Sunday, December 27, 2026

3For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.

4He 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.

5And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.

6He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.

7He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.

12Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee.

13For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son.

14Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life;

1A gradual canticle. Blessed 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 mayst thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

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.

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.

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.

13And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.

14Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:

15That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.

19But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,

20Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.

21Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22But hearing that Archclaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee.

23And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by the prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene.