Readings for the main services of worship on Sunday & Wednesday during December.
3 December – Advent 1
Isaiah 64.1-9; Psalm 80.1-8; Philippians 1.1-11 ; Mark 13.24-37
6 December – Nicholas, Bishop of Myra
1 John 4.7-14; Psalm 145.8-13; Mark 10.13-16
10 December – Advent 2
Isaiah 40.1-11; Psalm 85.8-11; 2 Peter 3.8-15a; Mark 1.1-8
10 December – Lessons & Carols
Genesis 3.8-14; Genesis 22.15-18; Isaiah 9.2,6,7; Isaiah 11.1-9; Luke 1.26-38; Luke 2.1-7; Luke 2.8-16; Matthew 2.1-11; John 1.1-14
13 December – Lucy, Martyr
Revelation 19.5-8; Psalm 131; John 1.9-13
17 December – Advent 3
Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11; Psalm 126; 1 Thessalonians 5.16-24; John 1.6-8,19-28
20 December
Isaiah 7.10-14; Psalm 24.1-6; Luke 1.26-38
24 December – Advent 4
2 Samuel 7.1-11,16; Canticle: Magnificat; Romans 16.25-27; Luke 1.26-38
24 December – Christmas Eve
Isaiah 52.7-10; Psalm 98; Hebrews 1.1-4; John 1.1-14
25 December – Christmas Day
Isaiah 9.2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2.11-14; Luke 2.1-20
27 December – John, Apostle & Evangelist
Exodus 33.7-11a; Psalm 117; 1 John 1.1-10; John 21.19b-25
31 December – Christmas 1
Isaiah 61.10-62.3; Canticle – Balearic Benedicite; Galatians 4.4-7; Luke 2.15-21
31 December – Service for the New Year; Eve of Holy Name
Psalm 8; Galatians 4.4–7; Luke 2.15–21
Additional festivals and commemorations in December:
- 4 December
John of Damascus, monk, teach of the faith, c 749
Nicholas Ferrrar, deacon, founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637 - 7 December
Ambrose, bishop, teacher of the faith, 397 - 8 December
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 13 December
Samuel Johnson, moralist, 1784
Ember Day - 14 December
John of the Cross, poet, teacher of the faith, 1591 - 15 December
Ember Day - 16 December
Ember Day - 17 December
O Sapientia - 26 December
Stephen, deacon, first martyr - 28 December
The Holy Innocents - 29 December
Thomas Becket, archbishop, martyr, 1170
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