GENESEE LECTIONARY

List of Scripture Readings for the

FIRST NOCTURN OF VIGILS
with Third Nocturn Canticles

for the Liturgical Year

2016 - 2017

Readings from Pentecost to Advent

are from YEAR A of the three-year cycle
of the Vigils Lectionary

A Canticle may be used as a Reading at another Hour.

Bible references are to the New American Bible.

Those who use other Bible translations
should check the verse numbers against that version.

Abbey of the Genesee

2016
 First Nocturn Readings 1

Advent
NOVEMBER 2016

27 SUN Isaiah 1:1-20 1st Sunday o f Advent

Advent Canticles Isaiah 35:1-6,10
Isaiah 40:3-5,9-11
Revelation 22:12-14,16-17

28 Mon Isaiah 2:1-11

29 Tue Isaiah 3:1-15

30 Wed Ezekiel 47:1-12 St Andrew

Canticle Isaiah 55:1-5

DECEMBER 2016

1 Thu Isaiah 5:8-24

2 Fri Isaiah 28:1-13

3 Sat Isaiah 29:1-14

4 SUN Isaiah 30:1-18

5 Mon Isaiah 31:1-9

6 Tue Isaiah 34:1-17

7 Wed Isaiah 38:1-8 (as in NAB)

8 Thu Judith 13:4-20 Immaculate Conception

Canticle Sirach 39:13-21

9 Fri Isaiah 39:1-8

2 December/First Nocturn

10 Sat Isaiah 36:22 - 37:20

11 SUN Isaiah 40:1-11

12 Mon Proverbs 8:32 - 9:11 Our Lady o f Guadalupe

Canticle Song of Songs 4:12-15

13 Tue Isaiah 40:27-41:5

14 Wed Isaiah 41:21 - 42:9

15 Thu Isaiah 42:18-25

16 Fri Isaiah 43:14-28

17 Sat Isaiah 44:9-23

18 SUN Isaiah 45:14-25

19 Mon Isaiah 47:l,3b-15

20 Tue Isaiah 48:12-22

21 Wed Isaiah 49:14-25

22 Thu Isaiah 51:1-8

23 Fri Isaiah 51:17-23

24 Sat Isaiah 63:17-64:11 Christmas Eve

 December - January/First Nocturn 3

Christmas
25 SUN Micah 4:1-7; 5:l-4a,6-8 Nativity o f the Lord (Christmas)
Canticle Isaiah 11:1-10

