This Week · Christmas Season · All Four Lectionaries
This week’s readings in all four lectionaries
Revised Common keeps Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Dawn Proper 2; Roman Catholic keeps Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Dawn; LSB Three-Year keeps Christmas Dawn; Historic One-Year keeps The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Dawn). All four agree on the Gospel and the Epistle.
| Reading | Revised CommonNativity of the Lord - Christmas Dawn Proper 2Year C · Dec 25 | Roman CatholicNativity of the Lord - Christmas DawnYear C · Dec 25 | LSB Three-YearChristmas DawnYear C · Dec 25 | Historic One-YearThe Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Dawn)One-year · Dec 25 |
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| GospelAll read Luke 2 | Luke 2:(1-7), 8-20 | Luke 2:15-20 | Luke 2:(1-14) 15-20 | Luke 2:(1-14) 15-20 |
| Epistle / Second ReadingWord for word the same | Titus 3:4-7 | Titus 3:4-7 | Titus 3:4-7 | Titus 3:4-7 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 62 | Isaiah 62:6-12 | Isaiah 62:11-12 | Isaiah 62:10-12 | Micah 5:2-5a |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 97 | Psalm 97 | Psalm 97:1, 6, 11-12 | Psalm 98 | Psalm 80:1-7 |
This page is permanent: it shows the same readings every time this day comes round. In the current year it falls on December 25, 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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