Friday, December 25, 2026

Douay-Rheims: Isaias 52:7-10

⁷How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: of him that sheweth forth good, that preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion: Thy God shall reign! ⁸The voice of thy watchmen: they have lifted up their voice, they shall praise together: for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall convert Sion. ⁹Rejoice, and give praise together, O ye deserts of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people: he hath redeemed Jerusalem. ¹⁰The Lord hath prepared his holy arm in the sight of all the Gentiles: and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 97:1-6 (Psalm 98 at Mass)

¹Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: because he hath done wonderful things. His right hand hath wrought for him salvation, and his arm is holy. ²The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles. ³He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; make melody, rejoice and sing. ⁵Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a psalm: ⁶With long trumpets, and sound of cornet. Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king:

Douay-Rheims: Hebrews 1:1-6

¹God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all, ²In these days hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world. ³Who being the brightness of his glory, and the figure of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, making purgation of sins, sitteth on the right hand of the majesty on high. ⁴Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they. ⁵For to which of the angels hath he said at any time, Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? ⁶And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith: And let all the angels of God adore him.

Douay-Rheims: John 1:1-18

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²The same was in the beginning with God. ³All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made. ⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of men. ⁵And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. ⁶There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him. ⁸He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light. ⁹That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world. ¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. ¹¹He came unto his own, and his own received him not. ¹²But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name. ¹³Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. ¹⁴And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. ¹⁵John beareth witness of him, and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me, is preferred before me: because he was before me. ¹⁶And of his fulness we all have received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. ¹⁸No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.