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This week’s readings in all four lectionaries

Roman Catholic keeps The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Revised Common, LSB Three-Year and Historic One-Year appoint no readings for this date. There is nothing to compare on this date: it belongs to the Roman Catholic calendar alone.

ReadingRoman CatholicThe Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin MaryYear B · Dec 8
GospelOne onlyLuke 1:26-38
Epistle / Second ReadingOne onlyEphesians 1:3-6, 11-12
Old Testament / First ReadingOne onlyGenesis 3:9-15, 20
PsalmOne onlyPsalm 98:1, 2-3a, 3b-4 (1a)

Revised Common Lectionary and LSB Three-Year Lectionary and Historic One-Year Lectionary appoint no readings for this date, so they have no column above.

This page is permanent: it shows the same readings every time this day comes round. In the current year it falls on December 8, 2026.

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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