26 Mon Acts 6:1-15 St Stephen

Canticle Wisdom 4:7-15

27 Tue Wisdom 7:21 - 8:1 St John

Canticle Isaiah 44:1-8

28 Wed Daniel 3:25-45 Holy Innocents

Canticle Isaiah 49:14-23

29 Thu Isaiah 54:1-17

30 Fri Proverbs 31:10-31 Holy Family

Canticle Sirach 24:3-12

31 Sat Isaiah 56:1-8

JANUARY 2017

1 SUN 2nd Kings 4:8-17 Mary, the Mother o f God

Canticle Isaiah 62:1-5,10-12

2 Mon Isaiah 59:l-15a

3 Tue Malachi 1:6 - 2:5 Most Holy Name o f Jesus

4 Wed Isaiah 61:1-11

5 Thu Isaiah 63:1-6

6 Fri Isaiah 65:1-16

4 January/First Nocturn

7 Sat Isaiah 66:1-11

8 SUN Isaiah 60:1-12 Epiphany o f the Lord

Canticle Tobit 13:7-11,13-16

9 Mon Joshua 3:1-17 Baptism o f the Lord

Canticle Proverbs 8:22-31

Ordinary Time
10 Tue Genesis 1:1-19

11 Wed Genesis 2:4b-25

12 Thu Genesis 4:1-16

13 Fri Genesis 6:1-10

14 Sat Genesis 7:1-23

15 SUN Genesis 8:15 - 9:7

Sunday Canticles Exodus 15:1-3
Philippians 2:6-11
Revelation 19:1-2,5-8

16 Mon Genesis 11:1-9

17 Tue Genesis 13:2-18

18 Wed Genesis 15:1-18

19 Thu Genesis 16:15 -17:22

20 Fri Genesis 18:16-33

 January - February/First Nocturn 5

21 Sat Tobit 13:9-18 Rededication o f Sacred Heart Cathedral

Canticle Isaiah 2:2-3

22 SUN Genesis 21:1-21

23 Mon Genesis 24:1-27

24 Tue Genesis 24:50-67

25 Wed 2nd Maccabees 3:22-36 Conversion o f St Paul

Canticle Sirach 39:1-10

26 Thu Leviticus 26:3-13 SS Robert, Alberic and Stephen

Canticle Hosea 2:16-22

27 Fri Genesis 27:1-29

28 Sat Genesis 27:46 - 28:22

29 SUN Genesis 31:1-18

30 Mon Genesis 32:23 - 33:17

31 Tue Genesis 35:16-29

FEBRUARY 2017

1 Wed Genesis 37:12-36

2 Thu 1st Samuel l:20-28a Presentation o f the Lord

Canticle 1st Samuel 2:1-10

3 Fri Genesis 41:1-24

4 Sat Genesis 41:46 - 42:5

6 February/First Nocturn

5 SUN Genesis 42:18-28

6 Mon Genesis 43:1-15

7 Tue Genesis 44:1-17

8 Wed Genesis 45:1-15

9 Thu Genesis 46:1-7,28-34

lOFri Genesis 47:13-26

11 Sat Genesis 48:8-22

12 SUN Genesis 49:28 - 50:14

13 Mon Exodus 1:1-14

14 Tue Exodus 2:1-22

15 Wed Exodus 3:16-4:12

16 Thu Exodus 4:27 - 6:1

17 Fri Exodus 6:28 - 7:7

18 Sat Exodus 7:25 - 8:15

19 SUN Exodus 9:1-12

20 Mon Exodus 10:1-20

21 Tue Exodus 11:1-10

22 Wed Ezekiel 3:1-11,22-27 Chair o f St Peter

