Sunday, December 2: The First Sunday of Advent
Jer 33:14-16; Ps 25; 1 Thes 3:12-4:2; Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 Monday, December 3: St Francis Xavier
Is 2:1-5; Ps 122; Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday, December 4: Weekday of Advent; St John Damascene
Is 11:1-10; Ps 72; Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday, December 5: Weekday of Advent
Is 25:6-10A; Ps 23; Mt 15:29-37 Thursday, December 6: Weekday of Advent; St Nicholas
Is 26:1-6; Ps 118; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday, December 7: St Ambrose
Is 29:17-24; Ps 27; Mt 9:27-31 Saturday, December 8: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38
Extraordinary Form
Sunday, December 2: First Sunday of Advent
Rom 13:11-14; Lk 21:25-33 Monday, December 3: St Francis Xavier
Rom 10:10-18; Mk 16:15-18 Tuesday, December 4: St Peter Chrysologus
2 Tim 4:1-8; Mt 5:13-19 Wednesday, December 5: Feria
Readings of Sunday repeated Thursday, December 6: St Nicholas
Heb 13:7-17; Mt 25:14-23 Friday, December 7: St Ambrose
2 Tim 4:1-8; Mt 5:13-19 Saturday, December 8: Immaculate Conception of Our Lady
Prov 8:22-35; Lk 1:26-28
Compiled by the Latin Mass Society
Prayer of the week
Lord God of compassion and mercy, you opened a door in the East for St Francis Xavier when you sent him to preach your Gospel. Send us in our day over the face of the earth, so that the joy of our Mother, the Church, may be made perfect. Amen.
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