Mass Readings: 25 December – 1 January, 2017

Liturgical Calendar
Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 1

Sunday December 25, Nativity of Christ
Midnight Mass: Isaiah 9:2-7 (1-6), Psalms 96:1-3, 11-13, Titus 2:11-14, Luke 2:1-14
Mass at dawn: Isaiah 62:11-12, Psalms 97:1, 6,11-12, Titus 3:4-7, Luke 2:15-20
Mass during the day: Isaiah 52:7-10, Psalms 98:1-6, Hebrews 1:1-6, John 1:1-18

Monday December 26, St Stephen, First Martyr
Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59, Psalms 31:3-4, 6, 8, 16-17, Matthew 10:17-22

Tuesday December 27, St John the Evangelist
1 John 1:1-4, Psalms 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12, John 20:2-8

Wednesday December 28, Holy Innocents
1 John 1:5-2:2, Psalms 124:2-5, 7-8, Matthew 2:13-18

Thursday December 29, St Thomas Becket
1 John 2:3-11, Psalms 96:1-3, 5-6, Luke 2:22-35

Friday December 30, Holy Family
Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14, Psalms 128:1-5, Colossians 3:12-21 or Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23

Saturday December 31, St Sylvester
1 John 2:18-21, Psalms 96:1-2, 11-13, John 1:1-18

Sunday January 1, Mary, Mother of God
Numbers 6:22-27, Psalms 67:2-3, 5-6, 8, Galatians 4:4-7, Luke 2:16-21


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