Coming Soon & FAQs
Everything you need to know about the new Lectionary, for use from Advent 2024.
The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has confirmed the approval by the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales for the new Lectionary.
The Lectionary, which includes the scripture readings for Mass and the sacraments, will come into use in Catholic parishes in England & Wales and in Scotland from Advent 2024.
The Catholic Truth Society is proud to have been selected as the publisher of the new Lectionary.
Lectionary Queries
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A small number of products are not yet ready for pre-order and may only be published if there is enough demand. Please register your interest below for The CTS Daily Missal, The CTS Weekday Missal, and The Passion Gospels. We’ll send you an email when/if they become available to order.
New Catholic Lectionary: FAQs
- Why is the Lectionary changing?
The lectionary is changing as part of the continuing process of revising liturgical translations. The process began with the Roman Missal in 2011 and has continued to work through all the other liturgical rites.
The changes are intended to make the biblical translations more faithful to the original languages, using better and more up-to-date biblical scholarship and to use a text which is more proclaimable.
New Catholic Lectionary: FAQs
- What is happening and why?
The lectionary is changing as part of the continuing process of revising liturgical translations. The process began with the Roman Missal in 2011 and has continued to work through all the other liturgical rites.
The changes are intended to make the biblical translations more faithful to the original languages, using better and more up-to-date biblical scholarship and to use a text which is more proclaimable.
- What translation will the new Lectionary use?
The new lectionary will be using the English Standard Version – Catholic Edition of the Bible and the Abbey Psalter.
- What effect will the changes have on the Mass readings?
The changes are intended to make the biblical translations more faithful to the original languages, biblical scholarship, and to provide a text for use in liturgical setting that is more proclaimable and, where appropriate, more inclusive.
- When will the changes take place?
The new Lectionary will come into force on the first Sunday of Advent 2024, but parishes can start using it as soon as it arrives.
- When will the Lectionary be in stock?
The Lectionary will be in stock in October 2024.
- Can parishes keep using the old Lectionary?
No, parishes will need to change over to the new Lectionary on 1st December 2024.
- Which countries will be using the new Lectionary?
This version will be used in England and Wales, and Scotland.
- Other than the translation of Scripture, will there be any other key differences between the new Lectionary and the old one?
The lectionary will have a fully up-to-date Proper of Saints including the new universal and national feasts that have been instituted since the publication of the last lectionary.
- What is CTS publishing to help priests and parishioners with the new Lectionary?
CTS is also publishing ESV-CE Gospels, The Abbey Psalter Psalms and Canticles, new musical settings of the responsorial psalms, and explanatory and training texts for readers and the faithful. All products can be found here.
- Do parishes need to replace their Altar Missal?
No. Your Altar Missal remains unchanged. However, People’s Missals will need to be replaced.