Readings for the day · Advent Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for December 7, 2025, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and Roman Catholic keep Second Sunday of Advent; LSB Three-Year keeps Second Sunday in Advent; Historic One-Year keeps The Second Sunday in Advent. All four agree on the Epistle.
| Reading | Revised CommonSecond Sunday of AdventYear A · Dec 7 | Roman CatholicSecond Sunday of AdventYear A · Dec 7 | LSB Three-YearSecond Sunday in AdventYear A · Dec 7 | Historic One-YearThe Second Sunday in AdventOne-year · Dec 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 3 | Matthew 3:1-12 | Matthew 3:1-12 | Matthew 3:1-12 | Luke 21:25-36 |
| Epistle / Second ReadingAll read Romans 15 | Romans 15:4-13 | Romans 15:4-9 | Romans 15:4-13 | Romans 15:4-13 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 11 | Isaiah 11:1-10 | Isaiah 11:1-10 | Isaiah 11:1-10 | Malachi 4:1-6 |
| Psalm3 of 4 read Psalm 72 | Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 | Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 (cf. 7) | Psalm 72:1-7 | Psalm 50:1-15 |
Every citation above opens its own page: the passage, verse-by-verse commentary, background and word study, the Church Fathers, and worship resources. An “or” line is the second track a lectionary offers for the same day, not a different Sunday. Agreement is judged by chapter, because the four rarely cut a passage to the same length.
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