This probably happens so rarely that it caught Faithlife by surprise. But the Solemnity of John the Baptist was transferred to today because of the solemnity of the Sacred Heart tomorrow. But we have:
I don't count on the lectionary being that accurate. - for example, on the West Coast, Ascension falls on Sunday.
Thank you David. We already had a case (very tentatively scheduled for late 2022) to update the lectionary. I made a note to examine this whenever we do that work.
Thank you. As I noted, this was probably a rare case (what with the Second Friday after the Ascension falling on the same day as the Solemnity of the St. John the Baptist). No idea when this will come up again. But I appreciate your being on it.
I informed the Verbum team privately of this error back in February. Maybe I should have posted about it publicly instead?
