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Sunday, December 27, 2026

Feast · Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist

Midday Prayer for Sunday, December 27, 2026. You can scroll the whole Hour, or use Prayer space. Light is shorter.

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About today

When Christmas falls on a weekday, the Sunday within the octave is the feast of the Holy Family. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph lived the hidden years of obedience, work, and flight. The Church sets this household before every household, not as a plaster model, but as a communion in which the Son of God was subject to Mary and Joseph in Nazareth. Ask today for patience in ordinary rooms, and for a family life that can carry the Word in weakness.

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Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist — Choose how you want to pray this hour:

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening

God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.

Psalm I

Antiphon

Silent night of mercy: Christ is born for the poor and the waiting.

Psalm 103 (102):1–4

Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)

Psalm

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his recompenses. He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your infirmities. He redeems your life from destruction. He crowns you with mercy and compassion.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon

Silent night of mercy: Christ is born for the poor and the waiting.

Intentions

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Shared by the community

For Mary and Dewey as they prepare for their upcoming wedding, may the Holy Spirit be with them and help grow their love for one another through Holy Matrimony.

R. Lord, hear our prayer.

On this feast, keep us faithful in the ordinary hour, and let the joy of your saints remain with us.

R. Lord, hear our prayer.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Closing prayer

God our Father, you give the Church this day of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist. Let the grace of this Hour stay with us in work and rest. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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