Readings from the RCL

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Introduce the readings function, and explain the data it returns.

Liturgical days with multiple services

RCL lists separate readings for multiple services on:

• Christmas Day: three propers of Christmas Day (Proper 1, Proper 2, Proper 3)
• Palm Sunday: Liturgy of the Palms, Liturgy of the Word
• Easter Day: Great Vigil, Early Service, Principal Service, Evening Service

Readings for specific services on these days can be specified with the service parameter.

xmas = Commemoration(Lectionary.FEAST_CHRISTMAS, LiturgicalYear(2023))
readings(xmas; service = Lectionary.CHRISTMAS_PROPER_1)

Readings("Isaiah 9.2-9.7", "Titus 2.11-2.14", "Luke 2.1-1.14 ;  Luke 2.1-2.20", "Psalm 96")

readings(easter_sunday(LiturgicalYear(2023)); service = Lectionary.GREAT_VIGIL)

Readings("\n    Genesis 1.1—2.4a, Psalm 136.1-136.9, Psalm 136.23-136.26,\n\n    Genesis 7.1-7.5, Genesis 7.11-7.18, Genesis  8.6-8.18, Genesis 9.8-9.13,  Psalm 46,\n\n    Genesis 22.1-22.18, Psalm 16,\n\n    Exodus 14.10-14.31; Exodus 15.20-15.21, Exodus 15.1b-15.13, Exodus 15.17-15.18,\n\n    \n    Isaiah 55.1-55.11, Isaiah 12.2-12.6,\n\n    Baruch 3.9-3.15, Baruch 3.32—4.4 ; Proverbs 8.1-8.8, Proverbs 8.19-8.21; Proverbs 9.4b-9.6, Psalm 19,\n\n    Ezekiel 36.24-36.28, Psalm 42, Psalm 43,\n    \n    Ezekiel 37.1-36.14, Psalm 143,\n    \n    Zephaniah 3.14-3.20, Psalm 98 ", "Romans 6.3-6.11", "Mark 16.1-16.8", "Psalm 114")

readings(palm_sunday(LiturgicalYear(2023)); service = Lectionary.LITURGY_OF_PALMS)

Readings("", "", "Mark 11.1-11.11 ; John 12.12-12.16", "Psalm 118.1-118.2, 118.19-118.29")