    Date::Lectionary::Daily - Daily Readings for the Christian Lectionary

VERSION
    Version 1.20180422

SYNOPSIS
        use Time::Piece;
        use Date::Lectionary::Daily;

        #Using the old ACNA Liturgical Daily Lectionary
        my $dailyReading = Date::Lectionary::Daily->new(
            'date' => Time::Piece->strptime("2017-12-24", "%Y-%m-%d"), 
            'lectionary' => 'acna-xian'
        );
        say $dailyReading->readings->{evening}->{1}; #First lesson for evening prayer, Isaiah 51

        #Using the new ACNA Secular/Civil Daily Lectionary
        my $dailyNewReading = Date::Lectionary::Daily->new( 
            'date' => Time::Piece->strptime( "2018-03-12", "%Y-%m-%d" ), 
            'lectionary' => 'acna-sec' 
        );
        say $dailyNewReading->readings->{morning}->{2}; #Second lesson for morning prayer, Matthew 5

DESCRIPTION
    Date::Lectionary::Daily takes a Time::Piece date and returns readings
    for morning and evening prayer for that date.

  CONSTRUCTOR ATTRIBUTES
   date
    The Time::Piece object date of the day you woudl like the lessons for.

   lectionary
    One of two choices `acna-sec` for the new secular calendar based ACNA
    daily lectionary or `acna-xian` for the previous liturgically-based ACNA
    daily lectionary.

    If lectionary is not given at construction, the ACNA secular daily
    lectionary — `acna-sec` — will be used.

  ATTRIBUTES
   week
    The name of the liturgical week in the lectionary; e.g. `The First
    Sunday in Lent`.

   day
    The name of the day of the week; e.g. `Sunday`.

   tradition
    Presently only returns `acna`. Future version of the module may include
    daily lectionary from other traditions.

   type
    Returns `secular` for daily lectionaries based on the secular/civil
    calendar and `liturgical` for daily lectionaries based on the liturgical
    calendar.

   readings
    A hasref of the readings for the day.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS
  BUILD
    Constructor for the Date::Lectionary object. Takes a Time::Piect object,
    "date", to create the object.

  _buildType
    Private method to determine if the daily lectionary follows the secular
    calendar or the liturgical calendar.

  _buildTradition
    Private method to determine the Sunday lectionary tradition of the daily
    lectionary selected. Used to determine the liturgical week the day falls
    within.

  _parseLectDB
    Private method to open and parse the lectionary XML to be used by other
    methods to XPATH queries.

  _checkFixed
    Private method to determine if the day given is a fixed holiday rather
    than a standard day.

  _buildReadingsLiturgical
    Private method that returns an ArrayRef of strings for the lectionary
    readings associated with the date according to the liturgical calendar.

  _buildReadingsSecular
    Private method that returns an ArrayRef of strings for the lectionary
    readings associated with the date according to the secular calendar.

AUTHOR
    Michael Wayne Arnold, "<michael at rnold.info>"

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-date-lectionary-daily
    at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Date-Lectionary-Daily>.
    I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of
    progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc Date::Lectionary::Daily

    You can also look for information at:

    *   RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

        <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Date-Lectionary-Daily>

    *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

        <http://annocpan.org/dist/Date-Lectionary-Daily>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Date-Lectionary-Daily>

    *   Search CPAN

        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Date-Lectionary-Daily/>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    Many thanks to my beautiful wife, Jennifer, my amazing daughter,
    Rosemary, and my sweet son, Oliver. But, above all, SOLI DEO GLORIA!

LICENSE
    Copyright 2017-2018 MICHAEL WAYNE ARNOLD

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