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Lectionary muddle

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21 December 2012

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From the Revd Martin Culverwell
Sir, - There's trouble ahead. I have been asked to take the services on 13 and 20 January, the Baptism of Jesus and Epiphany 3. Whoever prepared theLectionary, however, has got it wrong; and I can see why.

The Sunday after Epiphany is always the Baptism of Jesus. Next year, however, Epiphany falls on a Sunday; so the following Sunday is the Baptism of Jesus, but the following Sunday is Epiphany 3. In the C of ELectionary, they have called this Sunday Epiphany 3, but got the readings for Epiphany 2, and so on all the way through Epiphany. It is wrong in Visual Liturgy as well.

MARTIN CULVERWELL
8 Sandisplatt, Fareham PO14 3AG

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