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For 27 December 2025, The Feast of Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist, based on John 20:2-8, sent in from Dunedin, New Zealand.

For 26 December 2025, Memorial of St. Stephen, Protomartyr, based on Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59, sent in from Galway, Ireland.

For 25 December 2025, The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas), based on Isaiah 9:1-6, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA. (Photograph by Gregory Heille, OP)

For 24 December 2025, December 24, based on Luke 1:67-79, sent in from Kingston, Jamaica.

For 23 December 2025, December 23, based on Luke 1:57-66, sent in from Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA.

For 22 December 2025, December 22, based on Luke 1:46-56, sent in from Turin, Italy. (Image: The Magnificat, © Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)

For 21 December 2025, The Fourth Sunday of Advent, based on Isaiah 7: 10-14, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

For 20 December 2025, December 20, based on Luke 1:26-38, sent in from Chandler, Arizona, USA.

For 19 December 2025, December 19, based on Luke 1:5-25, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri USA.

For 18 December 2025, December 18, based on Matthew 1:18-25, sent in from Ossining, New York, USA. (image is a painting titled Refugees: La Sagrada Familia by Episcopal iconographer Kelly Latimore)

For 17 December 2025, December 17, based on Matthew 1:1-17, sent in from Rome, Italy.

For 16 December 2025, Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent, based on Matthew 21:28-32, sent in from Muskego, Wisconsin, USA.

For 15 December 2025, Monday of the 3rd week of Advent, based on Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17a, sent in from Kingston, Jamaica.

For 14 December 2025, The Third Sunday of Advent, based on Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10, sent in from Boise, Idaho, USA.

For 13 December 2025, The Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin, Martyr , based on Matthew 25:1-13, sent in from Chicago, Illinois, USA.

For 12 December 2025, The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, based on Words of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego, sent in from Muskego, Wisconsin, USA.

For 11 December 2025, Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent, based on Isaiah 41:13-20, sent in from Vechta, Germany.

For 10 December 2025, Wednesday of the 2nd week of Advent, based on Matthew 11:28-30, sent in from Springfield, Illinois, USA.

For 9 December 2025, Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent, based on Matthew 18:12-14, sent in from Amityville, New York, USA.

For 8 December 2025, The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, based on Luke 1:30-35, sent in from Leicester, England, UK.

For 7 December 2025, The Second Sunday of Advent, based on Matthew 3:1–12, sent in from Fall Creek, Oregon, USA.

For 6 December 2025, Memorial of St Nicholas, Advent 2025, based on Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26, Matthew 9:35-10:1,5,6-8, sent in from Hyde Park, Johannesburg.

For 5 December 2025, Friday of the 1st week of Advent, based on Matthew 9:27-31, sent in from Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.

For 4 December 2025, Thursday of the 1st week of Advent, based on Matthew 7:21, 24-27, sent in from Lille, France.

For 3 December 2025, Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest, based on Matthew 15:29-37, sent in from Lufkin, Texas, USA.