Readings for the day · Advent Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for December 13, 2026, 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. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonThird Sunday of AdventYear B · Dec 13 | Roman CatholicThird Sunday of AdventYear B · Dec 13 | LSB Three-YearThird Sunday in AdventYear B · Dec 13 | Historic One-YearThe Third Sunday in AdventOne-year · Dec 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read John 1 | John 1:6-8, 19-28 | John 1:6-8, 19-28 | John 1:6-8, 19-28 | Matthew 11:2-10 (11) |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read 1 Thessalonians 5 | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 | 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 61 | Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 | Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11 | Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 | Isaiah 40:1-8 (9-11) |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 126 | Psalm 126 or Luke 1:46b-55 | Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54 (Isaiah 61:10b) | Psalm 126 | 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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