Readings for the day · Advent Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for December 21, 2025, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and Roman Catholic keep Fourth Sunday of Advent; LSB Three-Year keeps Fourth Sunday in Advent; Historic One-Year keeps The Fourth Sunday in Advent. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonFourth Sunday of AdventYear A · Dec 21 | Roman CatholicFourth Sunday of AdventYear A · Dec 21 | LSB Three-YearFourth Sunday in AdventYear A · Dec 21 | Historic One-YearThe Fourth Sunday in AdventOne-year · Dec 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 1 | Matthew 1:18-25 | Matthew 1:18-24 | Matthew 1:18-25 | John 1:19-28or Luke 1:39-56 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Romans 1 | Romans 1:1-7 | Romans 1:1-7 | Romans 1:1-7 | Philippians 4:4-7 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 7 | Isaiah 7:10-16 | Isaiah 7:10-14 | Isaiah 7:10-17 | Deuteronomy 18:15-19 |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 24 | Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 | Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 (7c, 10b) | Psalm 24 | Psalm 111 |
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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