Canticle Isaiah 22:20-23
 February - March/First Nocturn 7

23 Thu Exodus 12:14-27

24 Fri Exodus 12:40-51

25 Sat Exodus 13:1-2,11-16

26 SUN Exodus 14:5-22

27 Mon Exodus 15:1-10

28 Tue Jonah 1:1 - 2:11 Shrove Tuesday

Lent
MARCH 2017

1 Wed Isaiah 58:1-14 Ash Wednesday

2 Thu Exodus 15:22 -16:10

3 Fri Exodus 16:22-35

4 Sat Exodus 18:1-12

5 SUN Exodus 19:1-16

Lenten Canticles Hosea 6:1-6
Isaiah 55:6-11
1st Peter 2:21-25

6 Mon Exodus 20:1-21

7 Tue Exodus 23:1-17

8 Wed Exodus 25:1-22

9 Thu Exodus 29:1-9

 March/First Nocturn

10 Fri Exodus 32:1-20

11 Sat Exodus 33:1-23

12 SUN Exodus 34:18-35

13 Mon Leviticus 8:1-17; 9:22-24

14 Tue Leviticus 23:1-22

15 Wed Leviticus 25:1-24

16 Thu Numbers 3:1-13

17 Fri Numbers 9:15-23; 10:28b-36

18 Sat Numbers 11:16-33

19 SUN Numbers 13:1-3,17-33

20 Mon Hosea 11:1-11 St Joseph

Canticle Zechariah 10:6-12

21 Tue Numbers 14:26-45

22 Wed Numbers 16:20-35

23 Thu Numbers 17:16-26

24 Fri Numbers 20:1-13

25 Sat 1st Chronicles 17:1-15 Annunciation o f the Lord

Canticle Wisdom 9:1-12
 March - April/First Nocturn 9

26 SUN Numbers 22:1-20

27 Mon Numbers 23:13-30

28 Tue Deuteronomy 1:1a,3-18

29 Wed Deuteronomy 4:15-31

30 Thu Deuteronomy 5:1-22

31 Fri Deuteronomy 7:6-26

APRIL 2017

1 Sat Deuteronomy 9:4-21

2 SUN Deuteronomy 10:12 -11:9

3 Mon Deuteronomy 12:1-14

4 Tue Deuteronomy 16:1-20

5 Wed Deuteronomy 24:5 - 25:4

6 Thu Deuteronomy 29:15-28

7 Fri Deuteronomy 31:1-15,23

8 Sat Deuteronomy 33:1-17

Holy Week
9 SUN Zechariah 9:9-17 Palm Sunday
Canticle Genesis 49:8-12

10 Mon Lamentations 1:1-11

10 April/First Nocturn

llT u e Lamentations 2:1-10

12 Wed Lamentations 3:1-33

13 Thu Leviticus 16:lb-28 Holy Thursday

Paschal Triduum
14 Fri Wisdom 1:16 - 2:22 Good Friday
Canticle Lamentations 5:1-7,15-17,19-21

15 Sat Isaiah 63:1-9 Holy Saturday

Canticle Jonah 2:3-10

Easter Time
16 SUN Easter Vigil

17 MON 1st Peter 1:1-21

18TUE 1st Peter 1:22-2:10

19 WED 1st Peter 2:11-25

20 THU 1st Peter 3:1-12

21 FRI 1st Peter 3:13-22

22 SAT 1st Peter 4:1-11

23 SUN 1st Peter 4:12 - 5:14

Easter Canticles Exodus 15:1-3
Philippians 2:6-11
Revelation 19:1-2,5-8
 April - May/First Nocturn 11

