--- title: "Mass Readings for December 31, 2028: The Holy Family · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/31/ description: "December 31, 2028: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Year A, white. Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph · Feast # Mass Readings *for Sunday, December 31, 2028* On Sunday, December 31, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Year A); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph - **Season**: Christmas Time - **Rank**: Feast - **Sunday cycle**: Year A - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 Read in the CPDV: [Sirach 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/sirach/3/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 128 (127 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/127/) ### Second Reading: Colossians 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 - 12 Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience. - 13 Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do. - 14 And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection. - 15 And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful. - 16 Let the word of Christ live in you in abundance, with all wisdom, teaching and correcting one another, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing to God with the grace in your hearts. - 17 Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him. - 18 Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord. - 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them. - 20 Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord. - 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart. Catholic Public Domain Version · Shown: the longer form, Colossians 3:12-21 Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Colossians 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/colossians/3/) ### Alleluia: Colossians 3:15a, 16a Read in the CPDV: [Colossians 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/colossians/3/) ### Gospel: Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 - 13 And after they had gone away, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: “Rise up, and take the boy and his mother, and flee into Egypt. And remain there until I tell you. For it will happen that Herod will seek the boy to destroy him.” - 14 And getting up, he took the boy and his mother by night, and withdrew into Egypt. - 15 And he remained there, until the death of Herod, in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Out of Egypt, I called my son.” - 19 Then, when Herod had passed away, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt, - 20 saying: “Rise up, and take the boy and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For those who were seeking the life of the boy have passed away.” - 21 And rising up, he took the boy and his mother, and he went into the land of Israel. - 22 Then, hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned in sleep, he withdrew into parts of Galilee. - 23 And arriving, he lived in a city which is called Nazareth, in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “For he shall be called a Nazarene.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/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. Sylvester I](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sylvester-i/) Pope · Remembered on December 31 [Read about St. Sylvester I](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sylvester-i/) The day’s Mass celebrates the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. [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 Sat, Dec 30](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/30/)