Mass Readings: 27 December – 3 January, 2021

(Painted by Edward Burne-Jones)

Liturgical Calendar
Year B – Weekday Cycle Year 1

Sunday 27 December, Feast of the Holy family
Genesis 15:1-6; 21: 1-3 or Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14, Psalms 105:1-2, 3-4,5-6, 8-9, Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19 or Colossians 3:12-21, Luke 2:22-40

Monday 28 December, Martyrs Feast of the Holy Innocents
1 John 1:5 – 2:2, Psalms 124:2-3, 4-5, 7-8, Matthew 2:13-18

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

Wednesday 30 December
1John 2:12-17, Psalms 96:7-8,8-9, 10, Luke 2:36-40

Thursday 31 December, St Sylvester I
1 John 2:18-21, Psalms 96:1-2, 11-12, 13, John 1:1-18

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

Saturday 2 January, Ss Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen
1 John 2:22-28, Psalms 98:1, 2-3,3-4, John 1:19-28

Sunday 3 January, Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Isaiah 60:1-6, Psalms 72:1-2, 7-8,10-11, 12-13, Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6, Matthew 2:1-12


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