First Reading
2 Samuel 7:4-5a,12-14a,16
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Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 89
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Second Reading
Romans 4:13,16-18,22
For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were. Besides hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.” Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
Gospel Acclamation
Psalm 84,5
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Gospel
Matthew 1:16,18-21,24a|Luke 2:41-51a
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References: General Roman Calendar via litcal.johnromanodorazio.com (AGPL-3.0). Scripture text: World English Bible (public domain) via bible-api.com. Canonical Catholic text (NABRE): usccb.org.