[ichabod1]

I understood. I find that those who don’t know the bible, when they quote from John, they say “the book of John”, not “The Gospel According To John.” I gotcha.

[tang-soo]

Good one. I’ll have to remember that.

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, everybody knows the lector is supposed to CHANT: "The Gospel of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, according to Saint John."

And the rest of us all respond (in chant): "Glory be to Thee, O Lord."

The really hard-core lector then chants the entire Gospel, concluding with, "The Gospel of the Lord."

Whereupon we chant, "Praise be to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ."

. . . at least that's the way hard-core "High Anglicans" (a/k/a Catholic Lite) do it.