This Week · Christmas Season · All Four Lectionaries
This week’s readings in all four lectionaries
Revised Common keeps Holy Name of Jesus; Roman Catholic keeps Solemnity of Mary: The Holy Mother of God. LSB Three-Year and Historic One-Year appoint no readings for this date. Both agree on the Gospel, the Epistle and the Old Testament.
| Reading | Revised CommonHoly Name of JesusYear C · Jan 1also New Year's Day | Roman CatholicSolemnity of Mary: The Holy Mother of GodYear C · Jan 1 |
|---|---|---|
| GospelAll read Luke 2 | Luke 2:15-21 | Luke 2:16-21 |
| Epistle / Second ReadingAll read Galatians 4 | Galatians 4:4-7 or Philippians 2:5-11 | Galatians 4:4-7 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingWord for word the same | Numbers 6:22-27 | Numbers 6:22-27 |
| PsalmEvery one differs | Psalm 8 | Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 |
More than one service is appointed on this date. The table shows the first of each tradition’s; the others are linked under the column they belong to.
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 January 1, 2028.
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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