24 Mon Revelation 6:1-17

25 Tue 1st Thessalonians 2:1-13 St Mark

Canticle Sirach 51:13-22

26 Wed Revelation 7:1-4,9-17

27 Thu Revelation 8:1-13

28 Fri Revelation 9:1-12

29 Sat Revelation 9:13-21

30 SUN Revelation 10:1-11

MAY 2017

1 Mon Revelation 11:1-19

2 Tue Revelation 12:1-18

3 Wed 1st Corinthians 12:1-13 SS Philip and James

Canticle Proverbs 4:10-19

4 Thu Revelation 13:1-18

5 Fri Revelation 14:1-13

6 Sat Revelation 14:14 -15:8

7 SUN Revelation 16:1-21

8 Mon Revelation 17:1-18

9 Tue Revelation 18:1-20

12 May/First Nocturn

10 Wed Revelation 18:21 -19:10

11 Thu Revelation 19:11-21

12 Fri Revelation 20:1-15

13 Sat Revelation 21:1-14

14 SUN Revelation 21:15 - 22:5

15 Mon Revelation 22:6-21

16 Tue 1st John 1:1 - 2:2

17 Wed 1st John 2:3-17

18 Thu 1st John 2:18-29

19 Fri 1st John 3:1-10

20 Sat 1st John 3:11-24

21 SUN 1st John 4:1-10

22 Mon 1st John 4:11-21

23 Tue 1st John 5:13-21

24 Wed Jude 1-16

25 THU 2nd Kings 2:1-15 Ascension o f the Lord

Canticle Daniel 7:9-10,13-14

26 Fri Ezekiel 1:1-13,26-28

27 Sat Ezekiel 1:28 - 3:3

 May - June/First Nocturn 13

28 SUN Ezekiel 3:4-17

29 Mon Ezekiel 3:17-27

30 Tue Ezekiel 7:10-15,23-27

31 Wed Song of Songs 2:8-14; 8:6-7 Visitation o f the B. V.M.

Canticle Zechariah 2:10-17

JUNE 2017

1 Thu Ezekiel 11:14-20

2 Fri Ezekiel 36:22-28

3 Sat Ezekiel 37:1-14

4 SUN Ezekiel 39:21-29 Pentecost Sunday

Canticle Joel 3:1-5

Ordinary Time
Week 9 in Year A

5 Mon Sirach 46:1-10

6 Tue Joshua 1:1-18

7 Wed Joshua 2:1-24

8 Thu Joshua 3:1-17

9 Fri Joshua 4:1 - 5:1

10 Sat Joshua 5:2-15

14 June/First Nocturn

11 SUN Sirach 36:1-17 Most Holy Trinity

Canticle Sirach 42:15-25 and/or Athanasian Creed

12 Mon Joshua 6:1-20

13 Tue Joshua 7:1-15

14 Wed Joshua 7:16-26

15 Thu Joshua 8:1-22

16 Fri Joshua 8:30-35

17 Sat Joshua 9:3-21

18 SUN Nehemiah 9:9-21a Most Holy Body and Blood o f Christ

Canticle Proverbs 9:1-6,10-12

19 Mon Joshua 9:22 -10:15

20 Tue Joshua 14:1-15

21 Wed Joshua 21:43-22:8

22 Thu 2nd Maccabees 6:18-31 St John Fisher

Canticle Job 19:2-4,22-29

23 Fri Jeremiah 30:18 - 31:5,18-20 Most Sacred Heart o f Jesus

Canticle Isaiah 12:1-6

24 Sat Malachi 3:l-7b,19-end Nativity o f St John the Baptist

Canticle Isaiah 40:1-11
 June - July/First Nocturn 15

25 SUN Joshua 22:9-34

Sunday Canticles Exodus 15:1-3
Philippians 2:6-11
Revelation 19:1-2,5-8

26 Mon Joshua 23:1-16

27 Tue Joshua 24:1-15

28 Wed Joshua 24:16-33

29 Thu Galatians 1:22-2:10 SS Peter and Paul

Canticle Isaiah 51:1-5

30 Fri Judges 2:1-23

JULY 2017

1 Sat Judges 4:1-23

2 SUN Judges 5:1-31

3 Mon Job 23:1-12 St Thomas

Canticle Isaiah 43:8-13

4 Tue Judges 6:1-24

5 Wed Judges 6:25-40

6 Thu Judges 7:1-22

7 Fri Judges 8:22-35

8 Sat Judges 9:1-21

9 SUN Judges 9:22-25,50-57

