The Daily Office
Read by season
The Christian year is older than most countries. Eight seasons, each with its own texts and temperament. Pick one — or follow the calendar wherever it currently stands.
Advent
Four weeks of waiting. The texts that lean forward.
Christmas
The Word made flesh. Twelve days, starting at Christmas Eve.
Epiphany
The season of manifestation — God made known to the nations.
Lent
Forty days toward the cross. Repentance, fasting, honesty.
Holy Week
The last week. Passover, betrayal, silence, and the cross.
Eastertidenow
Fifty days of resurrection. The texts that lean back from the empty tomb.
Pentecost
The Spirit poured out. The church begins.
Ordinary Time
The long green stretch between feasts. Not lesser — ordinary means 'numbered.'