Readings for the day · Advent Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for December 12, 2027, 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 C · Dec 12 | Roman CatholicThird Sunday of AdventYear C · Dec 12 | LSB Three-YearThird Sunday in AdventYear C · Dec 12 | Historic One-YearThe Third Sunday in AdventOne-year · Dec 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel2 of 4 read Luke 3 | Luke 3:7-18 | Luke 3:10-18 | Luke 7:18-28 | Matthew 11:2-10 (11) |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Philippians 4 | Philippians 4:4-7 | Philippians 4:4-7 | Philippians 4:4-7 | 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Zephaniah 3 | Zephaniah 3:14-20 | Zephaniah 3:14-18a | Zephaniah 3:14-20 | Isaiah 40:1-8 (9-11) |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Isaiah 12 | Isaiah 12:2-6 | Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 (6) | Psalm 85 | 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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