Sunday, December 26, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 127:1-5 (Psalm 128 at Mass)

¹Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways. ²For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. ³Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table. ⁴Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. ⁵May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayest thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

Douay-Rheims: Colossians 3:12-21

¹²Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy, and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience: ¹³Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if any have a complaint against another: even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also. ¹⁴But above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection: ¹⁵And let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful. ¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly, in all wisdom: teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing in grace in your hearts to God. ¹⁷All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

The shorter form ends at verse 17.

¹⁸Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord. ¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter towards them. ²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord. ²¹Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation, lest they be discouraged.

Douay-Rheims: Luke 2:41-52

⁴¹And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the solemn day of the pasch, ⁴²And when he was twelve years old, they going up into Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast, ⁴³And having fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not. ⁴⁴And thinking that he was in the company, they came a day’s journey, and sought him among their kinsfolks and acquaintance. ⁴⁵And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him. ⁴⁶And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them questions. ⁴⁷And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers. ⁴⁸And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. ⁴⁹And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? did you not know, that I must be about my father’s business? ⁵⁰And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them. ⁵¹And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart. ⁵²And Jesus advanced in wisdom, and age, and grace with God and men.