December 23 Mon Advent Weekday

[Saint John of Kanty, Priest]

Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Lk 1:57-66 

24 Tue Advent Weekday

Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Lk 1:67-79 

25 Wed THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas)

Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]

Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 (13) Night: Is 9:1-6/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 (14)

Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20 (15)

Day: Is 52:7-10/Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 

26 Thu Saint Stephen, The First Martyr Feast

Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22 

27 Fri Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist Feast

1 Jn 1:1-4/Jn 20:1a, 2-8 

28 Sat The Holy Innocents, Martyrs Feast

1 Jn 1:5—2:2/Mt 2:13-18