Readings for the day · Advent Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for December 14, 2025, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and Roman Catholic keep Third Sunday of Advent; LSB Three-Year keeps Third Sunday in Advent; Historic One-Year keeps The Third Sunday in Advent. All four agree on the Gospel.
| Reading | Revised CommonThird Sunday of AdventYear A · Dec 14 | Roman CatholicThird Sunday of AdventYear A · Dec 14 | LSB Three-YearThird Sunday in AdventYear A · Dec 14 | Historic One-YearThe Third Sunday in AdventOne-year · Dec 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GospelAll read Matthew 11 | Matthew 11:2-11 | Matthew 11:2-11 | Matthew 11:2-15 | Matthew 11:2-10 (11) |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read James 5 | James 5:7-10 | James 5:7-10 | James 5:7-11 | 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 35 | Isaiah 35:1-10 | Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 | Isaiah 35:1-10 | Isaiah 40:1-8 (9-11) |
| Psalm3 of 4 read Psalm 146 | Psalm 146:5-10 or Luke 1:46b-55 | Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9a, 9b-10 | Psalm 146 | Psalm 85 |
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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