Lectionary for Mass - 1970 USA edition

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The Lectionary for Mass: 1970 USA Edition

Readings for the "Proper of the Saints"

To make this information more manageable and easier to read, it has been split into two tables and additional notes below:

The first table lists all the saints (and related feasts) of the liturgical year in calendrical order, as printed in the Lectionary for Mass:
- for some celebrations, "Proper Readings" are specifically assigned for the particular saint or feast;
- for most days, the reader is simply referred to one or more categories of the "Common Readings," although particular readings are sometimes also suggested, as indicated in the table.
The second table below lists all the saints and feasts that have their own "Proper Readings" (except for the major "Solemnities of the Lord," which are included in the Sunday Lectionary.
The Lectionary for Mass (1970 USA edition), and/or the Ordo Lectionum Missae (1969 Latin edition) upon which it is based, contained a few typographical omissions or errors, which have been corrected in the following tables and explained in the notes at the bottom of this page.
There have also been some intentional additions and changes in the section edition of the Lectionary (1981 Latin and 2002 USA editions), which are indicated below with the symbol [OLM81], and linked to the webpages for the Proper of Saints in the 2002 USA edition.

Note in the Lectionary for Mass, prefaced to the beginning of this section:
"On celebrations in honor of the saints, in addition to the texts referred to in individual cases, the readings given in the common of saints may always be selected for pastoral reasons."

