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title: "Mass Readings for December 3, 2026: St. Francis Xavier"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/12/03/
description: "December 3, 2026: St. Francis Xavier, Priest, Year B, Cycle I, white. Isaiah 26:1-6; Psalm 118; Matthew 7:21, 24-27. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

St. Francis Xavier, Priest · Memorial

# Mass Readings *for Thursday, December 3, 2026*

On Thursday, December 3, 2026, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest (Cycle I); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Matthew 7:21, 24-27.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

White

- **Celebration**: St. Francis Xavier, Priest
- **Season**: Advent · Week 1
- **Rank**: Memorial
- **Sunday cycle**: Year B
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Isaiah 26:1-6

Read in the CPDV: [Isaiah 26](https://blessbible.app/bible/isaiah/26/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 118 (117 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/117/)

### Alleluia: Isaiah 55:6

Read in the CPDV: [Isaiah 55](https://blessbible.app/bible/isaiah/55/)

### Gospel: Matthew 7:21, 24-27

- 21 Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- 24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them shall be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
- 25 And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
- 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them shall be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
- 27 And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, and it did fall, and great was its ruin.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/7/)

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar.

In US parishes the readings are proclaimed from the NABRE; the text shown here is the Catholic Public Domain Version.

Old Testament readings and the psalm are listed with a link to their chapter: the US Lectionary numbers some of their verses differently from the CPDV, so their text is not printed here. Psalm citations keep the Lectionary’s Hebrew numbering; the CPDV numbers the Psalms as the Vulgate does.

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## Saint of the day

[St. Francis Xavier](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-xavier/)

Priest · Feast day December 3

Patron of missions and navigators

[Read about St. Francis Xavier](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-xavier/)

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