Readings for the worship on Sundays and Wednesdays.
1 December – Advent 1
Isaiah 2.1–5; Psalm 122; Romans 13.11–14; Matthew 24.36–44
4 December – John of Damascus
Ecclesiastes 3.9-14; Psalm 29; John 5.24-27
8 December – Advent 2
Isaiah 11.1–10; Psalm 72.1–7; Romans 15.4–13; Matthew 3.1–12
11 December
Isaiah 40.25–31; Psalm 103.8–13; Matthew 11.28–30
15 December – Advent 3
Isaiah 35.1–10; Psalm 146.4-9; James 5.7–10; Matthew 11.2–11
18 December
Jeremiah 23.5–8; Psalm 72.1–2, 12–13, 18–19; Matthew 1.18–24
22 December – Advent 4
Isaiah 7.10–16; Psalm 80.1–8; Romans 1.1–7; Matthew 1.18–25
25 December – Christmas Day
Isaiah 62.6–12; Psalm 97; Titus 3.4–7; Luke 2.1-20
29 December – Christmas 1 – Contemporary Communion
Isaiah 63.7–9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2.10–18; Matthew 2.13–23
31 December – New Year’s Eve
Numbers 6.22–27; Psalm 8; Galatians 4.4–7; Luke 2.15–21
Additional festivals and commemorations in December
- 3 December
Francis Xavier, missionary, 1552 - 4 December
Nicholas Ferrar, deacon, founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637 - 6 December
Nicholas, bishop, c 326 - 7 December
Ambrose, bishop, teacher of the faith, 397 - 13 December
Lucy, martyr, 304
Samuel Johnson, moralist, 1784 - 14 December
John of the Cross, poet, teacher of the faith, 1591 - 17 December
O Sapientia
Eglantyne Jebb, social reformer, founder of ‘Save the Children’, 1928 - 26 December
Stephen, deacon, first martyr - 27 December
John, Apostle and Evangelist - 28 December
The Holy Innocents - 31 December
John Wyclif, reformer, 1384
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