Friday, April 13, 2007

Good Friday in the One-Year Series

The one-year lectionary from LSB lists the Good Friday epistle as 2 Corinthians 5. The Good Friday epistle for all three years of the three-year series is listed as Hebrews 4. The LSB altar book says that the epistle is Hebrews 4. There is no mention that the 2 Corinthians passage is an option. They just left it out of the altar book. The altar book just defaults to the 3-year series there.

Congregations using the 3-year series hear the 2 Cor 5 passage every Ash Wednesday, as well as on Lent 4 in series C. They use the Hebrews 4-5 passage every Good Friday, as well as hitting the Hebrews 4 part for Propers 24 in series B, and the Hebrews 5 part for Lent 5 in series B.

Congregations following the 1-year series will hear the Hebrews 4 passage on Lent 1, and the 2 Cor 5 passage on Good Friday. But if the one-year series is used in conjunction with the Holy Week services out of the altar book, then they'll hear the Hebrews 4 passage on both Lent 1 and Good Friday, but would never hear the 2 Corinthians 5 passage again.

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