September 14, 2025
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Lector Preparation for Sunday Readings
Lector Preparation for Sunday Readings
Lisa Bellecci (bell-LAY-chee)-st.romain has a masters in pastoral theology. Her day job is a Christian clinical social worker in private practice bringing healing via psychotherapy to those with civilian trauma.
Greg’s website offers a close look at upcoming Sunday readings, focusing on not only on the lector’s understanding and proclamation, but also the historical and theological background.
- FIRST READING
- SECOND READING
Readings for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross replace the readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), as September 14 falls on a Sunday this year. Previous years in which this ocured were 2014, 2008, 2003, 1997, 1992, 1986, 1975.
Numbers 21:4b-9
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Readings for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross replace the readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), as September 14 falls on a Sunday this year. Previous years in which this ocured were 2014, 2008, 2003, 1997, 1992, 1986, 1975.
Philippians 2:6-11
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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Abiezrite [ay-bee-EEZ-rite]
Abilene [ab-uh-LEE-neh]
Abinadab [uh-BIN-uh-dab]
Abinoam [uh-BIN-oh-am]
Abishai [uh-BIHSH-ay-ai]
Abiathar [uh-BI-uh-thahr]
Abram [AYB-ruhm]
Achaia [uh-KAY-yuh]
Achor [AY-kohr]
Acts [akts]
Adar [AY-dahr]
Admah [AD-mah]
Agabus [AG-uh-buhs]
Agar [AY-gur]
Ahaz [AY-haz]
Ahio [uh-HIGH-oh]
Ai [AY-eye]
Akkub [ACK-ub]
Alphaeus [al-FEE-uhs]
Amalekites [uh-MAL-uh-kytes]
Amaziah [am-ah-ZYE-uh]
Ammon [AM-uhn]
Ammonites [AM-uh-nytes]
Amon [AY-muhn]
Amorites [AM-uh-rytes]
Amos [AY-muhs]
Amoz [AY-muhz]
Amphipolis [am-FIP-oh-lis]
Anaiah [uh-NYE-uh]
Ananias [AN-uh-NYE-uhs]
Anathoth [AN-uh-thoth]
Annas [ANN-uhs]
Antioch [AN-tee-ahk]
Antiochus [an-TYE-uh-kuhs]
Apollonia [AP-uh-LOH-nee-uh]
Apollos [uh-PAH-luhs]
Apphia [AF-ee-uh]
Arabah [AIR-uh-bah, AIR-uh-buh]
Aram [AY-ruhm]
Aramean [AAH-ruh-MEE-uhn] from Aram
Archelaus [AHR-kuh-LAY-uhs]
Archippus [ahr-KIP-uhs]
Arimathea [ehr-uh-muh-THEE-uh]
Areopagus [air-ee-AHP-uh-guhs]
Asenath [AS-uh-nath]
Asher [ASH-uhr]
Ashkelon [ASH-kuh-lon]
Assyria [a-SIHR-ee-uh]
Aven [AY-ven]
Azal [AZ-uhl]
Azariah [az-uh-RYE-uh]
Azotus [ah-ZOH-tus]
Baal [BAY-uhl]
