Gospels for Occasional Services

For use with the Book of Occasional Services

Example: How to chant the Gospel

The Church Year

Our Lady of Guadalupe	Luke 6:20-23
Vigil for the Eve of the Baptism of Our Lord *Not in the 2022 Book of Occasional Services	Matthew 3:13-17 (Year A) or Mark 1:4-11 (Year B) or Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 (Year C) or Matthew 28:1-10, 16-20 (The Resurrection and the Great Commission)
Vigil for the Eve of All Saints' Day *Not in the 2022 Book of Occasional Services	Matthew 5:1-12 (The Beatitudes) or Matthew 11:27-30 ("I will give you rest") or Matthew 28:1-10, 16-20 (The Resurrection and the Great Commission)

Pastoral Services

A Vigil on the Eve of Baptism *Not in the 2022 Book of Occasional Services	Mark 1:1-6 (The Baptism of Jesus) or John 3:1-6 (You Must be Born Again) or Matthew 28:1-10, 16-20 (The Resurrection and the Great Commission)
Service of Renaming	Matthew 15:13-19 ("You are Peter") or Matthew 17:1-9 (The Transfiguration) or Luke 2:15-21 (The naming of Jesus) or John 20:11-18 (The risen Lord calls Mary by name) or John 20:19-29 (Blessed are those who have not seen but believe)
Presentation of a Child (Presentación de un[a] Niño o Niña)	Mark 10:13-15 (Let the children come to me) or Matthew 18:2-6 (Whoever becomes like this child will be great in the Kingdom...)
Quinceañera (The Celebration of Fifteen Years)	Matthew 25:1-13 (The parable of the ten young women) or Luke 10:38-42 (Martha and Mary) or Matthew 5:14-16 (The light of the world) or John 13:31-35 (A new commandment)
Recognition of Ministries in the Church and the World	Matthew 5:14-16 (You are the light of the world) or Mark 4:2-9 (A sower went forth to sow) or Luke 12:35-37 (He will come and serve them) or John 6:1-13 (There is a lad here who has five barley loaves) or John 6:8-13 (There is a lad here who has five barley loaves)
Celebration for a Home	John 12:1-3 or Matthew 6:25-33
Public Service of Healing	Matthew 5:2-10 (Beatitudes) or Matthew 6:25-34 (Do not worry) or Matthew 7:7-8 (Ask, search, knock) or Matthew 8:5-10, 13 (Healing centurion's servant) or Matthew 8:14-17 (Healing Peter's mother-in-law) or Matthew 8:23-27 (Jesus stills the storm) or Matthew 9:2-8 (Your sins are forgiven) or Matthew 9:18-26 (Healing Jairus's daughter and woman with a hemorrhage) or John 5:2-9 (Take up your bed and walk) or John 6:47-51 (I am the Bread of Life) or John 9:1-11 (Healing of the man born blind) or John 21:18-19 (When you are old...) or Luke 13:10-13 (Healing of woman crippled for eighteen years) or Luke 4:22-28 (Do here also in your hometown the things you did at Capernaum) or Luke 4:38-41 (Healing Peter's mother-in-law) or Luke 5:17-26 (Healing of a paralyzed man) or Luke 8:26-35a (Jesus heals the Gerasene demoniac) or Luke 8:41-56 (Healing Jairus's daughter and woman with a hemorrhage) or Luke 11:5-10 (Perseverence in prayer) or Luke 17:11-19 (Your faith has made you well) or Mark 1:21-28 (Jesus heals the man with the unclean spirit) or Mark 1:29-34a (Jesus heals Peter's mother-in-law and others) or Mark 2:1-12 (Healing of a paralyzed man) or Mark 5:1-20 (Healing of Gerasene demoniac) or Mark 5:21-43 (Healing Jairus's daughter and woman with a hemorrhage) or Mark 6:7, 12-13 (The disciples anointed many who were sick) or Mark 10:46-52 (Jesus heals blind Bartimaeus) or Mark 14:32-36 (Not what I want, but what you want)
Burial of One Who Does Not Profess the Christian Faith	John 10:11-16 (I am the good shepherd)
Opening of a New Congregation	John 13:31-35 (As I have loved you, you also should love one another) or Matthew 11:2-6 (The blind receive their sight, the lame walk)

Liturgical Materials Honoring God in Creation

God, the source and destiny of the cosmos	John 3:16
God of order and dynamic change	Luke 13:6-9
The justice of God and the dignity of all creatures	Luke 10:25-37
The kinship and unity of all creation in Christ	John 1:1-5
Reading God's goodness in the diversity of life	Matthew 13:31-32
Called to be God's partners in the care of the planet	Mark 16:14-15

Episcopal Services

Consecration of Chrism Apart from Baptism	Luke 4:16-21
Reaffirmation of Ordination Vows	Luke 10:1-11 or Luke 22:24-27 or Luke 22:24-30
Ending a Pastoral Relationship	John 10:14-18 (The ministry of the good shepherd) or John 21:15-19 (Feed my sheep) or Luke 12:35-38 (The faithful servant) or Luke 17:7-10 (We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty) or Matthew 9:35-38 (The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few) or Matthew 25:31-40 (As you did it to the least of these, you did it to me)
Setting Apart for a Religious Vocation	Matthew 16:24-27 (Let him take up his cross and follow me) or Matthew 19:3-12 (Eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom) or Matthew 19:16-26 (Sell what you possess and give to the poor) or John 15:1-8 (I am the vine, you are the branches)