Readings for the day · Christmas Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for December 25, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common keeps Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Dawn Proper 2; Roman Catholic keeps Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Midnight; LSB Three-Year keeps Christmas Midnight; Historic One-Year keeps The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Midnight). All four agree on the Gospel.
| Reading | Revised CommonNativity of the Lord - Christmas Dawn Proper 2Year B · Dec 25also Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Day Proper 3 | Roman CatholicNativity of the Lord - Christmas MidnightYear B · Dec 25also Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Dawn | LSB Three-YearChristmas MidnightYear B · Dec 25also Christmas Dawnalso The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Day) | Historic One-YearThe Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Midnight)One-year · Dec 25also The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Dawn)also The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Day) |
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| GospelAll read Luke 2 | Luke 2:(1-7), 8-20 | Luke 2:1-14 | Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) | Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Titus 2 | Titus 3:4-7 | Titus 2:11-14 | Titus 2:11-14 | Titus 2:11-14 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 9 | Isaiah 62:6-12 | Isaiah 9:1-6 | Isaiah 9:2-7 | Isaiah 9:2-7 |
| Psalm3 of 4 read Psalm 96 | Psalm 97 | Psalm 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 11-12, 13 (Luke 2:11) | Psalm 96 | Psalm 96 |
More than one service is appointed on this date. The table shows the first of each tradition’s; the others are linked under the column they belong to.
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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