Readings of the holy Mass – Third Sunday of Advent

Posted December 11, 2015

Read or listen to the readings before Mass with the resources below from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition.

Third Sunday of Advent

See the Mass readings for Sunday, December 13, 2015.

Read Msgr. Joseph Prior’s commentary on the readings for this Sunday’s Mass.

See the readings for today’s Mass Listen to the daily readings in audio

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