MONDAY, DECEMBER 24   Purple vestments

SS Mochua, Charbel Makhlouf
Readings: 2 Sam 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16    Ps 88    Lk 1:67-79

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25   White vestments

Solemnity of Christmas
Readings: Midnight Mass: Is 9:2-7   Ps 95   Titus 2:11-14   Lk 2:1-14
Mass at Dawn: Is 62:11-12   Ps 96   Titus 3:4-7   Lk 2:15-20
Mass during the Day: Is 52:7-10   Ps 97   Heb 1:1-6   Jn 1:1-18

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26   Red vestments

Feast: St Stephen, first martyr
Readings:  Acts 6: 8-10; 7:54-59   Ps 30   Mt 10:17-22

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27   White vestments

Feast: St John, apostle and evangelist
Readings: 1 Jn 1:1-4   Ps 96   Jn 20:2-8

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28   Red vestments

Feast: Holy Innocents, martyrs
Readings: 1 Jn 1:5 – 2:2   Ps 123      Mt  2:13-18

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29 White vestments

Optional Memorial: St Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr
Readings: 1 Jn  2:3-11    Ps 95   Lk 2:22-35  

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30   White vestments

Feast of the Holy Family

Readings: Ecclesiasticus (Sir) 3:2-6, 12-14    Ps 127   Col 3:12-21   Mt 2:13-15, 19-23