Friday, December 18, 2026
December 18
- Violet
- Year I
- Psalter week 3
Gospel · Mt 1:18-24
The angel reveals to Joseph that Mary's child is of the Holy Spirit: he shall be Emmanuel
They shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us
Readings at Mass
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah
I will raise up to David a just branch; he shall be called "The Lord our just one"
Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall reign, and shall be wise, and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth. 6In those days shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell confidently: and this is the name that they shall call him: the Lord our just one. 7Therefore behold the days to come, saith the Lord, and they shall say no more: The Lord liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt: 8But the Lord liveth, who hath brought out, and brought hither the seed of the house of Israel from the land of the north, and out of all the lands, to which I had cast them forth: and they shall dwell in their own land.
The word of the Lord.
Psalm · Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19
In his days justice shall flourish, and abundance of peace
In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace.
1A psalm on Solomon. 2Give to the king thy judgment, O God: and to the king’s son thy justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment. 12For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper. 13He shall spare the poor and needy: and he shall save the souls of the poor. 18Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone doth wonderful things. 19And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.
In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew
The angel reveals to Joseph that Mary's child is of the Holy Spirit: he shall be Emmanuel
Gospel Acclamation
O Adonai, and leader of the house of Israel, who appearedst to Moses in the fire of the flaming bush, and gavest him the law on Sinai: come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.
Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. 19Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately. 20But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost. 21And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS. For he shall save his people from their sins. 22Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: 23Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 24And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife.
The Gospel of the Lord.
