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For some time I wondered what percentage of the Bible is proclaimed throughout the Church\u2019s three-year reading cycle for Sundays and feast days and its two-year cycle for weekday Masses. <\/span><\/span>I knew it would be an enormous and time-consuming task to figure out myself, so I never attempted it. <\/span>Last Monday I mentioned my curiosity during a talk I gave and today a parishioner sent me a link answering my curiosity.<\/span><\/p>\n Until the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, a one-year cycle of two Scripture passages per Mass was in use. <\/span>In other words, the same readings were repeated each year. <\/span>This led to a limited exposure to Scripture during the celebration of Mass. <\/span>The three-year cycle lectionary used today was developed as a result of the Second Vatican Council\u2019s desire to increase the amount of Scripture proclaimed during the liturgy. <\/span>It pushes priests and deacons to preach on a greater variety of Scripture passages and not just on a limited selection. <\/span>It has been a great blessing for the Church. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n