Readings for the day · Christmas Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for January 3, 2027, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and Roman Catholic keep Second Sunday after Christmas Day; LSB Three-Year keeps Second Sunday after Christmas; Historic One-Year keeps The Second Sunday after Christmas. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonSecond Sunday after Christmas DayYear B · Jan 3 | Roman CatholicSecond Sunday after Christmas DayYear B · Jan 3 | LSB Three-YearSecond Sunday after ChristmasYear B · Jan 3 | Historic One-YearThe Second Sunday after ChristmasOne-year · Jan 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel2 of 4 read John 1 | John 1:(1-9), 10-18 | John 1:1-18 or John 1:1-5, 9-14 | Luke 2:40-52 | Matthew 2:13-23 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Ephesians 1 | Ephesians 1:3-14 | Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-18 | Ephesians 1:3-14 | 1 Peter 4:12-19 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingEvery one differs | Jeremiah 31:7-14 or Sirach 24:1-12 | Sirach 24:1-2, 8-12 | 1 Kings 3:4-15 | Genesis 46:1-7 |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 147 | Psalm 147:12-20 or Wisdom 10:15-21 | Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 (John 1:4) | Psalm 119:97-104 | Psalm 77:11-20 |
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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