Baals [BAY-uhlz]
Baale-judah [BAY-uh-lee-JOO-duh]
Baalpeor [BAY-uhl-PEE-ohr]
Baals [BAY-alz]
Baal-shalishah [BAY-uhl-shuh-LYE-shuh]
Baal-zephon [BAY-uhl-ZEE-fuhn]
Babyon [BAB-ih-lon]
Balaam [BAY-luhm]
Balak [BAY-lak]
Baladan [BAL-uh-dan]
Bani [BAY-nye]
Barabbas [buh-RAH-buhs]
Barak [BAIR-uhk]
Barnabas [BAHR-nuh-buhs]
Barsabbas [BAHR-suh-buhs]
Bartimaeus [bahr-tih-MEE-uhs]
Baruch [BARE-uhk]
Bashan [BAY-shun]
Bathsheba [bath-SHEE-buh]
Beelzebub [bee-EHL-zee-buhb]
Beer-lahai-roi [BEE-uhr-luh-HYE-roy]
Beer-sheba [BEE-uhr-SHEE-buh]
Bel [BAYL, BEL]
Belshazzar [behl-SHAZ-uhr]
Belteshazza [bel-tih-SHAZ-ahr]
Beor [BEE-or]
Berea [beh-REE-uh]
Beroea [beh-REE-uh] (alt. for Berea)
Bethel [BETH-uhl]
Bethlehem [BETH-lee-hem]
Bethlehemite [BETH-lih-heh-myte]
Beth-peor [beth-PEE-ohr]
Bethphage [BETH-fuh-gee]
Bethsaida [beth-SAY-ih-duh]
Bethlehemite [BETH-le-heh-mite]
Bethuel [buh-THOO-uhl]
Bethzatha [beth-ZAY-thuh]
Bildad [BIL-dad]
Bilhah [BIL-hah]
bitumen [bih-TOO-mehn]
Caesarea [ses-uh-REE-uh]
Caesarea Philippi [sehs-uh-REE-uh fih-LIP-eye]
Caiaphas [KAY-uh-fuhs]
Calneh [KAL-neh]
Cana [KAY-nuh]
Canaan [KAY-nuhn]
Cananaean [kay-nuh-NEE-uhn]
Canaanites [KAY-nuh-nytes]
Candace [kan-DAY-see]
Capernaum [kuh-PUHR-nee-uhm]
Cappadocia [kap-uh-DOH-shee-uh]
Carmel [KAHR-muhl]
caul [KAWL]
Cephas [SEE-fuhs]
Chaldeans [kal-DEE-uhns]
Cheebar [KEE-bahr]
Cherubim [CHAIR-yoo-bim]
Chilion [KIHL-ee-uhn]
Chloe's [KLOH-eez]
Chrispus [KRIS-puhs]
Chronicles [KRON-ih-kuhlz]
Chuza [KOO-zuh]
Cilicia [sih-LISH-yuh]
Cleopas [KLEE-uh-puhs]
Clopas [KLO-pas]
cockatrice’ [KAH-kuh-trihs]
Colossae [kuh-LOHS-ee]
Colossians [kuh- LAH-shuhnz]
Corinth [KOR-uhnth]
Corinthians [kuh-RIN-thee-uhnz]
Cornelius [kor-NEE-lee-uhs]
Cretans [KREE-tenz]
Cushite [CUHSH-ite]
Cyrene [sy-REE-neh]
Cyrenians [sy-REE-nee-enz]
Cyrus [SYE-ruhs]
Damascus [duh-MAS-kuhs]
Daniel [DAN-yuhl]
Darius [duh-RYE-uhs]
Decalogue [DEK-uh-log]
Decapolis [dee-KAP-uh-lis]
denarii [dih-NAIR-ee-eye]
denarius [dih-NAIR-ee-uhs]
Deuteronomy [DOO-tuh-RON-uh-mee]
Diblaim [dib-LAH-yim]
Didymus [DID-uh-muhs]
Ecclesiasticus [ih-KLEE-zee-AS-tih-kuhs]
Ecclesiastes [ih-KLEE-zee-AS-teez]
Edom [EE-duhm]
Ehud [EE-hudd]
Elah [EE lah]
Elamites [EE-lah-mites]
Eldad [EHL-dad]
Eleazar [ehl-ee-AY-zer]
Eli [ee'lye]
Eliab [ee-LYE-ab]
Eliam [el-ee-AWM]
Elias (ee-LYE-us)
eli eli lema sabachthani
[AY-lee AY-lee LUH-mah sah-BAKH-thah-nee]
Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?
