CENSORING SCRIPTURE: THE LECTIONARY

CENSORING SCRIPTURE: THE LECTIONARY
At the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II), the bishops of the Catholic Church decided that the riches of Scripture should be made more fully available to
laypersons through a revision of the lectionary. Since Vatican II, many more biblical passages from both Testaments appear in the lectionary and are read in church.
However, the Old Testament material is still limited and unsystematic (OT passages are selected to ‘fit’ with the gospel readings, so the OT is highly fragmented in the lectionary). Passages that are ‘problematic’ for various reasons are omitted for that reason.
Another church council has been called and the subject of Scripture is being discussed again. Like Vatican II, Vatican III involves Catholic bishops and
representatives from non-Catholic traditions. Some bishops want to retain or even expand the omissions of OT passages in the lectionary. For example, the Easter Vigil includes Genesis 22 and Exodus 14, and some would like to remove them. Other ‘problematic’ passages are not included in the lectionary (most of the flood story, almost all of Joshua, Ezekiel 16; 23, etc.).
You have the opportunity to address your bishop (or the committee revising the lectionary) about the proposed exclusion of a specific passage (e.g., Genesis 22;
Exodus 14) or the inclusion of a specific ‘problematic’ passage (e.g., Ezekiel 16). You may choose the passage and whether you are arguing for excluding something
presently in the lectionary or including something currently missing from it.
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