Mass Readings: 19 December – 26 December, 2021

The Visitation. Left: Ghirlandaio; Right Daret

Liturgical Calendar – Year C

Sunday 19 December, Fourth Sunday of Advent, O Radix Jesse
Micah 5:1-4, Psalms 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19, Hebrews 10:5-10, Luke 1:39-45

Monday 20 December, O Clavis David
Isaiah 7:10-14, Psalms 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, Luke 1:26-38

Tuesday 21 December, O Oriens, St Peter Canisius
Songs 2: 8-14 or Zephaniah 3:14-18, Psalms 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21, Luke 1:39-45

Wednesday 22 December, O Rex Gentium
1 Samuel 1:24-28, 1 Samuel 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8, Luke 1:46-56

Thursday 23 December, O Emmanuel, St John of Kanty
Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24, Psalms 25:4-5,8-9, 10 and 14, Luke 1:57-66

Friday 24 December
2 Samuel 7:1-5,8-12, 14, 16, Psalms 89:2-3, 4-5,27 and 29, Luke 1:67-79

Saturday 25 December, The Nativity of the Lord
Midnight Mass (24 December): Isaiah 9:1-6, Psalms 96:1-2, 2-3,11-12, 13, Titus 2:11-14, Luke 2:1-14
Day Mass: Isaiah 52:7-10, Psalms 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6, Hebrews 1:1-6, John 1:1-18

Sunday 26 December, Feast of the Holy Family
1 Samuel 1:20-22,24-28 or Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14, Psalms 84:2-3, 5-6,9-10, 1 John 3:1-2, 21-24 or Colossians 3:12-21, Luke 2:41-52


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