[AY-lo-ee AY-lo-ee LEH-mah
sah-BAHK-tah-nee]
Eliezer [ehl-ih-EE-zer]
Elijah [ih-LYE-juh]
Elimelech [ih-LIHM-eh-lehk]
Elisha [ih-LYE-shuh]
Elkanah [el-KAY-nuh]
Emmanuel [ih-MAN-yoo-ell]
Emmaus [ih-MAY-uhs]
Enoch [EE-nuhk]
Epaphras [EPP-uh-fruhs]
Ephah [EE-fah]
Ephphatha [EHF-uh-thuh]
Ephesian [eh-FEE-zhun]
Ephesians [eh-FEE-zhunz]
Ephesus [EF-uh-suhs]
Ephraim [EE-fray-ihm]
ephod [EH-fahd, EE-fod]
Ephrathah [EHF-ruh-thuh]
Ephrathites [EHF-ruh-thites]
Esaias [EE-zay-uhs]
Esau [EE-saw]
Esdras [EZ-druhs]
Esther [ES-tuhr]
Euodia [yoo-OH-dee-uh]
Euphrates [yoo-FRAY-teez]
Exodus [EK-suh-duhs]
Ezekiel [ih-ZEE-kee-uhl]
Ezra [EZ-ruh]
Gabbatha [GAB-uh-thuh]
Gadarene [gad-uh-REEN]
Gadarenes [gad-uh- REENZ]
Gaius [GAY-yuhs]
Galatia [guh-lay-SHEE uh]
Galatians [guh-LAY-shuhnz]
Galileans [gal-ih-LEE-uhn]
Galileans [gal-ih-LEE-uhnz]
Gath [GATH]
Gaza [GAH-zuh]
Gehazi [gee-HAY-zye]
Genesis [JEN-uh-sis, JEH-nuh-suhs]
Gennesaret [gih-NES-uh-ret]
Gerasenes [GAIR uh seens]
Gibeah [GIB-ee-uh]
Gibeon [GIHB-ee-uhn]
Gideon [GID-ee-uhn]
Gilboa [gil-BOH-uh]
Gilead [GIHL-ee-uhd]
Gilgal [GILL-gal]
Girgashites [GER-guh-shytes]
Golgotha [GOL-guh-thuh]
Goliath [go-LYE-uhth]
Gomer [GOH-murr]
Gomorrah [guh-MOR-uh]
Goshen [GOH-shuhn]
Habakkuk [huh-BAK-kuhk]
Hadadrimmon [hay-dad-RIHM-uhn]
Hades [HAY-deez]
Hakeldama [hah-KEL-'duh-muh]
Hagar [HAY-gahr]
Haggai [HAG-ay-eye]
Ham [ham]
Haman [HAY-muhn]
Hamath [HAY-muth]
Hanamel [HAN-uh-mehl]
Hanan [HAY-nuhn]
Hananiah [han-uh-NYE-uh]
Haran [HAY-ruhn]
Harbona [khar-BO-nah]
Harosheth-ha-goiim
[huh ROH-sheth huh Goy-ihm]
Hashbaddanah [hash-BAD-ah-nuh]
Hashum [HAY-shum]
Hazael [HAZ-uh-el]
Hazor [HAY-zor]
Hebrews [HEE-brooz]
Hebron [HEE-bron]
Hermon [HER-mun]
Herod [HAIR-uhd]
Herodians [hih-ROH-dee-uhns]
Herodias [hih-ROH-dee-uhs]
Hezekiah [heh-zeh-KYE-uh]
Hilkiah [hil-KYE-uh]
Hittites [HIHT-tytes]
Hivites [HYE-vites, HIH-vites]
Hodiah [hoh-DYE-uh]
Horeb [HOR-uhb]
Hosea [hoh-SEE-uh, hoh-ZAY-uh]
Hur [HER]
Iconium [eye-KOE-nee-uhm]
Immanuel [ih-MAN-yoo-el]
Isaiah [eye-ZAY-uh, (eye-ZYE-uh, chiefly Brit.)]