Lect.#	Date	Saint or Feast Day	Type	Common [or PROPER]	First Reading	Gospel
x	Jan. 1	Octave of Christmas: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God	Solemnity	(see the proper of seasons, no. 18)	.	.
510	Jan. 2	Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors	Mem.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
511	Jan. 7	Raymond of Penyafort, priest	.	Common of pastors	esp. 2 Cor 5:14-20	.
512	Jan. 13	Hilary, bishop and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	or 1 John 2:18-25	.
513	Jan. 17	Anthony, abbot	Mem.	Common of saints (for religious)	.	or Matt 19:16-26
514	Jan. 20	Fabian, pope and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors (for a pope)	.	.
515	Jan. 20	Sebastian, martyr	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
516	Jan. 21	Agnes, virgin and martyr	Mem.	Common of martyrs or virgins	.	.
517	Jan. 22	Vincent, deacon and martyr	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
518	Jan. 24	Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor	Mem.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
519	Jan. 25	Conversion of Paul, apostle	Feast	PROPER (see second table)	.	.
520	Jan. 26	Timothy and Titus, bishops	Mem.	Common of pastors, except proper first reading:	2 Tim 1:1-8 or Titus 1:1-5	.
521	Jan. 27	Angela Merici, virgin	.	Common of virgins or saints (for teachers)	.	.
522	Jan. 28	Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor	Mem.	Common of doctors or pastors	.	.
523	Jan. 31	John Bosco, priest	Mem.	Common of pastors or saints (for teachers)	.	.
524	Feb. 2	Presentation of the Lord	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
525	Feb. 3	Blase, bishop and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors	.	.
526	Feb. 3	Ansgar, bishop	.	Common of pastors (for missionaries)	.	.
527	Feb. 5	Agatha, virgin and martyr	Mem.	Common of martyrs or virgins	.	.
528	Feb. 6	Paul Miki and companions, martyrs	Mem.	Common of martyrs	or Gal 2:19-20	or Matt 28:16-20
529	Feb. 8	Jerome Emiliani	.	Common of saints (for teachers)	.	.
530	Feb. 10	Scholastica, virgin	Mem.	Common of virgins or saints (for religious)	.	.
531	Feb. 11	Our Lady of Lourdes	.	Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary	or Isa 66:10-14c	.
532	Feb. 14	Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop	Mem.	Common of pastors (for missionaries) or saints	.	.
533	Feb. 17	Seven Founders of the Order of Servites	.	Common of saints (for religious)	.	.
534	Feb. 21	Peter Damian, bishop and doctor	.	Common of doctors or pastors or saints (for religious)	.	.
535	Feb. 22	Chair of Peter, apostle	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
536	Feb. 23	Polycarp, bishop and martyr	Mem.	Common of martyrs or pastors	or Rev 2:8-11	.
537	March 4	Casimir	.	Common of saints	.	.
538	March 7	Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs	Mem.	Common of martyrs	.	.
539	March 8	John of God, religious	.	Common of saints (for religious; for those who work for the disadvantaged)	.	esp. Matt 25:31-46
540	March 9	Frances of Rome, religious	.	Common of saints	.	.
541	March 17	Patrick, bishop	.	Common of pastors (for missionaries)	.	.
542	March 18	Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
543	March 19	Joseph, husband of Mary	Solemnity	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
544	March 23	Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop	.	Common of pastors	.	.
545	March 25	The Annunciation of our Lord	Solemnity	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
546	April 2	Francis of Paola, hermit	.	Common of saints (for religious)	.	.
547	April 4	Isidore, bishop and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
548	April 5	Vincent Ferrer, priest	.	Common of pastors (for missionaries)	.	.
549	April 7	John Baptist de la Salle, priest	Mem.	Common of pastors or saints (for teachers)	.	.
550	April 11	Stanislaus, bishop and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors	.	.
551	April 13	Martin I, pope and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors (for a pope)	.	.
552	April 21	Anselm, bishop and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
553	April 23	George, martyr	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
554	April 24	Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors	.	.
555	April 25	Mark, evangelist	*Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
556	April 28	Peter Chanel, priest and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors (for missionaries)	.	.
