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In the Catholic Church, the Book of the Gospels is carried in by a deacon (when there is no deacon, a lector might process in with the Book of the Gospels). When the Book of the Gospels is used, the first two readings are read from the lectionary, while the Book of the Gospels is used for the final reading.
"May God bless the reading of His Word." [3] "Here endeth the first/second lesson." [2] The congregation responds with "Thanks be to God." [2] If the reading is from one of the Epistles in the Bible, lectors may conclude it with: [2] "Here endeth the Epistle." [2] If the reading is from one of the Gospels in the Bible, lectors may conclude it with:
There is always at least one Gospel reading any time the Divine Liturgy is celebrated. There may be up to three Gospel readings at the same service. The reading is determined according to the annual liturgical calendar. (If a feast falls on a Sunday, the reading for that feast will often be included after or in place of the Sunday reading.)
Small books containing a combination of text and illustrations are then provided to educators for each level. [3] While young children display a wide distribution of reading skills, each level is tentatively associated with a school grade. Some schools adopt target reading levels for their pupils.
An illustration explaining the purpose of different Roman Rite liturgical books. Within the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, a variety of liturgical books have been officially approved to contain the words to be recited and the actions to be performed in the celebration of Catholic liturgy.
This was the earliest English-language service book of the Church of England, and the only English-language service to be finished within the lifetime of King Henry VIII. [10] In 1549, Cranmer produced a complete English-language liturgy. Cranmer was largely responsible for the first two editions of the Book of Common Prayer. The first edition ...
The tonsuring of readers in a seminary by a Russian Orthodox bishop. The readers being ordained are wearing the short phelon (in white). In the Eastern Orthodox Church and in the Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition, the reader (in Greek, Ἀναγνώστης Anagnostis; in Church Slavonic, чтец chtets) is the second highest of the minor orders of clergy.
Confessions of St. Augustine. Spiritual reading is a practice of reading books and articles about spirituality with the purpose of growing in holiness.. Spiritual reading is devoted to the reading of lives of saints, writings of Doctors and the Fathers of the Church, theological works written by holy people, and doctrinal writings of Church authorities.