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A Proposal to Expand the Sunday Lectionary

Richard J Flynn

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Gatekeeper Press
08 September 2025
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Bibles; Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals; Christian life & practice
A Proposal to Expand the Sunday Lectionary outlines how to increase Scripture readings at Sunday Mass in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church by expanding the current three-year cycle to a four-year cycle. The proposed fourth year, Year D, would focus on the Gospel of John-complementing Years A, B, and C, which are based on Matthew, Mark, and Luke, respectively. This draft builds upon A Proposal to Expand the Weekday Lectionary, which suggested reading the entire Bible in a ten-year weekday cycle during Ordinary Time.

As in the earlier proposal, the liturgical calendar remains unchanged. The structure of the Liturgy of the Word is preserved: a Gospel reading at every Mass, a First Reading followed by a Responsorial Psalm, and on Sundays and feast days, a Second Reading before the Gospel.

Across the four-year Sunday cycle, all verses from John and Mark's Gospels would be read, and the Acts of the Apostles would be proclaimed in full during the Easter season. Bishops, clergy, liturgists, and others interested in deepening engagement with Sacred Scripture at Sunday Mass will find this proposal thoughtful, enriching, and timely.
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Imprint:   Gatekeeper Press
Dimensions:   Height: 279mm,  Width: 216mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   399g
ISBN:   9781662964381
ISBN 10:   1662964382
Pages:   122
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Richard J. Flynn is a former Jesuit priest who was laicized in 1987. As a Jesuit scholastic he earned an AB degree in philosophy and a licentiate in philosophy from St. Louis University and then taught high-school chemistry in Baghdad, Iraq. He studied Arabic in Lebanon and Syria and theology in France and Lebanon, was ordained a priest in 1975, and has pastoral experience in a parish. He obtained a master's degree in theology from the Jesuit Faculty of Theology in Paris. Additionally, he was a hospital chaplain for eight years, then spent a year starting a PhD program in Biblical studies at the Catholic University of America. After being released from the Jesuits, he obtained an MS in computer science at George Mason University and worked as a software developer until 2003. He married his wife Veronica in 2002, and he is now retired. He has knowledge of English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic.

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