This Week · Christmas Season · All Four Lectionaries
This week’s readings in all four lectionaries
Revised Common keeps First Sunday after Christmas Day; Roman Catholic keeps The Holy Family of Jesus: Mary and Joseph; LSB Three-Year keeps First Sunday after Christmas; Historic One-Year keeps The First Sunday after Christmas. All four agree on the Gospel.
| Reading | Revised CommonFirst Sunday after Christmas DayYear C · Dec 26 | Roman CatholicThe Holy Family of Jesus: Mary and JosephYear C · Dec 26 | LSB Three-YearFirst Sunday after ChristmasYear C · Dec 26 | Historic One-YearThe First Sunday after ChristmasOne-year · Dec 28 |
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| GospelAll read Luke 2 | Luke 2:41-52 | Luke 2:41-52 | Luke 2:22-40 | Luke 2:(22-32) 33-40 |
| Epistle / Second Reading2 of 4 read Colossians 3 | Colossians 3:12-17 | 1 John 3:1-2, 21-24 or Colossians 3:12-21 | Colossians 3:12-17 | Galatians 4:1-7 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingEvery one differs | 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 | 1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28 or Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 | Exodus 13:1-3a, 11-15 | Isaiah 11:1-5or 2 Samuel 7:1-16 |
| PsalmEvery one differs | Psalm 148 | Psalm 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10 (cf. 5a) | Psalm 111 | Psalm 89:1-8 |
This page is permanent: it shows the same readings every time this day comes round. In the current year it falls on December 26, 2027.
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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