Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for May 31, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common keeps Trinity Sunday; Roman Catholic keeps Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; LSB Three-Year keeps The Holy Trinity (First Sunday after Pentecost); Historic One-Year keeps The Holy Trinity. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonTrinity SundayYear A · May 31 | Roman CatholicVisitation of the Blessed Virgin MaryYear A · May 31also The Most Holy Trinity | LSB Three-YearThe Holy Trinity (First Sunday after Pentecost)Year A · May 31 | Historic One-YearThe Holy TrinityOne-year · May 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel2 of 4 read Matthew 28 | Matthew 28:16-20 | Luke 1:39-57 | Matthew 28:16-20 | John 3:1-15 (16-17) |
| Epistle / Second ReadingEvery one differs | 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 | Romans 12:9-16b | Acts 2:14a, 22-36 | Romans 11:33-36 |
| Old Testament / First Reading2 of 4 read Genesis 1 | Genesis 1:1-2:4a | Zephaniah 3:14-18a | Genesis 1:1-2:4a | Isaiah 6:1-7 |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 8 | Psalm 8 | Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 | Psalm 8 | Psalm 29 |
More than one service is appointed on this date. The table shows the first of each tradition’s; the others are linked under the column they belong to.
Every citation above opens its own page: the passage, verse-by-verse commentary, background and word study, the Church Fathers, and worship resources. An “or” line is the second track a lectionary offers for the same day, not a different Sunday. Agreement is judged by chapter, because the four rarely cut a passage to the same length.
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