Explaining the Lectionary for Readers

An explanation of how the Roman lectionary is structured (such items as the three-year cycle), that gives lectors a sense of having a map that allows them to know where their particular task or the reading of a certain text fits into larger landscape of the liturgy. Once we have a sense of the overall structure and direction of the Liturgy of the Word, then we are in a better position to appreciate its deeper spiritual significance for us as individuals and as members of the church.