Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 minute ago

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Catholics and many other liturgically-oriented Christian traditions use a lectionary model, following a three-year cycle of readings, which means the whole Church is reading the same Scriptures together every Sunday throughout the year.

For those Christians who come from a background where the pastor picks out the readings each week, this can be a bit of an adjustment!

Matt Swaim talks to Ken Ogorek, co-author of the Breaking the Bread series, about what the lectionary is, how it works, and the benefits of reading the Scriptures together as a Church throughout the year.

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More on Breaking the Bread, a lectionary devotional by Ken Ogorek and Scott Hahn: stpaulcenter.com/store/breaking-the-bread-a-biblical-devotional-for-catholics-year-a

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