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This was known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/culture\/library\/dictionary\/index.cfm?id=33358\">epistle<\/a>. The epistle came from one of the Apostles\u2019 letters in the New Testament.<\/p>\n<p>Vatican II moved to promote the liturgical renewal that had already been under way. It aimed to immerse the faithful more fully in the Scriptures, in order to nourish our spiritual lives even more on the sacred Word.<\/p>\n<p>The result was that Sunday Masses and holy days had a First Reading (from the Old Testament) and a Second Reading (from the New Testament). Adding an Old Testament reading helped to show the unity of both Testaments within salvation history (see No. 57 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/origin.usccb.org\/prayer-and-worship\/the-mass\/general-instruction-of-the-roman-missal\/girm-chapter-2.cfm\">General Instruction of the Roman Missal<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The Church also started a three-year cycle for Sunday Mass readings, which means that a faithful Catholic will go through the whole history of salvation every three years. A two-year cycle for daily Mass readings affords the faithful another tour. The cycle of readings before Vatican II did not permit such broad exposure to the Scriptures during the Eucharistic liturgies.<\/p>\n<p>The Church probably didn\u2019t add an additional reading to the daily Masses for practical reasons \u2013 in part, to keep the celebrations shorter, especially for people who might need to get to work or school right away.<\/p>\n<p>The three Readings (including the Gospel) are on days that most people come to Mass. Moreover, the daily and Sunday cycles are independent of each other during Ordinary Time. (For more reading on the Readings at Mass, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenit.org\/en\/articles\/rhythm-of-the-scripture-readings\">click here<\/a>.) I hope this helps. God bless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Why is there a Second Reading only at Sunday and holy day Masses but not at regular weekday Masses? Thanks! -A. Answered by Fr. 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He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith &amp; Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency\u2019s English edition. He has written for\u00a0SpiritualDirection.com\u00a0and\u00a0ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South\u00a0and assisted with mission work in Mexico. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. His contributions to RCSpirituality include responding to\u00a0Ask A Priest\u00a0questions and sharing his insights in our\u00a0Weekly Newsletter.","url":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/author\/emcilmail\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145309"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=145309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}