16 July/First Nocturn

10 Mon Judges 10:17 - 11:11

11 Tue Tobit 4:14-19,21 Our Father St Benedict

Canticle Sirach 45:1-5

12 Wed Judges 11:29-40

13 Thu Judges 12:1-7

14 Fri Judges 13:1-24

15 Sat Judges 14:1-20

16 SUN Judges 15:1 -16:3

17 Mon Judges 16:4-31

18 Tue Judges 17:1-13

19 Wed Judges 18:1-20,27-31

20 Thu 1st Samuel 1:1-20

21 Fri 1st Samuel 1:21 - 2:11

22 Sat Exodus 15:1-21 St Mary Magdalene

Canticle Isaiah 12:1-6

23 SUN 1st Samuel 2:12-26

24 Mon 1st Samuel 2:27-36

25 Tue Jeremiah 26:1-15 St James

Canticle Wisdom 3:1-9

26 Wed Wisdom 9:9 -10:2 SS Joachim and Anne

 July - August/First Nocturn 17

27 Thu 1st Samuel 3:1 - 4:1a

28 Fri 1st Samuel 4:lb-18

29 Sat 1st Kings 17:8-24 SS Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

30 SUN 1st Samuel 5:1-12

31 Mon 1st Samuel 6:1-16

AUGUST 2017

1 Tue 1st Samuel 7:2-17

2 Wed 1st Samuel 8:1-22

3 Thu 1st Samuel 9:1-14

4 Fri 1st Samuel 9:15 -10:1

5 Sat 1st Samuel 10:1-16

6 SUN 2nd Corinthians 3:7 - 4:6 Transfiguration o f the Lord

Canticle Sirach 48:1-11

7 Mon 1st Samuel 10:17-27

8 Tue 1st Samuel 11:1-15

9 Wed 1st Samuel 12:1-25

10 Thu Exodus 18:13-26 St Lawrence

Canticle Sirach 51:1-12

11 Fri 1st Samuel 13:5-18

18 August/First Nocturn

12 Sat 1st Samuel 13:19 - 14:15

13 SUN 1st Samuel 14:24-46

14 Mon 1st Samuel 15:1-23

15 Tue Sirach 24:1-16 Assumption o f the Blessed Virgin Mary

Canticle Song of Songs 2:3-14

16 Wed 1st Samuel 16:1-23

17 Thu 1st Samuel 17:1-30

18Fri 1st Samuel 17:31-54

19 Sat 1st Samuel 17:55 - 18:16

20 SUN Sirach 50:5-20 Our Father St Bernard

Canticle Wisdom 8:2-13

21 Mon 1st Samuel 19:1-18

22 Tue Esther (4)C:12,14-25a; 5:1-3 Queenship o f Mary

23 Wed 1st Samuel 20:1-23

24 Thu Genesis 28:10-22 St Bartholomew

Canticle Isaiah 66:1-2,18-19,21-23

25 Fri 1st Samuel 20:24-42

26 Sat 1st Samuel 21:1 - 22:5

27 SUN 1st Samuel 22:6-23

 August - September/First Nocturn 19

28 Mon 1st Samuel 23:1-18

29 Tue Jeremiah 37:12 - 38:6 Martyrdom o f St John the Baptist

30 Wed 1st Samuel 24:1-22

31 Thu 1st Samuel 26:2-25

SEPTEMBER 2017

1 Fri 1st Samuel 28:3-20

2 Sat 1st Samuel 31:1-13

3 SUN 2nd Samuel 1:1-27

4 Mon 2nd Samuel 2:1-11

5 Tue 2nd Samuel 3:12-39

6 Wed 2nd Samuel 5:1-12

7 Thu 2nd Samuel 6:1-19

8 Fri Genesis 3:8-20 Nativity o f the Blessed Virgin Mary

Canticle Baruch 5:1-9

9 Sat 2nd Samuel 7:1-17

10 SUN 2nd Samuel 7:18-29

11 Mon 2nd Samuel 9:1-13

12 Tue 2nd Samuel 11:1-27

13 Wed 2nd Samuel 12:1-25

20 September/First Nocturn

14 Thu Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 Exaltation o f the Holy Cross

Canticle Isaiah 45:20,21-25

15 Fri 2nd Maccabees 7:20,21b-41 Our Lady o f Sorrows

16 Sat 2nd Samuel 15:1-18

17 SUN 2nd Samuel 15:19-37

18 Mon 2nd Samuel 16:1-23

