lectionary
Noun
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A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.
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The Diatessaron became adopted as the standard lectionary text of the gospels in some Syriac-speaking churches from the late 2nd to the 5th century, when it gave way to the four separate Gospels, in the Peshitta version.
Serving in LOGOS, as a Deacon & Stephen Minister expanded my faith; Lectionary class enriched it.
Note that the 6th century East Syrian lectionary described by Burkitt preserves a much fuller description of the various readings and psalms for each day, even though the lectionary is fragmentary.
The revised edition of the New American Bible, which is the basis for the Lectionary used at Masses in the United States, translates the petition as, “do not subject us to the final test.”
In the Byzantine ("Greek") liturgical traditions, the Gospel reading for Zacchaeus remains in the normal lectionary cycle and does not always fall on the fifth Sunday before Lent.
This reading actually falls at the end of the lectionary cycle, being assigned to the 32nd Week after Pentecost.