WORKBOOK FOR LECTORS & GOSPEL READERS 2008

US edition

Author: James L Weaver. 288 pg. PB.

This fundamental resource for presiders, lectors, homilists, and those who prepare the liturgy is perfect for lector training programs, liturgy committee meetings, and scripture study groups to promote good proclamation and love of Scripture in the Sunday assembly. This year’s readings from Year A of the Lectionary for Mass are provided in the revised New American Bible translation, approved for use in the dioceses of the United States.

Workbook starts on the First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2007, and ends on November 23, 2008, the solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King.

Workbook includes these helpful features:

improved pronunciation assistance

readings are presented in sense line format, as they appear in the Lectionary, to aid the reader in preparation

Lectionary numbers for each set of readings

helpful commentaries for each reading, providing background information and tips for effective proclamation

margin notes point out logical divisions in the passages

words are marked in the reading to aid the reader in stressing important sections and concepts.