The Sermon Preparation Notes are designed to provide Hebraic and Jewish cultural and historical background to the biblical text. They are written weekly by CMJ staff worldwide and clergy at Christ Church Jerusalem and are based on the Revised Common Lectionary and the ACNA Lectionary.
Notes are emailed out Monday mornings with the readings for the following Sunday and post on this page on Fridays. We are currently in Year C of the three-year lectionary cycle.
Year A / 2022-2023
Click a liturgical date to download the day's notes as a PDF. [We apologize that the archive is not up to date due to technical difficulties. Check back next week.]
| 1st of Advent | 2nd of Advent | 3rd of Advent | 4th of Advent | |
| Holy Name & Circumicion |
1st of Epiphany | 2nd of Epiphany | 3rd of Epiphany | 4th of Epiphany |
| 5th of Epiphany | 6th of Epiphany | 7th of Epiphany | Transfiguration | 1st in Lent |
| 2nd in Lent | 3rd in Lent | 4th in Lent | 5th in Lent | Palm Sunday |
| Easter Day | 2nd of Easter | 3rd of Easter | 4th of Easter | 5th of Easter |
| 6th of Easter | 7th of Easter | Pentecost | Trinity Sunday | 2nd after Pentecost |
| 3rd after Pentecost | 4th after Pentecost | 5th after Pentecost | 6th after Pentecost | 7th after Pentecost |
| 8th after Pentecost | 9th after Pentecost | Transfiguration | 11th after Pentecost | 12th after Pentecost |
| 13th after Pentecost | 14th after Pentecost | 15th after Pentecost | 16th after Pentecost | 17th after Pentecost |
| 18th after Pentecost | 19th after Pentecost | 20th after Pentecost | 21st after Pentecost | 22nd after Pentecost |
| All Saints | 24th after Pentecost | 25th after Pentecost | Christ the King |
Year C / 2021-2022
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Year B / 2020-2021
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