January 1
Sunday

Mary Mother of God

Reading 1 Nm 6:22-27:
The LORD said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites.

Say to them: The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The LORD look upon you kindly and give you peace! So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

December 25
Sunday

Nativity of the Lord

1st Reading: Is 52:7–10
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who herald peace and happiness, who proclaim salvation and announce to Zion: “Your God is king!”

December 18
Sunday

4th Sunday of Advent

1st Reading: 2 S 7:1–5, 8b–12, 14, 16
When David, the king, had settled in his palace and Yahweh had rid him of all his surrounding enemies, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I live in a house of cedar but the ark of God is housed in a tent.” Nathan replied, “Do as it seems fit to you for Yahweh is with you.”

December 11
Sunday

3rd Sunday of Advent

1st Reading: Is 61:1–2a, 10–11
The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up broken hearts, to proclaim liberty to the captives, freedom to those languishing in prison; to announce the year of Yahweh’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God; to give comfort to all who grieve.

December 4
Sunday

2nd Sunday of Advent

St. John of Damascus

1st Reading: Is 40:1–5, 9–11
“Be comforted, my people, be strengthened,” says your God.

“Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, proclaim to her that her time of bondage is at an end, that her guilt has been paid for, that from the hand of Yahweh she has received double punishment for all her iniquity.”