This Week · Christmas Season · All Four Lectionaries
This week’s readings in all four lectionaries
Revised Common keeps Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Day Proper 3; Roman Catholic keeps Nativity of the Lord - Day Mass; LSB Three-Year and Historic One-Year keep The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Day). All four agree on the Gospel.
| Reading | Revised CommonNativity of the Lord - Christmas Day Proper 3Year A · Dec 25 | Roman CatholicNativity of the Lord - Day MassYear A · Dec 25 | LSB Three-YearThe Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Day)Year A · Dec 25 | Historic One-YearThe Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Day)One-year · Dec 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GospelAll read John 1 | John 1:1-14 | John 1:1-18 or John 1:1-5, 9-14 | John 1:1-14 (15-18) | John 1:1-14 (15-18) |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Hebrews 1 | Hebrews 1:1-4, (5-12) | Hebrews 1:1-6 | Hebrews 1:1-6 (7-12) | Titus 3:4-7 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 52 | Isaiah 52:7-10 | Isaiah 52:7-10 | Isaiah 52:7-10 | Exodus 40:17-21, 34-38 |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 98 | Psalm 98 | Psalm 98:1, 2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6 (3c) | Psalm 2 | Psalm 2 |
This page is permanent: it shows the same readings every time this day comes round. In the current year it falls on December 25, 2025.
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. This page always shows the current week and updates each Sunday.
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