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Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Wednesday of the second week of Advent

The liturgical day

Wednesday of the second week of Advent

Advent
Liturgical color: Violet

The Mass readings

First reading: Isaiah 40:25-31
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10
Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30

Read today's Mass readings on the USCCB site

The readings open on the USCCB website. They follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the United States, a different translation from the Douay-Rheims we use on this site. Desert Road Catholic is not affiliated with the USCCB.

First reading: Isaiah 40:25-31

Douay-Rheims: Isaias 40:25-31

²⁵And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One? ²⁶Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing. ²⁷Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? ²⁸Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom. ²⁹It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not. ³⁰Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity. ³¹But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 102:1-4, 8, 10 (Psalm 103 at Mass)

¹Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name. ²Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee. ³Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases. ⁴Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.

⁸The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

¹⁰He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 11:28-30

²⁸Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you. ²⁹Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.

The same passages in the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), the translation we use on this site. The words read at Mass come from the Lectionary for Mass and differ. Where a reading begins or ends partway through a verse, the whole verse is shown. For the official text, open the readings on the USCCB site.

December 2026

December 2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1, Tuesday of the first week of Advent, liturgical color violet	2, Wednesday of the first week of Advent, liturgical color violet	3, Saint Francis Xavier, Priest, liturgical color white	4, Friday of the first week of Advent, liturgical color violet	5, Saturday of the first week of Advent, liturgical color violet
6, Second Sunday of Advent, liturgical color violet	7, Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	8, The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patroness of the USA, liturgical color white, Holy day of obligation (also a solemnity)	9, Wednesday of the second week of Advent, liturgical color violet, this page	10, Thursday of the second week of Advent, liturgical color violet	11, Friday of the second week of Advent, liturgical color violet	12, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas, liturgical color white
13, Third Sunday of Advent, liturgical color rose or violet	14, Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	15, Tuesday of the third week of Advent, liturgical color violet	16, Wednesday of the third week of Advent, liturgical color violet	17, December 17, liturgical color violet	18, December 18, liturgical color violet	19, December 19, liturgical color violet
20, Fourth Sunday of Advent, liturgical color violet	21, December 21, liturgical color violet	22, December 22, liturgical color violet	23, December 23, liturgical color violet	24, December 24, liturgical color violet	25, The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas), liturgical color white, Holy day of obligation (also a solemnity)	26, Saint Stephen, the First Martyr, liturgical color red
27, The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, liturgical color white	28, The Holy Innocents, Martyrs, liturgical color red	29, Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord, liturgical color white	30, Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord, liturgical color white	31, Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord, liturgical color white

Violet
White
Rose
Red
ObligHoly day of obligation (also a solemnity)

The dot shows the liturgical color of the day. Fridays outside Lent carry no marker.

Saint of the day

Saint Juan Diego CuauhtlatoatzinOptional memorial. Died in 1548.

A word for the day

Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it.

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I, q. 1, a. 8, reply to objection 2. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Glorious Mysteries, prayed on Wednesday and Sunday.

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Calendar computed with romcal (MIT License). Reading citations from the Catholic Readings API (MIT License), with gaps checked against the USCCB pages. Douay-Rheims text courtesy of eBible.org.