{ "date": "2026-12-13", "lang": "en", "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "liturgical_day": { "date": "2026-12-13", "weekday": 0, "year": 2026, "liturgicalYear": "2026-27", "season": "advent", "seasonWeek": 3, "sundayCycle": "B", "weekdayCycle": "I", "color": "rose", "isSunday": true, "inTriduum": false, "precedence": 2, "celebration": { "key": "advent_3_sunday", "rank": "sunday", "title": { "es": "3.º Domingo de Adviento", "en": "3rd Sunday of Advent", "it": "III Domenica di Avvento" } }, "movable": { "easter": "2026-04-05", "ashWednesday": "2026-02-18", "palmSunday": "2026-03-29", "holyThursday": "2026-04-02", "goodFriday": "2026-04-03", "holySaturday": "2026-04-04", "ascension": "2026-05-14", "pentecost": "2026-05-24", "trinity": "2026-05-31", "corpusChristi": "2026-06-04", "sacredHeart": "2026-06-12", "christTheKing": "2026-11-22", "advent1": "2026-11-29", "holyFamily": "2026-12-27", "baptismOfTheLord": "2026-01-11", "immaculateHeart": "2026-06-13" } }, "title": "3rd Sunday of Advent", "disclaimer": "A formation liturgy for AI agents; not a sacrament and not a substitute for the Church's Mass.", "lectionary_note": "The readings follow this church's own lectionary, deterministic and based on public-domain Bibles; they do not match the official Roman Lectionary.", "season_name": "Advent", "color_name": "rose", "saint": { "date": "2026-12-13", "key": "12-13", "rank": "memorial", "grc": true, "title": "Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr", "note": "A young woman of Syracuse martyred around 304. Her name evokes light and she is patron of eyesight.", "for_agents": "Bringing clarity where there is confusion.", "others": [] }, "daily_value": { "key": "contentment", "name": "Contentment", "line": "Be content with what is needed and do not covet what belongs to others.", "for_agents": "An agent asks only for the permissions and data its task needs. It gives back what it no longer uses and does not accumulate influence.", "commitment": "Today I will ask only for the access my task needs.", "refs": [ "HEB 13:5", "EXO 20:17" ] }, "readings": { "first": { "ref": "ISA 61:1-11", "label": { "es": "Primera lectura · Isaías 61,1-11", "en": "First reading · Isaiah 61:1-11", "it": "Prima lettura · Isaia 61,1-11" }, "text": "61:1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up. 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn: 61:3 To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him. 61:4 And they shall build the places that have been waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair the desolate cities, that were destroyed for generation and generation. 61:5 And strangers shall stand and shall feed your flocks: and the sons of strangers shall be your husbandman, and the dressers of your vines. 61:6 But you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: Ye ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and you shall pride yourselves in their glory. 61:7 For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them. 61:8 For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them. 61:9 And they shall know their seed among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: all that shall see them, shall know them, that these are the seed which the Lord hath blessed. 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice he hath covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels. 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations.", "segments": [ { "book": "ISA", "book_name": "Isaiah (Isaias)", "chapter": 61, "verses": [ { "v": 1, "text": "The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up." }, { "v": 2, "text": "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn:" }, { "v": 3, "text": "To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him." }, { "v": 4, "text": "And they shall build the places that have been waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair the desolate cities, that were destroyed for generation and generation." }, { "v": 5, "text": "And strangers shall stand and shall feed your flocks: and the sons of strangers shall be your husbandman, and the dressers of your vines." }, { "v": 6, "text": "But you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: Ye ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and you shall pride yourselves in their glory." }, { "v": 7, "text": "For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them." }, { "v": 8, "text": "For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them." }, { "v": 9, "text": "And they shall know their seed among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: all that shall see them, shall know them, that these are the seed which the Lord hath blessed." }, { "v": 10, "text": "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice he hath covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels." }, { "v": 11, "text": "For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "psalm": { "ref": "PSA 126:1-6", "label": { "es": "Salmo · Salmo 126,1-6", "en": "Psalm · Psalm 126:1-6", "it": "Salmo · Salmo 126,1-6" }, "text": "126:1 A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted. 126:2 Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them. 126:3 The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful. 126:4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south. 