557	April 29	Catherine of Siena, virgin [OLM81]	Mem.	Common of virgins	or 1 John 1:5-2:2	.
558	April 30	Pius V, pope	.	Common of pastors (for a pope)	.	.
559	May 1	Joseph the Worker	.	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
560	May 2	Athanasius, bishop and doctor	Mem.	Common of pastors or doctors	or 1 John 5:1-5	or Matt 10:22-25a
561	May 3	Philip and James, apostles	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
562	May 12	Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
563	May 12	Pancras, martyr	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
564	May 14	Matthias, apostle	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
565	May 18	John I, pope and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors (for a pope)	.	.
566	May 20	Bernardine of Siena, priest	.	Common of pastors (for missionaries)	or Acts 4:8-12	.
567	May 25	Venerable Bede, priest and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
568	May 25	Gregory VII, pope	.	Common of pastors (for a pope)	.	.
569	May 25	Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin	.	Common of virgins or saints (for religious)	.	.
570	May 26	Philip Neri, priest	Mem.	Common of pastors or saints (for religious)	.	.
571	May 27	Augustine of Canterbury, bishop	.	Common of pastors (for missionaries)	.	.
572	May 31	Visitation	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
573	[variable]	Saturday following the Second Sunday after Pentecost: Immaculate Heart of Mary	.	Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, except proper Gospel:	.	Luke 2:41-51
574	June 1	Justin, martyr	Mem.	Common of martyrs	or 1 Cor 1:18-25	.
575	June 2	Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
576	June 3	Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs	Mem.	Common of martyrs	.	.
577	June 5	Boniface, bishop and martyr	Mem.	Common of martyrs or pastors (for missionaries)	.	.
578	June 6	Norbert, bishop	.	Common of pastors or saints (for religious)	.	.
579	June 9	Ephrem, deacon and doctor	.	Common of doctors	.	.
580	June 11	Barnabas, apostle	Mem.	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
581	June 13	Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor	Mem.	Common of pastors or doctors or saints (for religious)	.	.
582	June 19	Romuald, abbot	.	Common of saints (for religious)	.	.
583	June 21	Aloysius Gonzaga, religious	Mem.	Common of saints (for religious)	.	.
584	June 22	Paulinus of Nola, bishop	.	Common of pastors	or 2 Cor 8:9-15	.
585	June 22	John Fisher, bishop and martyr, and Thomas More, martyr	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
586	June 24	Birth of John the Baptist, Vigil	Solemnity	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
587	June 24	Birth of John the Baptist, Mass during the day	Solemnity	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
588	June 27	Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
589	June 28	Irenaeus, bishop and martyr	Mem.	Common of martyrs or doctors	or 2 Tim 2:22b-26	.
590	June 29	Peter and Paul, apostles, Vigil	Solemnity	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
591	June 29	Peter and Paul, apostles, Mass during the day	Solemnity	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
592	June 30	First Martyrs of the Church of Rome	.	Common of martyrs	esp. Rom 8:31b-39	or Matt 24:4-13
593	July 3	Thomas, apostle	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
594	July 4	Elizabeth of Portugal	.	Common of saints (for those who work for the disadvantaged)	.	.
595	July 5	Anthony Zaccaria, priest	.	Common of pastors or saints (for teachers and for religious)	.	.
596	July 6	Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or virgins	or 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20	.
597	July 11	Benedict, abbot	Mem.	Common of saints (for religious)	or Prov 2:1-9	.
598	July 13	Henry	.	Common of saints	.	.
599	July 14	Camillus de Lellis, priest	.	Common of saints (for those who work for the disadvantaged)	.	.
600	July 15	Bonaventure, bishop and doctor	Mem.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
601	July 16	Our Lady of Mount Carmel	.	Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary	.	.
602	July 21	Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
603	July 22	Mary Magdalene	Mem.	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
604	July 23	Bridget, religious	.	Common of saints (for religious)	.	.
605	July 25	James, apostle	*Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
606	July 26	Joachim and Ann, parents of Mary	Mem.	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