19Tue Proverbs 4:10-27 Deceased o f Genesee

20 Wed 2nd Samuel 17:1-23

21 Thu Job 28:12-28 (as in NAB) St Matthew

Canticle Proverbs 3:1-6,13-18

22 Fri 2nd Samuel 18:1-18

23 Sat 2nd Samuel 18:19 - 19:8a

24 SUN 2nd Samuel 19:8b-23

25 Mon 2nd Samuel 19:24-43

26 Tue 2nd Samuel 23:1-7,13-17

27 Wed 2nd Samuel 24:1-25

28 Thu 1st Chronicles 21:28 - 22:19

29 Fri Daniel 10:4 - 11:1 St Michael and All Angels

Canticle Amos 4:13; 5:8; 9:5-6

30 Sat 1st Chronicles 28:1-21

 October/First Nocturn 21

OCTOBER 2017

1 SUN 1st Chronicles 29:1-20

2 Mon 2nd Kings 6:8-17 Guardian Angels

3 Tue 1st Kings 1:5-31

4 Wed 1st Kings 1:32-2:4,10-12

5 Thu 1st Kings 3:5-28

6 Fri 1st Kings 4:29 - 5:12

7 Sat Judith 15:8 - 16:2,11-16 Our Lady o f the Rosary

8 SUN 1st Kings 6:1,11-28

9 Mon 1st Kings 7:51 - 8:21

10 Tue 1st Kings 8:22-40

11 Wed 2nd Chronicles 6:32 - 7:3

12 Thu 1st Kings 8:54 - 9:9

13 Fri 1st Kings 9:24 -10:13

14 Sat 1st Kings 11:1-13

15 SUN 1st Kings 11:26-43

16 Mon 1st Kings 12:1-24

17 Tue 1st Kings 12:25-13:10

22 October - November/First Nocturn

18 Wed Ezekiel 1:1-13 St Luke

Canticle Sirach 38:1-4,6-10,12-14

19 Thu 1st Kings 13:11-34

20 Fri 1st Kings 17:1-24

21 Sat 1st Kings 18:1-20

22 SUN 1st Kings 18:21-46

23 Mon 1st Kings 19:1-21

24 Tue Numbers 6:13-27 Dedication o f the Church o f Genesee

Canticle Isaiah 2:2-5

25 Wed 1st Kings 21:1-29

26 Thu 1st Kings 22:1-28

27 Fri 1st Kings 22:29-45

28 Sat 1st Maccabees 2:42-66 SS Simon and Jude

Canticle Deuteronomy 32:l-4,6b-12

29 SUN 2nd Kings 1:2-17

30 Mon 2nd Kings 2:1-18

31 Tue 2nd Kings 4:8-37

NOVEMBER 2017

1 Wed Daniel 7:1-3,9-22,27 All Saints

Canticle Sirach 44:1-15
 November/First Nocturn 23

2 Thu Job 14:1-16 All Souls

3 Fri 2nd Kings 5:1-27

4 Sat 2nd Kings 6:1-23

5 SUN 2nd Kings 6:24 - 7:2

6 Mon 2nd Kings 7:3-20

7 Tue 2nd Kings 8:1-15

8 Wed 2nd Kings 9:1-16

9 Thu Exodus 40:1-15 Dedication o f the Lateran Basilica

Canticle Jeremiah 7:2-7

10 Fri 2nd Kings 9:17-37

11 Sat 2nd Kings 10:18-36

12 SUN 2nd Kings 12:1-19

13 Mon Sirach 2:1-18 All Saints o f the Benedictine Family

Canticle Wisdom 5:1-5,14-16

14 Tue 2nd Kings 13:1-25

15 Wed 2nd Kings 14:23-29

16 Thu 2nd Kings 15:8-31

17 Fri 2nd Kings 17:1-23

18 Sat 2nd Kings 17:24-41

24 November - December/First Nocturn

19 SUN Isaiah 6:1-13

20 Mon Isaiah 8:1-15

21 Tue 2nd Samuel 6:9-19 Presentation o f the Virgin Mary

22 Wed Isaiah 9:7 -10:4

23 Thu Deuteronomy 26:1-19 Thanksgiving Day

24 Fri Isaiah 10:20-32

25 Sat Isaiah 11:10 -12:6

26 SUN Isaiah 33:2-22 Our Lord Jesus Christ the King

Canticle 1st Chronicles 29:10-13

27 Mon Isaiah 13:14 -14:1

28 Tue Isaiah 17:1-14

29 Wed Isaiah 21:1-12

30 Thu Ezekiel 47:1-12 St Andrew

Canticle Isaiah 55:1-5

DECEMBER 2017

1 Fri Isaiah 24:1-23

2 Sat Isaiah 26:1-13