Iscariot [is-KAR-ee-uht]
Ishmael [ISH-may-el]
Ishmaelites [ISH-may-uh-lites]
Israel [IZ-ray-el]
Issachar [ISS-seh-kar]
Ittai [IT-tye]
Ituraea [ih-TSHOOR-ree-uh]
Jabbok [JAB-ock]
Jabin [JAY-bin]
Jamin [JAY-min]
Jaar [JAY-ahr]
Jairus [JAY-uh-ruhs]
James [jaymz]
Japheth [JAY-feth]
Jashar [JASH-ur]
Jebusites [JEH-boo-sites]
Jehoiakim [jeh-HOI-uh-kim]
Jehovah-Shalom [juh-HOH-vuh-SHAY-lom]
Jehozadak [juh-HOZ-uh-dak]
Jehu [JEE-hoo]
Jemimah [juh-MYE-muh]
Jericho [JAIR-ih-koe]
Jeroboam [JAIR-uh-BOH-uhm]
Jephthah [JEF-thuh]
Jeremiah [jer-uh-MYE-uh]
Jeshua [JESH-oo-uh]
Jethro [JETH-roh]
Jezebel [JEZ-uh-bel]
Jezreel [JEZ-ree-uhl]
Jezreelite [JEZ-ree-uhl-ite]
Joab [JOH-ab]
Joash [JOH-ash]
Job [JOHB]
Joel [JOH-uhl]
John [jahn]
Jonah [JOH-nuh]
Joppa [JOP-uh]
Joses [JOH-seez]
Josiah [joh-SI-uh]
Joshua [JOSH-yoo-uh]
Jotham [JOH-thuhm]
Jozabad [JOHZ-uh-bad]
Judah [JOO-duh]
Judea or Judæa [joo-DEE-uh]
Jude [jood]
Judges [JUHJ-iz, JUH-juhz]
Judith [JOO-dith]
Justus [JUHS-tuhs]
Kadesh [KAY-dehsh]
Kedar [KEE-dahr]
Kedesh [KEE-desh]
Kelita [KEL-ih-tuh]
Keren-happuch [KEHR-ehn-HAP-uhk]
Keziah [keh-ZYE-uh]
Kerioth [ker-ee-YOTH]
Kidron [KIHD-ruhn]
Kings [kingz]
Kir [KEER]
Kishon [KYE-shahn]
Laban [LAY-ban]
Lamentations [LAM-en-TAY-shuhnz]
Laodicea [lay-oh-duh-SEE-uh]
Lappidoth [LAP-ih-doth]
Leviathan [luh-VYE-uh-thuhn]
Levite [LEE-vite]
Levites [LEE-vites]
Leviticus [lih-VIT-ih-kuhs]
Lo-ammi [loh AM-eye]
Lo ruhamah [loh roo-HAY-muh]
Lud [luhd]
Luke [louhk]
Lycaonian [lihk-uh-OH-nee-uhn]
Lydda [LIH-duh]
Lysanias [lye-SAY-nee-uhs]
Lystra [LIS-truh]
Maaseiah [MAY-uh-SEE-yuh]
Maccabees [MAH-kuh-beez]
Macedonia [MAH-suh-DOH-nee-uh]
Magdala [MAG-duh-luh]
Magdalene [MAG-duh-leen]
Mahlon [MAH-luhn]
Mahseiah [muh-SYE-uh]
Malachi [MAH-luh-kye]
Malchijah [mal-KYE-uh]
Malchus [MAL-kuhs]
Manasseh [muh-NAH-suh]
Mamre [MAM-ree]
Mark [mahrk]
Massah [MAH-suh]
Matthew [MAH-thyoo]
Matthias [muh-THYE-uhs]
Mattithiah [mat-tih-THYE-uh]
Medad [MEE-dad]
Medes [meedz]
Megiddon [mih-GID-uhn]
Melchizedek [mel-KIZ-uh-dek]
Meribah [MAIR-ee-baah]
Merodach-baladan [MER-oh-dak-BAL-uh-dan]
Meshullam [meh-SHOO-luhm]
Mesopotamia [MESS-uh-puh-TAY-mee-uh]
Micah [MYE-kuh]
Michal [MY-kuhl]
Midian [MID-ee-uhn]
Midianites [MID-ee-uh-nytes]
