This Week · Christmas Season · All Four Lectionaries
This week’s readings in all four lectionaries
Roman Catholic keeps Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Midnight; LSB Three-Year keeps Christmas Midnight; Historic One-Year keeps The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Midnight). Revised Common appoints no readings for this date. All three agree on the Gospel, the Epistle, the Old Testament and the Psalm.
| Reading | Roman CatholicNativity of the Lord - Christmas MidnightYear C · Dec 25 | LSB Three-YearChristmas MidnightYear C · Dec 25 | Historic One-YearThe Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Midnight)One-year · Dec 25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GospelAll read Luke 2 | Luke 2:1-14 | Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) | Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) |
| Epistle / Second ReadingWord for word the same | Titus 2:11-14 | Titus 2:11-14 | Titus 2:11-14 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingAll read Isaiah 9 | Isaiah 9:1-6 | Isaiah 9:2-7 | Isaiah 9:2-7 |
| PsalmAll read Psalm 96 | Psalm 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 11-12, 13 (Luke 2:11) | Psalm 96 | Psalm 96 |
Revised Common Lectionary appoints no readings for this date, so it has 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 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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