607	July 29	Martha	Mem.	Common of saints, except proper Gospel:	.	John 11:19-27 or Luke 10:38-42
608	July 30	Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
609	July 31	Ignatius of Loyola, priest	Mem.	Common of pastors or saints (for religious)	or 1 Cor 10:31-11:1	.
610	Aug. 1	Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor	Mem.	Common of pastors or doctors	or Rom 8:1-4	.
611	Aug. 2	Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop	.	Common of pastors	.	.
612	Aug. 4	John Vianney, priest	Mem.	Common of pastors	esp. Ezek 3:17-21	or Matt 9:35-10:1
613	Aug. 5	Dedication of Saint Mary Major	.	Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary	.	.
*614	Aug. 6	Transfiguration	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
*615	*Aug. 7	Sixtus II, pope and martyr, and companions, martyrs	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
*616	*Aug. 7	Cajetan, priest	.	Common of pastors or saints (for religious)	.	.
*617	*Aug. 8	Dominic, priest	Mem.	Common of pastors (for missionaries) or saints (for religious)	.	.
618	Aug. 10	Lawrence, deacon and martyr	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
619	Aug. 11	Clare, virgin	Mem.	Common of saints (for religious)	.	.
620	Aug. 13	Pontian, pope and martyr, and Hippolytus, priest and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors	.	.
621	Aug. 15	Assumption, Vigil	Solemnity	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
622	Aug. 15	Assumption, Mass during the day	Solemnity	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
623	Aug. 16	Stephen of Hungary	.	Common of saints	.	.
624	Aug. 19	John Eudes, priest	.	Common of pastors or saints	esp. Eph 3:14-19	.
625	Aug. 20	Bernard, abbot and doctor	Mem.	Common of doctors or saints (for religious)	.	.
626	Aug. 21	Pius X, pope	Mem.	Common of pastors (for a pope)	esp. 1 Thess 2:2b-8	.
627	Aug. 22	Queenship of Mary	Mem.	Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary	esp. Isa 9:1-6	and Luke 1:39-47 [OLM81]
628	Aug. 23	Rose of Lima, virgin	.	Common of virgins or saints (for religious)	.	.
629	Aug. 24	Bartholomew, apostle	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
630	Aug. 25	Louis	.	Common of saints	.	.
631	Aug. 25	Joseph Calasanz, priest	.	Common of pastors or saints (for teachers)	.	.
632	Aug. 27	Monica	Mem.	Common of saints	esp. Sir 26:1-4, 13-16	or Luke 7:11-17
633	Aug. 28	Augustine, bishop and doctor	Mem.	PROPER (see next columns) or Common of pastors or doctors	1 John 4:7-16	Matt 23:8-12
634	Aug. 29	Beheading of John the Baptist, martyr	Mem.	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
635	Sept. 3	Gregory the Great, pope and doctor	Mem.	Common of pastors (for a pope) or doctors	.	.
636	Sept. 8	Birth of Mary	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
637	Sept. 13	John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor	Mem.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
638	Sept. 14	Triumph of the Cross	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
639	Sept. 15	Our Lady of Sorrows	Mem.	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
640	Sept. 16	Cornelius, pope and martyr, and Cyprian, bishop and martyr	Mem.	Common of martyrs or pastors	.	.
641	Sept. 17	Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
642	Sept. 19	Januarius, bishop and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors	.	.
643	Sept. 21	Matthew, apostle and evangelist	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
644	Sept. 26	Cosmas and Damian, martyrs	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
645	Sept. 27	Vincent de Paul, priest	Mem.	Common of pastors (for missionaries) or saints (for those who work for the disadvantaged)	esp. 1 Cor 1:26-31	.
646	Sept. 28	Wenceslaus, martyr	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
647	Sept. 29	Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
648	Sept. 30	Jerome, priest and doctor	Mem.	Common of doctors or pastors	or 2 Tim 3:14-17	.
649	Oct. 1	Theresa of the Child Jesus, virgin	Mem.	Common of virgins or saints (for religious)	or Isa 66:10-14c	Matt 18:1-4 [OLM81]
650	Oct. 2	Guardian Angels	Mem.	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
651	Oct. 4	Francis of Assisi	Mem.	PROPER (see next columns) or Common of saints (for religious)	Gal 6:14-18	Matt 11:25-30 [USL70 typo]
652	Oct. 6	Bruno, priest	.	Common of pastors or saints (for religious)	.	.
653	Oct. 7	Our Lady of the Rosary	Mem.	Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary	.	esp. Luke 1:26-38