(the) Millo [MILL-oh] (believed to be a type of fortification)
Milcah [MIL-kah]
mitre [mye-tuhr]
Mizar [MYE-zahr]
Mishael [MISH-uh-el]
Moab [MOH-ab]
Moabite [MOH-ab-ite]
Moreh [MOH-ruh]
Moriah [muh-RYE-uh]
Naaman [NAY-uh-muhn]
Naamathite [NAY-uh-muh-thyte]
Naboth [NAY-buhth]
Nahor [NAY-hor]
Nahum [NAY-huhm]
Nain [NAY-in]
Naomi [nay-OH-mee]
Naphthali [NAF-tuh-lye]
Nathanael [nuh-THAN-yuhl]
Nazareth [NAH-zuh-ruhth]
Nazirite [NAH-zuh-ryte]
Nazorean [naz-aw-REE-uhn]
Neapolis [nee-AP-o-lihs]
Nebo [NEE-boh]
Nebuchadnezzar [NEH-byoo-kuhd-NEH-zuhr]
Nebuchadrezzar [NEH-byoo-kuh-DREH-zuhr]
Negeb [NEH-geb]
Negev [NEH-gev]
Nehemiah [NEE-uh-MYE-uh; NEE-huh-MYE-uh]
Neriah [nuh-RYE-uh]
Nicanor [nye-KAY-nuhr]
Nicodemus [NIK-uh-DEE-muhs]
Nicolaus [NIK-uh-lay-uhs]
Nimshi [NIM-shy]
Nineveh [NIN-uh-vuh]
Numbers [NUHM-buhrz]
Nun [nuhn]
Obadiah [OH-buh-DYE-uh]
Obed [OH-behd]
Obed-edom [OH-behd-EE-duhm]
Onesimus [oh-NESS-ih-muhs]
Ophir [OH-fuhr]
Ophrah [OHF-ruh]
Orpah [OR-puh]
Paddan-aram [PAD-an-AY-ram]
Pamphylia [pam-fil'ee-uh]
Paran [PAY-ruhn]
Parmenas [PAR-muh-nuhs]
Parthians [PAR-thee-uhnz]
Patmos [PAT-muhs]
Pedaiah [peh-DYE-yah]
Pelaiah [peh-LAY-ee-uh]
Peniel [PEN-ee-ehl]
Peninnah [pih-NIN-ah]
Penuel [pen-YOO-uhl]
Peor [PEE-ohr]
Perazim [PER-uh-zim]
Pergamum [PUHR-guh-muhm]
Perizzites [PAIR-ih-zites]
Peter [PEE-tuhr]
Phanuel [FAN-yoo-el]
Pharaoh [FER-oh]
Pharpar [FAHR-pahr]
Philemon [fye-LEE-muhn, fih-LEE-muhn]
Philippi [FIL-ih-pye , fuh-LIP-eye]
Philippians [fuh-LIP-ee-uhnz]
Philistines [fih-LIHS-teenz]
Phoenicia [foh-NEE-shee-uh]
Phrygia [FREE-jee-ah]
Pi-hahiroth [Pye-huh-HYE-roth]
Pisidia [pye-SID-ee-uh]
Pisgah [PIZ-gah]
Pithom [PYE-thom]
Pontus [PAHN-tuhs]
pot-sherd [PAHT-shuhrd]
Poti-pherah [pah-TIH-fuh-ruh]
privily [PRIV ih lee]
Prochorus [PRAH-kuh-ruhs]
Prophecy [PROF-ah-see]
Prophesy [PROF-ah-sye]
Proverbs [PRAH-vuhrbz]
Psalms [sahmz, sahlmz]
Puah [POO-ah]
Rabbah [RAB-uh]
Rabbouni [ra-BOH-nye; ra-BOH-nee]
Rahab [RAY-hab]
Ramah [RAH-muh]
Rameses [RAM-uh-seez]
Rebekah [rih-BEK-uh]
Rehoboam [REE-uh-BOH-uhm]
Rephidim [REH-fih-dim]
Revelation [REV-uh-LAY-shuhn, reh-vuh-LAY-shuhn]
Romans [ROH-muhnz]
Ruth [rooth]
Sadducees [SAD-yoo-seez]
saith [SETH, SEY-uhth]
