The “Road Map” of Readings: Ordinary Time

In Cycle A (1st year of the 3 year cycle) of the Lectionary readings for Mass, we encounter Jesus at the beginning of his public ministry. We then proceed to portions of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5, 6, 7) and the “greater righteousness” to which we are called now that Jesus gives us the life of the Spirit.

Road Map Ordinary Time – Lectionary A