654	Oct. 9	Denis, bishop and martyr, and companions, martyrs	.	Common of martyrs	.	.
655	Oct. 9	John Leonardi, priest	.	Common of pastors or saints (for those who work for the disadvantaged)	.	.
656	Oct. 14	Callistus I, pope and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors (for a pope)	.	.
657	Oct. 15	Theresa of Avila, virgin [OLM81]	Mem.	Common of virgins or saints (for religious)	or Rom 8:22-27	.
658	Oct. 16	Hedwig, religious	.	Common of saints (for religious)	.	.
659	Oct. 16	Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin	.	Common of virgins or saints (for religious)	esp. Eph 3:14-19	.
660	Oct. 17	Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr	Mem.	PROPER (see next columns) or Common of martyrs or pastors	Phil 3:17-4:1	John 12:24-26
661	Oct. 18	Luke, evangelist	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
662	Oct. 19	Isaac Jogues, priest and martyr, and companions, martyrs [OLM81]	.	Common of martyrs or pastors (for missionaries)	.	.
663	Oct. 19	Paul of the Cross, priest	.	Common of pastors or saints (for religious)	esp. 1 Cor 1:18-25	.
664	Oct. 23	John of Capistrano, priest	.	Common of pastors (for missionaries)	.	.
665	Oct. 24	Anthony Claret, bishop	.	Common of pastors (for missionaries)	.	.
666	Oct. 28	Simon and Jude, apostles	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
667	Nov. 1	All Saints	Solemnity	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
668	Nov. 2	All Souls	*Solemnity	(See the readings in the Masses for the dead, below, nos. 789-793)	.	.
669	Nov. 3	Martin de Porres, religious	.	Common of saints (for religious)	.	.
670	Nov. 4	Charles Borromeo, bishop	Mem.	Common of pastors	.	.
671	Nov. 9	Dedication of Saint John Lateran	Feast	Common of the dedication of a church	.	.
672	Nov. 10	Leo the Great, pope and doctor	Mem.	Common of pastors (for a pope) or doctors	.	.
673	Nov. 11	Martin of Tours, bishop	Mem.	Common of pastors or saints (for religious)	.	or Matt 25:31-40
674	Nov. 12	Josaphat, bishop and martyr	Mem.	Common of martyrs or pastors	.	.
675	Nov. 15	Albert the Great, bishop and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
676	Nov. 16	Margaret of Scotland	.	Common of saints (for those who work for the disadvantaged)	.	.
677	Nov. 16	Gertrude, virgin	.	Common of virgins or saints (for religious)	esp. Eph 3:14-19	.
678	Nov. 17	Elizabeth of Hungary, religious	Mem.	Common of saints (for those who work for the disadvantaged, or for religious)	.	.
679	Nov. 18	Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul, apostles	.	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
680	Nov. 21	Presentation of Mary	Mem.	Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary	.	.
681	Nov. 22	Cecilia, virgin and martyr	Mem.	Common of martyrs or virgins	.	.
682	Nov. 23	Clement I, pope and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors (for a pope)	.	.
683	Nov. 23	Columban, abbot	.	Common of pastors (for missionaries) or saints (for religious)	.	.
684	Nov. 30	Andrew, apostle	Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
685	Dec. 3	Francis Xavier, priest	Mem.	Common of pastors (for missionaries)	esp. 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23	and Mark 16:15-20
686	Dec. 4	John Damascene, priest and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	esp. 2 Tim 1:13-14; 2:1-3	.
687	Dec. 6	Nicholas, bishop	.	Common of pastors	.	.
688	Dec. 7	Ambrose, bishop and doctor	Mem.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
689	Dec. 8	Immaculate Conception	Solemnity	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
690	Dec. 11	Damasus I, pope	.	Common of pastors (for a pope}	.	.
691	Dec. 12	Jane Frances de Chantal, religious	.	Common of saints (for religious)	.	.
692	Dec. 13	Lucy, virgin and martyr	Mem.	Common of martyrs or virgins	.	.
693	Dec. 14	John of the Cross, priest and doctor	Mem.	Common of pastors or doctors	esp. 1 Cor 2:1-10a	.
694	Dec. 21	Peter Canisius, priest and doctor	.	Common of pastors or doctors	.	.
695	Dec. 23	John of Kanty, priest	.	Common of pastors (for those who work for the disadvantaged)	.	.
696	Dec. 26	Stephen, first martyr	*Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
697	Dec. 27	John, apostle and evangelist	*Feast	PROPER [see second table]	.	.
698	Dec. 28	Holy Innocents, martyrs	*Feast	PROPER	.	.
699	Dec. 29	Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr	.	Common of martyrs or pastors	.	.
700	Dec. 31	Sylvester I, pope	.	Common of pastors (for a pope)	.	.
Lect.#	Date	Saint or Feast Day	Type	Common [or PROPER]	First Reading	Gospel

