Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for May 23, 2027, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common keeps Trinity Sunday; Roman Catholic keeps The Most Holy Trinity; 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 B · May 23 | Roman CatholicThe Most Holy TrinityYear B · May 23 | LSB Three-YearThe Holy Trinity (First Sunday after Pentecost)Year B · May 23 | Historic One-YearThe Holy TrinityOne-year · May 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read John 3 | John 3:1-17 | Matthew 28:16-20 | John 3:1-17 | John 3:1-15 (16-17) |
| Epistle / Second Reading2 of 4 read Romans 8 | Romans 8:12-17 | Romans 8:14-17 | Acts 2:14a, 22-36 | Romans 11:33-36 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 6 | Isaiah 6:1-8 | Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 | Isaiah 6:1-8 | Isaiah 6:1-7 |
| Psalm3 of 4 read Psalm 29 | Psalm 29 | Psalm 33:4-5, 6+9, 18-19, 20+22 (12b) | Psalm 29 | Psalm 29 |
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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