Thomas O'Loughlin is Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham. His books include Discovering Saint Patrick (DLT/Paulist 2005), Celtic Theology (Continuum 2000), Saint Patrick (SPCK 1999) and The Didache (SPCK/Hendrickson 2010). He is also the author of Explaining the Lectionary (Columba 2008) and the Liturgical Resources series for the three-year cycle (Columba 2006-08).

What is the point of the Lectionary? What are the problems and opportunities that it presents to those who use it? What are its strengths and weaknesses as an aid to worship? How can it be used and communicated most effectively today? These are among the key questions that Thomas O'Loughlin explores in this stimulating and much-needed guide.

Thomas O'Loughlin

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Title page

Imprint

Dedication

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1: Basic Questions

1. Why do we read the Scriptures at the Eucharist?

2. What is a Gospel?

3. A 'people of the book' or the books of a people?

Part 2: Lectionaries

4. Is a lectionary a good idea?

5. The present Lectionary: structures and arrangement

6. Appreciating the Lectionary: plus and minus

7. The place of the Old Testament in the celebration of the New Covenant

8. Towards the future

Appendix 1: The sequence of readings for Advent and Christmastide

Appendix 2: The sequence of readings for Lent and Eastertide

Appendix 3: The sequence of Gospels, with related first readings, in Ordinary Time

Appendix 4: The sequence of second readings in Ordinary Time

Appendix 5: The sequence of semi-continuous first readings in Ordinary Time in RCL (and optionally in CWL)

Appendix 6: The Lectionaries replaced by RL and CWL

Appendix 7: The two systems of numbering the Psalms

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O'Loughlin, Thomas

The Good Book Stall

One of the most impressive achievements of the liturgical changes of the 20th century was the compilation of the lectionary? It deserves the stand alone title since it has been adopted across so many churches, with ,of course, greater or lesser modification/revision. Seemingly produced in five years as a result of an initiative of the Second Vatican Council, it has stood the test not only of time, but of repeated use. O’Loughlin guides his readers through many aspects of this phenomenon, including its complexities, in this attractive book which deserves a place on every priest/minister’s bookshelf, and many a lay-persons as well. It will reward regular use.

Making the Most of the Lectionary

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