Biblical Readings for Office and Mass | Christmas Octave | |||||||||||||
Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) | December 25 – 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
Sun | 25 | Mon | 26 | Tue | 27 | Wed | 28 | Thu | 29 | Fri | 30 | Sat | 31 | |
Office | Nativity of the Lord | St Stephen | St John | Holy Innocents | 5th Day in Christmas Octave | Holy Family | 7th Day in Christmas Octave | |||||||
Vigils | *vigil and midnight mass | Acts 6:1-15 | Wis 7:21-8:1 | Exod 1:6-22 | Col 1:1-14 | Eph 5:21-6:4 | Col 2:4-15 | |||||||
Lauds | Baruch 3:36-4:4 | Wis 4:7-15 | Prov 8:22-30 | Jer 31:15-20 | Isa 43:14-21 | Sir 26:1-4, 13-16 | Isa 44:6-8, 21-23 | |||||||
Mass | 16 | 696 | 697 | 698 | 202 | 17 | 204 | |||||||
1st | Isa 52:7-10 | Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 | 1 John 1:1-4 | 1 John 1:5-2:2 | 1 John 2:3-11 | Col 3:12-21 | 1 John 2:18-21 | |||||||
2nd | Heb 1:1-6 | |||||||||||||
Gospel | John 1:1-18 | Matt 10:17-22 | John 20:1a, 2-8 | Matt 2:13-18 | Luke 2:22-35 | Matt 2:13-15, 19-23 | John 1:1-18 | |||||||
Vespers | Acts 13:16-26 | Gal 2:15-21 | Acts 4:13-20 | 1 Pet 4:12-19 | Eph 1:1-10 | Phil 2:1-11 | Rev 11:19-12:6 | |||||||
*Mass during the Night: 1) Isa 9:1-6 2) Titus 2:11-14 Gospel) Luke 2:1-14