Saturday, 12 December 2026
Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
Optional memorial of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide
First Reading
This passage is numbered differently in the Douay-Rheims, so it can’t be shown verse by verse here. Read the chapter, or see the reading at USCCB.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19
2Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth
3Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.
15Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:
16And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
18Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
19And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will call upon thy name.
Gospel
9And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead. 10And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elias must come first? 11But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things. 12But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them. 13Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John the Baptist.
Why two sets of readings today? Our Lady of Guadalupe is Patroness of the Americas, so the bishops of the United States keep her day as a feast, with readings of its own. In much of the world it is an optional memorial, and the readings of the Advent weekday are read.
In the United StatesCelebrated today in Florida and most U.S. dioceses
Our Lady of Guadalupe
First Reading
10Sing praise, and rejoice, O daughter of Sion: for behold I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: saith the Lord. 11And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to thee. 12And the Lord shall possess Juda his portion in the sanctified land: and he shall yet choose Jerusalem. 13Let all flesh be silent at the presence of the Lord: for he is risen up out of his. holy habitation.
Responsorial Psalm
18And by me his handmaid he hath fulfilled his mercy, which he promised to the house of Israel: and he hath killed the enemy of his people by my hand this night.
19Then she brought forth the head of Holofernes out of the wallet, and shewed it them, saying: Behold the head of Holofernes the general of the army of the Assyrians, and behold his canopy, wherein he lay in his drunkenness, where the Lord our God slew him by the hand of a woman.
Gospel
26And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, 27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. 29Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be. 30And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. 31Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus. 32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. 33And of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man? 35And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. 36And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren: 37Because no word shall be impossible with God. 38And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Text: Douay-Rheims (public domain). Reading citations: cpbjr/catholic-readings-api (MIT license). The Lectionary text used at Mass in the United States is the NABRE, which you can read at USCCB.