How do I find the readings appointed for each of the daily offices?

[gtsecc]

Is it simply the daily office, which is easy to find online?
Is it different for noonday prayer and Evening prayer?

Is this it?

Wednesday:

AM Psalm 119:145-176 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Psalm+119:145-176); PM Psalm 128 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Psalm+128), 129 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Psalm+129), 130 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Psalm+130)
1 Samuel 12:1-6,16-25 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1+Samuel+12:1-6,16-25); Acts 8:14-25 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Acts+8:14-25); Luke 23:1-12 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Luke+23:1-12) St. Peter & St. Paul (http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/Peter&Paul.htm):
AM Psalm 66 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Psalm+66); Ezekiel 2:1-7 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Ezekiel+2:1-7); Acts 11:1-18 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Acts+11:1-18)
PM Psalm 97 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Psalm+97), 138 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Psalm+138); Isaiah 49:1-6 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Isaiah+49:1-6); Galatians 2:1-9 (http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Galatians+2:1-9)

[benedictine]

I think that's it. The collects are in Lesser Feasts and Fasts.

[Fish and Bread]

There is a listing of daily readings in the Book of Common Prayer (Towards the back). If you use the 1979 book, you will find there are two years worth of readings. Currently, we are in year one, the lectionary cycles to year two beginning with Advent (The beginning of the liturgical year) and then year one will start again the following Advent. You can flip to the Ordinary Time (Or it might be labeled the season after Pentecost, I don't recall) and find the appropriate listing. This year, the lists are a few numbers ahead of the week of Ordinary Time you'll find they mention at the local church. What you want to do is grab a church bulletin from last Sunday if you have one and look for where it says "Ordinary Time Week ___, Proper ____", the "proper" is the number you're looking for and you'll find a whole weeks worth of readings listed under that proper. There is also a formula in the BCP that is spelled out in terms of how to determine what the proper based on this year's date for Easter (Which is included in the prayer book also, along with dates for Easter through 2050 or so, if I recall correctly), if you don't happen to have a church bulletin handy.

Generally, the first Psalm, and the Old Testament, and the Epistle readings are done with Morning Prayer and the second Psalm and the Gospel are reading with Evening Prayer. This, however, can be modified according to personal preference in your own personal devotions. Sometimes people will only do either Morning or Evening Prayer and do all the readings with that prayer, or do the gospel in the morning and the others at night, etc.

Hope that helps.

John

[gtsecc]

How are the Psalms read?
There are a couple of ways to to it, correct?

[Father Rick]

How are the Psalms read?
There are a couple of ways to to it, correct?There are a number of ways to read them.

For me, the easiest way to read them corporately is to simple have the lector read the first verse and the congregation read the next and so on.

[Fish and Bread]

How are the Psalms read?
There are a couple of ways to to it, correct?

In the 1979 BCP, there is a psaltar, which includes a small "star" seperating each verse in two. Generally, on those occasions where the psalm isn't sung, most Episcopalian services I've been to have the lector read the first part of each verse before the star and the congregation together read the second part of each verse after the star. Other variations, such as the one Father Rick mentioned, are equally acceptable, though.

John

[Albion]

In the 1979 BCP, there is a psaltar, which includes a small "star" seperating each verse in two. Generally, on those occasions where the psalm isn't sung, most Episcopalian services I've been to have the lector read the first part of each verse before the star and the congregation together read the second part of each verse after the star. Other variations, such as the one Father Rick mentioned, are equally acceptable, though.

John

Although the star (*)is taken to mean "split the verse between the minister and the congregation here" in many churches, it was placed there as a reference for chanting the verse, not for splitting it.

The way that Fr. Rick mentioned is considered proper...or if you prefer, have everyone read all of the material together.