Verses: Is 2:1-5/Mt 8:5-11 (175)
December 2: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: Is 11:1-10/Lk 10:21-24 (176)
December 3: Saint Francis Xavier, priest white memorial
Verses: Is 25:6-10a/Mt 15:29-37 (177)
December 4: Advent Weekday violet/white [Saint John of Damascus, priest and doctor of the Church]
Verses: Is 26:1-6/Mt 7:21, 24-27 (178)
December 5: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: Is 29:17-24/Mt 9:27-31 (179)
December 6: Advent Weekday violet/white [Saint Nicholas, bishop]
Verses: Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Mt 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8 (180)
December 7: SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Verses: Is 40:1-5, 9-11/2 Pt 3:8-14/Mk 1:1-8 (5) Pss II
December 8: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary white solemnity [holy day of obligation]
Verses: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 (689) Pss Prop
December 9: Advent Weekday violet/white [Saint Juan Diego, hermit]
Verses: Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14 (182)
December 10: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30 (183)
December 11: Advent Weekday violet/white [Saint Damasus I, pope]
Verses: Is 41:13-20/Mt 11:11-15 (184)
December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe white feast
Verses: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 (670A), or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lectionary for Ritual Masses, vol. IV, nos. 707-712 Pss Prop
December 13: Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr red memorial
Verses: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 (186)
December 14: THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet/rose
Verses: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11/1 Thes 5:16-24/Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 (8) Pss III
December 15: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a/Mt 21:23-27 (187)
December 16: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: Zep 3:1-2, 9-13/Mt 21:28-32 (188)
December 17: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: Gn 49:2, 8-10/Mt 1:1-17 (193)
December 18: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: Jer 23:5-8/Mt 1:18-25 (194)
December 19: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Lk 1:5-25 (195)
December 20: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: Is 7:10-14/Lk 1:26-38 (196)
December 21: FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Verses: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Rom 16:25-27/Lk 1:26-38 (11) Pss IV
December 22: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: 1 Sm 1:24-28/Lk 1:46-56 (198)
December: Tue Advent Weekday violet [Saint John of Kanty, priest]
Verses: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Lk 1:57-66 (199)
December 24: Advent Weekday violet
Verses: Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Lk 1:67-79 (200)
December 25: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) white solemnity [holy day of obligation]
Verses: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 (13)
Midnight: 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 (16) Pss Prop
December 26: Saint Stephen, first martyr red feast
Verses: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22 (696) Pss Prop
December 27: Saint John, apostle and evangelist white feast
Verses: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Jn 20:1a, 2-8 (697) Pss Prop
December 28: THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH white feast
Verses: Sir 3:2-7, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 or Hb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19 /Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40 (17) Pss Prop/Pss I
December 29: The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas white [Saint Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr]
Verses: 1 Jn 2:3-11/Lk 2:22-35 (202) Pss Prop
December 30: The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas white
Verses: 1 Jn 2:12-17/Lk 2:36-40 (203) Pss Prop
December 31: The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas white [Saint Sylvester I, pope]
Verses: 1 Jn 2:18-21/Jn 1:1-18 (204) Pss Prop