New Catholic Lectionary for British churches arriving this Advent following approval by Vatican

a new lectionary will come into use in parishes in england, wales and scotland from advent 2024. the vatican’s dicastery for divine worship ...

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A new Lectionary will come into use in parishes in England, Wales and Scotland from Advent 2024.

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments gave its seal of approvalon a new Lectionary proposed by the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales in July of last year.

Published by the Catholic Truth Society (CTS), changes to the new lectionary, which includes the scripture readings for Mass and the sacraments, will see the English Standard Version: Catholic Edition (ESV-CE) of the Bible and the Abbey Psalter replacing the Jerusalem Bible with the Grail Psalms.

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