--- title: "Mass Readings for December 30, 2028 (Saturday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/30/ description: "December 30, 2028: The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas, Year A, Cycle I, white. 1 John 2:12-17; Psalm 96; Luke 2:36-40. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Saturday, December 30, 2028* On Saturday, December 30, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps the Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas (Cycle I); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 2:36-40. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas - **Season**: Christmas Time - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year A - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: 1 John 2:12-17 - 12 I am writing to you, little sons, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of his name. - 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, adolescents, because you have overcome the evil one. - 14 I am writing to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I am writing to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. - 15 Do not choose to love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. - 16 For all that is in the world is the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the arrogance of a life which is not of the Father, but is of the world. - 17 And the world is passing away, with its desire. But whoever does the will of God abides unto eternity. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 John 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-john/2/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 96 (95 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/95/) ### Gospel: Luke 2:36-40 - 36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, from the tribe of Asher. She was very advanced in years, and she had lived with her husband for seven years from her virginity. - 37 And then she was a widow, even to her eighty-fourth year. And without departing from the temple, she was a servant to fasting and prayer, night and day. - 38 And entering at the same hour, she confessed to the Lord. And she spoke about him to all who were awaiting the redemption of Israel. - 39 And after they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their city, Nazareth. - 40 Now the child grew, and he was strengthened with the fullness of wisdom. And the grace of God was in him. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/2/) Computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. 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. Spotted a wrong date, color or citation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. ## Saint of the day [St. Egwin](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-egwin/) Bishop · Remembered on December 30 [Read about St. Egwin](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-egwin/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (the Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas). [December 2028, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/) [Liturgical calendar 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Fri, Dec 29](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/29/) [Next day Sun, Dec 31](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/31/)