Solemnities, Feasts, Memorials, and Optional Memorials with PROPER Readings:

Lect.#	Day	Saint or Feast Day	Type	First Reading	Responsorial	Second Reading	Alleluia Verse	Gospel
519	Jan. 25	Conversion of Paul, apostle	Feast	Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22 [OLM81]	Ps 117:1, 2	x	John 15:16	Mark 16:15-18
524	Feb. 2	Presentation of the Lord	Feast	Mal 3:1-4	Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 [OLM81]	Heb 2:14-18	Luke 2:32	Luke 2:22-40 or Luke 2:22-32
535	Feb. 22	Chair of Peter, apostle	Feast	1 Pet 5:1-4	Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6	x	Matt 16:18	Matt 16:13-19
543	March 19	Joseph, Husband of Mary	Solemnity	2 Sam 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16	Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27+29	Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22	Ps 84:5 [USL70 typo]	Matt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Luke 2:41-51a
545	March 25	The Annunciation of our Lord	Solemnity	Isa 7:10-14 [OLM81]	Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11	Heb 10:4-10	John 1:14ab	Luke 1:26-38
555	April 25	Mark, evangelist	*Feast	1 Pet 5:5b-14	Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17	x	1 Cor 1:23-24	Mark 16:15-20
559	May 1	Joseph the Worker	Opt. Mem.	Gen 1:26-2:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24	Ps 90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14+16	x	Ps 68:20 [USL70 typo]	Matt 13:54-58
561	May 3	Philip and James, apostles	Feast	1 Cor 15:1-8	Ps 19:2-3, 4-5	x	John 14:6b+9c	John 14:6-14
564	May 14	Matthias, apostle	Feast	Acts 1:15-17, 20-26	Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8	x	John 15:16	John 15:9-17 [OLM81]
572	May 31	Visitation	Feast	Zeph 3:14-18a [OLM81] or Rom 12:9-16b	Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6	x	Luke 1:45	Luke 1:39-56
580	June 11	Barnabas, apostle	Mem.	Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3	Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3c-4, 5-6	x	(non-biblical verse)	Matt 10:7-13
586	June 24	Birth of John the Baptist, Vigil	Solemnity	Jer 1:4-10	Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab+17	1 Pet 1:8-12	John 1:7; Luke 1:17	Luke 1:5-17
587	June 24	Birth of John the Baptist, Mass during the day	Solemnity	Isa 49:1-6	Ps 139:1-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15	Acts 13:22-26	Luke 1:76	Luke 1:57-66, 80
590	June 29	Peter and Paul, apostles, Vigil	Solemnity	Acts 3:1-10	Ps 19:2-3, 4-5	Gal 1:11-20	John 21:17d	John 21:15-19
591	June 29	Peter and Paul, apostles, Mass during the day	Solemnity	Acts 12:1-11	Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [OLM81]	2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18	Matt 16:18	Matt 16:13-19
593	July 3	Thomas, apostle	Feast	Eph 2:19-22	Ps 117:1, 2	x	John 20:29	John 20:24-29
603	July 22	Mary Magdalene	Mem.	Cant 3:1-4a or 2 Cor 5:14-17	Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9	x	(non-biblical verse)	John 20:1-2, 11-18
605	July 25	James, apostle	*Feast	2 Cor 4:7-15	Ps 126:1-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6	x	John 15:16	Matt 20:20-28
606	July 26	Joachim and Ann, parents of Mary	Mem.	Sir 44:1, 10-15	Ps 132:11, 13-14, 17-18	x	cf. Luke 2:25c	Matt 13:16-17
614	Aug. 6	Transfiguration	Feast	Dan 7:9-10, 13-14	Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9	2 Pet 1:16-19	Matt 17:5c	A) Matt 17:1-9 B) Mark 9:2-10 C) Luke 9:28b-36
618	Aug. 10	Lawrence, deacon and martyr	Feast	2 Cor 9:6-10	Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9	x	John 8:12bc	John 12:24-26
621	Aug. 15	Assumption, Vigil	Solemnity	1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2	Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14	1 Cor 15:54b-57	Luke 11:28	Luke 11:27-28
622	Aug. 15	Assumption, Mass during the day	Solemnity	Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab	Ps 45:10bc, 11, 12ab, 16	1 Cor 15:20-26 [OLM81]	(non-biblical verse)	Luke 1:39-56
629	Aug. 24	Bartholomew, apostle	Feast	Rev 21:9b-14	Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18	x	John 1:49b	John 1:45-51
634	Aug. 29	Beheading of John the Baptist, martyr	Mem.	Jer 1:17-19	Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab+17	x	Matt 5:10	Mark 6:17-29
636	Sept. 8	Birth of Mary	Feast	Micah 5:1-4a; or Rom 8:28-30	Ps 13:6ab, 6cd	x	(non-biblical verse)	Matt 1:1-16, 18-23 or Matt 1:18-23
638	Sept. 14	Triumph of the Cross	Feast	Num 21:4b-9	Ps 78:1-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38	Phil 2:6-11	(non-biblical verse)	John 3:13-17
639	Sept. 15	Our Lady of Sorrows	Mem.	Heb 5:7-9	Ps 31:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 15-16, 20	(optional Sequence)	(non-biblical verse)	John 19:25-27 or Luke 2:33-35
643	Sept. 21	Matthew, apostle and evangelist	Feast	Eph 4:1-7, 11-13	Ps 19:2-3, 4-5	x	(non-biblical verse)	Matt 9:9-13
647	Sept. 29	Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels	Feast	Dan 7:9-10, 13-14; or Rev 12:7-12a	Ps 138:1-2a, 2bc-3, 4-5	x	Ps 103:21	John 1:47-51
650	Oct. 2	Guardian Angels	Mem.	Exod 23:20-23	Ps 91:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 10-11	x	Ps 103:21	Matt 18:1-5, 10
661	Oct. 18	Luke, evangelist	Feast	2 Tim 4:9-17b [OLM81]	Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18	x	John 15:16	Luke 10:1-9
666	Oct. 28	Simon and Jude, apostles	Feast	Eph 2:19-22	Ps 19:2-3, 4-5	x	(non-biblical verse)	Luke 6:12-16 [OLM81]
667	Nov. 1	All Saints	Solemnity	Rev 7:2-4, 9-14	Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6	1 John 3:1-3	Matt 11:28	Matt 5:1-12a
679	Nov. 18	Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul, apostles	Opt. Mem.	Acts 28:11-16, 30-31	Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3c-4, 5-6	x	(non-biblical verse)	Matt 14:22-23
684	Nov. 30	Andrew, apostle	Feast	Rom 10:9-18	Ps 19:2-3, 4-5	x	Matt 4:19	Matt 4:18-22
689	Dec. 8	Immaculate Conception	Solemnity	Gen 3:9-15, 20	Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3bc-4	Eph 1:3-6, 11-12	Luke 1:28	Luke 1:26-38
696	Dec. 26	Stephen, first martyr	*Feast	Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59	Ps 31:3cd-4, 6ab+7b+8a, 17+21ab [OLM81]	x	Ps 118:26a+27a	Matt 10:17-22
697	Dec. 27	John, apostle and evangelist	*Feast	1 John 1:1-4	Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12	x	(non-biblical verse)	John 20:2-8
698	Dec. 28	Holy Innocents, martyrs	*Feast	1 John 1:5-2:2	Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8	x	(non-biblical verse)	Matt 2:13-18
Lect.#	Day	Saint or Feast Day	Type	First Reading	Responsorial	Second Reading	Alleluia Verse	Gospel

