🤍 Christmas

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. It begins December 25 and lasts twelve days, culminating at the Eve of Epiphany (or Twelfth Night) on January 5.

Christmastide is a time to celebrate the gift of God’s presence and to commemorate early events in Jesus’s life.

Holy Innocents’ Day (December 28), which recognizes the children executed by Herod the Great at Bethlehem according to the Gospel of Matthew.

The feast of the Holy Name of Jesus recalls when Jesus’s parents named him at Jerusalem, according to the Gospel of Luke.

The following table lists each day’s morning and evening psalms as well as the first, second, and gospel readings.

In Year One, the second reading is traditionally meant for the morning and the gospel for evening. In Year Two, the gospel is for the morning and the second reading for evening.

When there is more than one first, second, or gospel reading, then those specified for morning or evening are marked by the 🌞 and 🌛 emoji, respectively. Alternative readings are marked by the 🔀 emoji.

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