• Sunday, December 21
• 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 / Romans 16:25-27 / Luke 1:26-38 (11)
• FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

• Monday, December 22
• 1 Samuel 1:24-28 / Luke 1:46-56 (198)
• Advent Weekday

• Tuesday, December 23
• Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24 / Luke 1:57-66 (199)
• Advent Weekday
• [Saint John of Kanty, priest]

• Wednesday, December 24
• Morning: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 /
  Luke 1:67-79 (200)
• Advent Weekday

• Thursday, December 25
• Vigil: Isaiah 62:1-5 / Acts 13:16-17, 22-25 /
  Matthew 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 (13)
• Midnight: Isaiah 9:1-6 / Titus 2:11-14 /
  Luke 2:1-14 (14)
• Dawn: Isaiah 62:11-12 / Titus 3:4-7 / Luke 2:15-20 (15)
• Day: Isaiah 52:7-10 / Hebrews 1:1-6 /
  John 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 (16)
• THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas) [solemnity, holy day of obligation]

Season of Christmas

• Friday, December 26
• Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 / Matthew 10:17-22 (696)
• Saint Stephen, first martyr [feast]

• Saturday, December 27
• 1 John 1:1-4 / John 20:1a, 2-8 (697)
• Saint John, apostle and evangelist [feast]