Readings for
December 26, 2027
Holy Family Feast
Mass of the Day
First Reading
First Samuel 1: 20-22, 24-28 or Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14
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Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 84: 2-3, 5-6, 9-10 or Psalms 128: 1-2, 3, 4-5
2I - How lovely your dwelling, O LORD of hosts!
3My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the LORD. My heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
5Blessed are those who dwell in your house! They never cease to praise you. Selah
6II - Blessed the man who finds refuge in you, in their hearts are pilgrim roads.
9III - LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; listen, God of Jacob. Selah
10O God, watch over our shield; look upon the face of your anointed.
Second Reading
First John 3: 1-2, 21-24 or Colossians 3: 12-21
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Alleluia
Colossians 3: 15a, 16a or Acts 16: 14b
15And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful.
16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Gospel
Luke 2: 41-52
41Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover,
42and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom.
43After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
44Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
45but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.
46After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions,
47and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers.
48When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.”
49And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
50But they did not understand what he said to them.
51He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
52And Jesus advanced [in] wisdom and age and favor before God and man.