Basilica of the National Shrine Sunday Mass 26 December 2021 – Solemn Mass

Basilica of the National Shrine Sunday Mass 26 December 2021 – Solemn Mass

Welcome to Solemnity of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph- December 26, 2021

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C., is a Catholic church dedicated to the Blessed Mother, patroness of our nation. It is a place of worship, pilgrimage, evangelization, and reconciliation. Mary’s Shrine invites people from across the country and beyond to share in Christ’s ever-living presence.

Basilica of the National Shrine Sunday Mass 26 December 2021 – Solemn Mass

First Reading: First Samuel 1: 20-22, 24-28 or Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 84: 2-3, 5-6, 9-10 or Psalms 128: 1-2, 3, 4-5
Second Reading: First John 3: 1-2, 21-24 or Colossians 3: 12-21
Alleluia: Colossians 3: 15a, 16a or Acts 16: 14b
Gospel: Luke 2: 41-52
Lectionary: 17

Sunday Mass Readings 26 December 2021 | Daily Mass

First Reading: First Samuel 1: 20-22, 24-28 or Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14
20 And it came to pass when the time was come about, Anna conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of the Lord.

21 And Elcana her husband went up, and all his house, to offer to the Lord the solemn sacrifice, and his vow.

22 But Anna went not up: for she said to her husband: I will not go till the child be weaned, and till I may carry him, that he may appear before the Lord, and may abide always there.

24 And after she had weaned him, she carried him with her, with three calves, and three bushels of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she brought him to the house of the Lord in Silo. Now the child was as yet very young:

25 And they immolated a calf, and offered the child to Heli.

26 And Anna said: I beseech thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord: I am that woman who stood before thee here praying to the Lord.

27 For this child did I pray, and the Lord hath granted me my petition, which I asked of him.

28 Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord all the days of his life, he shall be lent to the Lord. And they adored the Lord there. And Anna prayed, and said:

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2 For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.

3 He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days.

4 And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.

5 He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.

6 He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.

12 Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life;

13 And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten.

14 For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother. CONTINUE READING