Christmas

Christmas Eve

Morning Eucharist Years A, B, C

  2 Samuel 7.1-5,8-11,16
Psalm 89.2,21-27
Acts 13.16-26
Luke 1.67-79
 

Evening Prayer Years A, B, C

  Psalm 85
Zechariah 2
Revelation 1.1-8
 

Christmas Day


25 December

Principal Service Years A, B, C

Any of the following sets of readings may be used on the evening of Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day. Set III should be used at some service during the celebration.
I
Isaiah 9.2-7
Psalm 96
Titus 2.11-14
Luke 2.1-14[15-20]
II
Isaiah 62.6-12
Psalm 97
Titus 3.4-7
Luke 2.[1-7]8-20
III
Isaiah 52.7-10
Psalm 98
Hebrews 1.1-4[5-12]
John 1.1-14

Second Service Years A, B, C

  Psalm 8
Isaiah 65.17-25
Philippians 2.5-11
or Luke 2.1-20
if it has not been used at the Principal Service of the day
 

Third Service Years A, B, C

  Psalm 110
Isaiah 62.1-5
Matthew 1.18-25
 

The First Sunday of Christmas

Year AYear BYear C

Principal Service

Isaiah 63.7-9
Psalm 148*
Hebrews 2.10-18
Matthew 2.13-23
Isaiah 61.10 -- 62.3
Psalm 148*
Galatians 4.4-7
Luke 2.15-21
1 Samuel 2.18-20,26
Psalm 148*
Colossians 3.12-17
Luke 2.41-52

Second Service

Psalm 132
Isaiah 49.7-13
Philippians 2.1-11
If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel:
Luke 2.41-52
Psalm 132
Isaiah 35.1-10
Colossians 1.9-20 or Luke 2.41-52
Psalm 132
Isaiah 61
Galatians 3.27 -- 4.7
If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel:
Luke 2.15-21

Third Service

Psalm 105.1-9
Isaiah 35.1-6
Galatians 3.23-25
Psalm 105.1-9
Isaiah 63.7-9
Ephesians 3.5-12
Psalm 105.1-11
Isaiah 41.21 -- 42.1
1 John 1.1-7

The Second Sunday of Christmas

Principal Service (Readings for Years A, B, C are the same)

Jeremiah 31.7-14
Psalm 147.12-20
Ephesians 1.3-14
John 1.[1-9]10-18

or

Ecclesiasticus 24.1-12
Canticle: Wisdom of Solomon 10.15-21
Ephesians 1.3-14
John 1.[1-9]10-18

Jeremiah 31.7-14
Psalm 147.12-20
Ephesians 1.3-14
John 1.[1-9]10-18

or

Ecclesiasticus 24.1-12
Canticle: Wisdom of Solomon 10.15-21
Ephesians 1.3-14
John 1.[1-9]10-18

Jeremiah 31.7-14
Psalm 147.12-20
Ephesians 1.3-14
John 1.[1-9]10-18

or

Ecclesiasticus 24.1-12
Canticle: Wisdom of Solomon 10.15-21
Ephesians 1.3-14
John 1.[1-9]10-18

Second Service

Psalm 135*
Isaiah 41.21 -- 42.4
Colossians 1.1-14
If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel:
Matthew 2.13-23
Psalm 135*
Isaiah 46.3-13
Romans 12.1-8
If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel:
Matthew 2.13-23
Psalm 135
1 Samuel 1.20-28
1 John 4.7-16
If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel:
Matthew 2.13-23

Third Service

Psalm 87
Jeremiah 31.15-17
2 Corinthians 1.3-12
Psalm 87
Zechariah 8.1-8
Luke 2.41-52
Psalm 87
Isaiah 12
2 Thessalonians 2.1-8