morning or in the evening.  Likewise, Psalms appointed for any day may 
be used on any other day in the same week, except on major Holy Days.*