Readings for

December 21, 2027

Advent Weekday (O Oriens)/ Peter Canisius, Priest, Doctor

Peter Canisius, Priest, Doctor
First Reading

Songs 2: 8-14 or Zephaniah 3: 14-18a

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Responsorial Psalm

Psalms 33: 2-3, 11-12, 20-21

2Give thanks to the LORD on the harp; on the ten-stringed lyre offer praise. 3Sing to him a new song; skillfully play with joyful chant. 11But the plan of the LORD stands forever, the designs of his heart through all generations. 12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people chosen as his inheritance. 20VI - Our soul waits for the LORD, he is our help and shield. 21For in him our hearts rejoice; in his holy name we trust.
Gospel

Luke 1: 39-45

39Mary Visits Elizabeth. During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, 40where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, 42cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. 45Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.”