Weekly Scripture readings?

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Could anyone tell me how the weekly scripture readings for Sun. mass are determined? Also, it seems both Catholic and Lutheran faiths have the same readings, could that be explained please? Thank you and God bless you!
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Many denominations now follow what is called the “Revised Common Lectionary.” I’m not an expert, but I know there are 3 cycles (to be used in 3 consecutive years), probably to read the entire bible (especially the New Testament) in 3 years. Hopefully someone who knows more about it will expand on this.
 
During the revisions of the Missal after Vatican II, it was decided to expand from a one-year cycle of readings to a three-year cycle for Sundays and holy days and two-year cycle for weekdays. A complete breakdown of the percentage of the Bible that gets read at Mass under the old and the new lectionaries is here; the bottom line is that if you went to every Mass for three years, you would hear 13.5% of the verses of the Old Testament (not counting the Psalms), versus 1.0% under the old lectionary, and of the New Testament you would hear 71.5%, including 89.0% of the Gospels, versus 16.5% of the NT and 22.4% of the Gospels under the old system.

The new lectionary was so successful that a number of Protestant groups subsequently adopted it, but it is Catholic in nature.
 
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