Salome [suh-LOH-mee]
Samaria [suh-MARE-ee-uh]
Samaritan [suh-MARE-uh-tuhn]
Samaritans [suh-MARE-uh-tuhnz]
Samothrace [SAM-oh-thrays]
Samson [SAM-suhn]
Samuel [SAM-yoo-uhl]
Sarai [SEHR-eye]
Sardis [SAHR-dis]
Sceva [SEE-vuh]
Scythian [SIH-thee-uhn]
Seba [SEE-buh]
Seir [SEE-eer]
Selah [SEE-luh]
Sennacherib [sen-AHK-uhr-ihb]
Seraphim [SER-uh-fim]
Shabbethai [SHAB-eh-thye]
Shallum [SHAL-uhm]
Shammah [SHAH-mah]
Shaphat [SHAY-fat]
Sharon [SHEHR-uhn]
Shealtiel [shee-AL-tee-el]
Sheba [SHEE-bah]
Shechem [SHEE-kehm]
Shekel [SHEK-uhl]
Shekels [SHEK-uhlz]
Shem [shem]
Shema [SHUH-mah]
Shemaiah [she-MAY-yuh]
Sheol [SHEE-ohl]
Sherebiah [SHAIR-uh-BYE-uh]
Shew [show]
Shiloh [SHYE-loh]
Shiphrah [SHIF-rah]
Shittim [SHIH-tim]
Shuhite [SHOO-hyte]
Shunammite [SHOO-nuh-mite]
Shunem [SHOO-nem]
Sidon [SYE-duhn]
Siloam [sye-LOH-uhm]
Silvanus [sil-VAY-nuhs]
Sin [sin]
Sinai [SYE-nye]
Sion [SYE-ahn]
Sirach [SYE-ruhk]
Sisera [SIS-uh-ruh]
Smyrna [SMUHR-nuh]
Sodom [SOD-uhm]
Solomon [SAH-luh-muhn]
Sosthenes [sahs'thuh-neez]
Stephanas [STEF-uh-nuhs]
Susanna [soo-ZAN-uh]
Sychar [SYE-kahr]
Syene [sye-EEN-nee]
Syntyche [SIN-tih-kee]
Tabitha [TAB-ih-thuh]
Tabor [TAY-bor]
Talitha cum [TAL-ih-thuh-KOOM]
Tarshish [TAHR-shish]
Tekoa [tek-OH-ah]
Teman [TEE-man; TEH-men]
Terah [TEE-rah]
Thaddaeus [tha-DEE-uhs]
Theophilus [thee-AH-fih-luhs]
Thessalonians [THES-uh-LOH-nee-uhnz]
Thessalonica [THES-uh-loh-NYE-kah]
Thummim [THUH-muhm]
Thyatira [thye-uh-TYE-ruh]
Tiberias [tai-BIHR-ee-uhs]
Tiberius [tai-BIHR-ee-uhs]
Timon [TYE-muhn]
Timothy [TIM-uh-thee]
Tishbite [TISH-bite]
Titus [TYE-tuhs]
Tobit [TOH-bit]
Trachonitis [trak-o-NYE-tihs]
Troas [TROH-as]
Tubal [TOO-buhl]
Tyre [tire]
Ur [UHR]
Uriah [yoo-RYE-uh]
Urim [YOOR-im]
Uz [UHZ]
Uzzah [UHZ-uh]
Uzziah [uh-ZI-uh]
Zacchaeus [zah-KEE-uhs]
Zacharias [zak-uh-RYE-uhs]
Zaphnath-paaneah [ZAF-uh-nath-puh-NEE-uh]
Zarephath [ZAIR-uh-fath]
Zarethan [ZER-uh-than]
Zerubbabel [zuh RUH buh behl]
Zebedee [ZEB-uh-dee]
Zeboim [zuh-BOH-im]
Zebulun [ZEH-byoo-luhn]
Zechariah [ZEK-uh-RYE-uh]
Zedekiah [zehd-uh-KYE-uh]
Zephaniah [ZEF-uh-NYE-ah]
Ziklag [ZIHK lag]
Zilpah [ZIL-pah]
Zin [ZIHN]
Zoan [ZOH-an]
Zoar [ZOH-ahr]
Zophar [ZOH-fahr]
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