Week of Sunday, December 31
First Sunday of Christmas, Liturgy for a New Year
At the turn of the year we meditate on endings and beginnings, knowing that all the world’s time begins and ends in God. We watch and keep vigil for the coming of God’s justice.
Readings and Psalm
Ecclesiastes 3:1-13
For everything there is a season
Psalm 8
How majestic is your name in all the earth! (Ps. 8:1)
Revelation 21:1-6a
A new heaven and a new earth
Matthew 25:31-46
The Son of Man will separate the sheep and the goats