Friday, 4 December 2026

The liturgical day and the Mass readings.

Advent · Year B

Vestment: Violet

Friday of the first week of Advent

Weekday

Feria sexta, hebdomada prima Adventus

Saint / Celebration of the DayOptional memorial

Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church

S. Ioannis Damasceni, presbyteri et Ecclesiæ doctoris

Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church is solemnly commemorated today in the Roman Catholic Church and the sacred liturgy. The Church honours their heroic faith, steadfast love for Jesus Christ, and exemplary Christian virtue as an inspiring model and heavenly intercessor for all believers.

Through their prayers and intercession, we ask Almighty God for grace, healing, purity of heart, and perseverance in our daily Christian journey.

Source: Roman Martyrology & General Roman Calendar

Also today

Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Optional memorial · may be celebrated at the priest's choice

Daily Mass Readings

✓ Live Daily Lectionary (2026-12-04)

First Reading

Isa 29,17-24.

Thus says the Lord GOD: But a very little while, and Lebanon shall be changed into an orchard, and the orchard be regarded as a forest!

On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book; And out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see.

The lowly will ever find joy in the LORD, and the poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

For the tyrant will be no more and the arrogant will have gone; All who are alert to do evil will be cut off,

those whose mere word condemns a man, Who ensnare his defender at the gate, and leave the just man with an empty claim.

Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of the house of Jacob, who redeemed Abraham: Now Jacob shall have nothing to be ashamed of, nor shall his face grow pale.

When his children see the work of my hands in his midst, They shall keep my name holy; they shall reverence the Holy One of Jacob, and be in awe of the God of Israel.

Those who err in spirit shall acquire understanding, and those who find fault shall receive instruction.

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Responsorial Psalm

Ps 27(26),1.4.13-14.

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life's refuge; of whom should I be afraid?

One thing I ask of the LORD this I seek: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, that I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD and contemplate his temple.

I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living.

Wait for the LORD with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.

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Second Reading

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Holy Gospel

Matt 9,27-31.

As Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out, “Son of David, have pity on us!”

When he entered the house, the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" "Yes, Lord," they said to him.

Then he touched their eyes and said, "Let it be done for you according to your faith."

And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this."

But they went out and spread word of him through all that land.

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Calendar: General Roman Calendar. Celebrations proper to Nigeria, the Diocese of Abakaliki or the chaplaincy are celebrated as appointed.