[Propertalk] READINGS for HOLY NAME (1 Jan.)

[Charles Wohlers]

The following are the readings for Holy Name (formerly The Circumcision), Jan. 1, according to the Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal (ECUSA), Roman Catholic, Canadian (Canadian BAS) and Church of England (Common Worship) Lectionaries. All readings are taken from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. The ECUSA, Canadian and C of E lectionaries are identical to the RCL for this day.

Note that this day is called the "Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" in the Roman Catholic lectionary.



OLD TESTAMENT:  Numbers 6: 22-27  (RCL, Roman Catholic)

Numb 6:22 (NRSV) The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 23 Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the Israelites: You shall say to them, 
24 The LORD bless you and keep you; 
25 the LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; 
26 the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. 
27 So they shall put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them. 


PSALM 8  (RCL)

Psal 8:1 (NRSV) O LORD, our Sovereign, 
how majestic is your name in all the earth! 
You have set your glory above the heavens. 
2 Out of the mouths of babes and infants 
you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, 
to silence the enemy and the avenger. 
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, 
the moon and the stars that you have established; 
4 what are human beings that you are mindful of them, 
mortals that you care for them? 
5 Yet you have made them a little lower than God, 
and crowned them with glory and honor. 
6 You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; 
you have put all things under their feet, 
7 all sheep and oxen, 
and also the beasts of the field, 
8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, 
whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 
9 O LORD, our Sovereign, 
how majestic is your name in all the earth! 


Psalm 67: 1 - 2, 4 - 5, 7  (Roman Catholic)

Psal 67:1 (NRSV) {To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.} 
May God be gracious to us and bless us 
and make his face to shine upon us, [Selah] 
2 that your way may be known upon earth, 
your saving power among all nations. 

4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, 
for you judge the peoples with equity 
and guide the nations upon earth. [Selah] 
5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; 
let all the peoples praise you. 

7 May God continue to bless us; 
let all the ends of the earth revere him. 

Note: Verse numbering in Roman Catholic bibles is one higher than the above.


NEW TESTAMENT:  Galatians 4: 4 - 7  (RCL, Roman Catholic)

Gala 4:4 (NRSV) But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. 6 And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" 7 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God. 


Philippians 2: 5 - 11   (alt. for RCL)

Phil 2:1 (NRSV) If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, 2 make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. 5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, 
6 who, though he was in the form of God, 
did not regard equality with God 
as something to be exploited, 
7 but emptied himself, 
taking the form of a slave, 
being born in human likeness. 
And being found in human form, 
8 he humbled himself 
and became obedient to the point of death-- 
even death on a cross. 
9 Therefore God also highly exalted him 
and gave him the name 
that is above every name, 
10 so that at the name of Jesus 
every knee should bend, 
in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 
11 and every tongue should confess 
that Jesus Christ is Lord, 
to the glory of God the Father. 

Note: This is not an alternative for the C of E


GOSPEL:  Luke 2: 15 - 21   (RCL)
                    Luke 2: 16 - 21   (Roman Catholic)

Luke 2:15 (NRSV) When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us." 16 So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. 17 When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. 
21 After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. 


Chad Wohlers
East Bridgewater, MA USA
chadwohl at satucket.com
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