Additional Notes:

OLM69 = Ordo Lectionarum Missae, editio typica (first Latin edition, 1969); OLM81 = Ordo Lectionarum Missae, editio typica altera (second Latin edition, 1981); USL70 = Lectionary for Mass (first USA edition, 1970).
Lect. # and Date: OLM69 had incorrectly listed Pope Sixtus II on Aug. 5, St. Dominic on Aug. 7, and St. Cajetan on Aug. 8; the numbers (614-617) and dates (Aug. 6-8) for the four affected feasts are corrected in USL70 and OLM81.
Saint or Feast Day: Many titles are more explicit in OLM69 than in USL70 (esp. including "the Blessed Virgin" for Mary, "basilica" instead of "church," and specifying doctors "of the Church"); moreover, all titles in OLM69 specify "S." (for "Saint") or "Ss." (for "Saints"), which were omitted in USL70.
Type: There are four categories of celebrations, in decreasing order of importance: Solemnities; Feasts; (obligatory) Memorials; and Optional Memorials (all others); an asterisk (*) above indicates several "Feasts" (April 25, July 25, Dec. 26-28) and the "Solemnity" of All Souls (Nov. 2), whose designations are missing in USL70, but properly listed in OLM69.
Common or Proper: Contrary to the usual procedure, three feasts (Aug. 28, Oct. 4, Oct. 17) first list two readings, and then refer to the "common" readings as the second option; also, "For those who work for the disadvantaged" in USL70 is more literally "For those who do works of mercy" in OLM69; and "Common of doctors" in USL70 shortened from the more explicit"Common of doctors of the Church" in OLM69.
Psalms: References to the Psalms numbered 10 to 148 are one greater in the USL70 (and in the tables above) than in OLM69, due to versification differences between the Vulgate Bible (used in OLM69) and the Hebrew Bible (used in USL70); the discrepancy is due to the differing division of two Psalms (Vulgate Ps 9 = Hebrew Ps 9+10; Vulgate Ps 147+148 = Hebrew 148).
Partial Verses: OLM69 and the above tables use letters (a, b, or c) to specify when only part of a verse is included in the prescribed reading; but USL70 omitted all these letters, which might lead one to assume falsely that the entire verse is included.
Typos: A few other minor errors and discrepancies in OLM69 and/or in USL70 have been corrected in the tables above.
Changes in the second editions: Additions and other intentional changes in OLM81 are indicated with the symbol [OLM81], and linked to the webpages for the "Proper of Saints" in the 2002 USA edition.

Other Sections of the Lectionary for Mass, 1970 USA edition:

Readings for Sundays and Major Feast Days (Cycles A, B, C)

Readings for the Weekdays of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter

Readings for Weekdays in the Season of the Year (Ordinary Time)

Readings for Other Masses (Commons, Rituals, Votives, Various Occasions)

Responsorial Psalms and Alleluia Verses

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