Readings for the Week of December 24, 2017
Sunday	Fourth Sunday of Advent
	2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-3, 4-5,
	27, 29; Rom 16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38
	Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29;
	Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25
Monday	The Nativity of the Lord
	Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13;
	Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14
	Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7;
	Lk 2:15-20
	Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6;
	Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 or Jn 1:1-5, 9-14
Tuesday	Saint Stephen, The First Martyr
	Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab,
	16bc and 17; Mt 10:17-22
Wednesday	Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
	1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8
Thursday	The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
	1 Jn 1:5—2:2; Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; Mt 2:13-18 
Friday	Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of
	the Lord / Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and
	Martyr 
	1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35
Saturday	Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of
	the Lord
	1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10; Lk 2:36-40
Sunday	The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
	Sir 3:2-6, 12-14; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Col 3:12-21
	or Col 3:12-17; Lk 2:22-40 or Lk 2:22, 39-40
	or, for Year B,Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 105: 1-2, 3-4,
	5-6, 8-9;Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19;
	Lk 2:22-40 or Lk 2:22, 39-40