scripture readings
Sacred text recitations
Scripture readings are passages from sacred religious texts read aloud during worship services, ceremonies, or private devotion.
In Christian contexts, these typically come from the Bible and follow a lectionary—a prescribed schedule rotating through the year.
The scripture readings for today's Mass include a psalm and a Gospel passage.
Other religions have analogous practices with their own sacred texts.
- church serviceOrganized Christian worship gathering
- call to worshipSummons to religious gathering
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
prayer · Psalms · liturgy · responsive reading · Torah · Bhagavad Gita · Quran · midrash · lector · exegesis · gospel · Sutras · daily devotional · book of hours · ambo · verse · inspiration · Upanishads
- weddingwedding, wedding ring, marry, wedding ceremony, wedding rings
- church weddingbride, groom, wedding march, wedding rings, bridal gown
- EasterEaster egg, Easter eggs, Easter basket, Easter Sunday, Easter dinner
- Sunday schoolBible stories, Sunday school teachers, memory verses, lesson plans, Bible verse
- devotionsdaily devotions, daily devotion, devotional, devotionals, devotions
- liturgical readingsgospel reading, lectionary, first reading, daily reading, Torah portion
scripture readingssermon
Clergy's worship address
homily · preaching · personal testimony · exhortation · announcements
scripture readingssacraments
Sacred Christian rites
silent meditation · contemplative prayer · religious procession · laying on of hands · genuflection