Sunday, June 6

Lectionary 10, Year B

2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Genesis 3:8-15
  God confronts Adam and Eve in the garden
• Psalm 130
  Wait for the Lord, for with the Lord there is steadfast love. (Ps. 130:7)
• 2 Corinthians 4:13–5:1
  Renewed in the inner nature
• Mark 3:20-35
  Doing the work of God as brothers and sisters of Christ

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• 1 Samuel 8:4-11 [12-15] 16-20 [11:14-15]
  Israel desires a king
• Psalm 138
  Your love endures forever; do not abandon the work of your hands. (Ps. 138:8)

Sunday, June 13

Lectionary 11, Year B

3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Ezekiel 17:22-24
  The sign of the cedar, planted on the mountain of Israel
• Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15
  The righteous shall spread abroad like a cedar of Lebanon. (Ps. 92:12)
• 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 [11-13] 14-17
  In Christ, a new creation
• Mark 4:26-34
  The parable of the mustard seed

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• 1 Samuel 15:34–16:13
  David anointed by Samuel
• Psalm 20
  The Lord gives victory to the anointed one. (Ps. 20:6)

Sunday, June 20

Lectionary 12, Year B

4th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Job 38:1-11
  The creator of earth and sea
• Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32
  You stilled the storm and silenced the waves of the sea. (Ps. 107:29)
• 2 Corinthians 6:1-13
  Paul’s defense of his ministry
• Mark 4:35-41
  Christ calming the sea

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• 1 Samuel 17:[1a, 4-11, 19-23] 32-49
  The Lord’s victory over Goliath
• 1 Samuel 17:57–18:5, 10-16 (alternate)
  Saul fears David’s success
• Psalm 9:9-20
  You, O Lord, will be a refuge in time of trouble. (Ps. 9:9)
• Psalm 133 (alternate)
  How good and pleasant it is to live together in unity. (Ps. 133:1)

Sunday, June 27

Lectionary 13, Year B

5th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Lamentations 3:22-33
  Great is the Lord’s faithfulness
• Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 (alternate)
  God created humankind for immortality
• Psalm 30
  I will exalt you, O Lord, because you have lifted me up. (Ps. 30:1)
• 2 Corinthians 8:7-15
  Excel in generosity, following the Lord Jesus
• Mark 5:21-43
  Christ healing a woman and Jairus’s daughter

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
  Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan
• Psalm 130