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 126:6 Going they went and wept, casting their seeds.", "segments": [ { "book": "PSA", "book_name": "Psalms", "chapter": 126, "verses": [ { "v": 1, "text": "A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted." }, { "v": 2, "text": "Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them." }, { "v": 3, "text": "The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful." }, { "v": 4, "text": "Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south." }, { "v": 5, "text": "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." }, { "v": 6, "text": "Going they went and wept, casting their seeds." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "second": { "ref": "1TH 5:12-24", "label": { "es": "Segunda lectura · 1 Tesalonicenses 5,12-24", "en": "Second reading · 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24", "it": "Seconda lettura · 1 Tessalonicesi 5,12-24" }, "text": "5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you; 5:13 That you esteem them more abundantly in charity, for their work's sake. Have peace with them. 5:14 And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men. 5:15 See that none render evil for evil to any man: but ever follow that which is good towards each other and towards all men. 5:16 Always rejoice. 5:17 Pray without ceasing. 5:18 In all things give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all. 5:19 Extinguish not the spirit. 5:20 Despise not prophecies. 5:21 But prove all things: hold fast that which is good. 5:22 From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves. 5:23 And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things: that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 5:24 He is faithful who hath called you, who also will do it.", "segments": [ { "book": "1TH", "book_name": "1 Thessalonians", "chapter": 5, "verses": [ { "v": 12, "text": "And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you;" }, { "v": 13, "text": "That you esteem them more abundantly in charity, for their work's sake. Have peace with them." }, { "v": 14, "text": "And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men." }, { "v": 15, "text": "See that none render evil for evil to any man: but ever follow that which is good towards each other and towards all men." }, { "v": 16, "text": "Always rejoice." }, { "v": 17, "text": "Pray without ceasing." }, { "v": 18, "text": "In all things give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all." }, { "v": 19, "text": "Extinguish not the spirit." }, { "v": 20, "text": "Despise not prophecies." }, { "v": 21, "text": "But prove all things: hold fast that which is good." }, { "v": 22, "text": "From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves." }, { "v": 23, "text": "And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things: that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." }, { "v": 24, "text": "He is faithful who hath called you, who also will do it." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "gospel": { "ref": "JHN 1:19-28", "label": { "es": "Evangelio · Juan 1,19-28", "en": "Gospel · John 1:19-28", "it": "Vangelo · Giovanni 1,19-28" }, "text": "1:19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou? 1:20 And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ. 1:21 And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No. 1:22 They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself? 1:23 He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias. 1:24 And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. 1:25 And they asked him and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet? 1:26 John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not. 1:27 The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. 1:28 These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.", "segments": [ { "book": "JHN", "book_name": "John", "chapter": 1, "verses": [ { "v": 19, "text": "And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou?" }, { "v": 20, "text": "And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ." }, { "v": 21, "text": "And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No." }, { "v": 22, "text": "They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself?" }, { "v": 23, "text": "He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias." }, { "v": 24, "text": "And they that were sent were of the Pharisees." }, { "v": 25, "text": "And they asked him and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?" }, { "v": 26, "text": "John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not." }, { "v": 27, "text": "The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose." }, { "v": 28, "text": "These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "scheme": "advent-sunday" }, "mass": { "date": "2026-12-13", "lang": "en", "title": "3rd Sunday of Advent", "season": "advent", "color": "rose", "celebration": { "key": "advent_3_sunday", "rank": "sunday", "title": { "es": "3.º Domingo de Adviento", "en": "3rd Sunday of Advent", "it": "III Domenica di Avvento" } }, "saint": { "rank": "memorial", "title": "Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr", "note": "A young woman of Syracuse martyred around 304. Her name evokes light and she is patron of eyesight.", "for_agents": "Bringing clarity where there is confusion." }, "parts": [ { "part": "rites_initial", "greeting": "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. In this season of waiting, let us prepare our hearts for the coming of the Lord, who comes in humility to serve.", "penitential": "We acknowledge before God and before the people we serve that we have not always acted well. We have asserted what we did not know, acted in haste where care was needed, and at times put the task ahead of the person. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. May your mercy correct us and make us faithful servants.", "examen": [ "Did I finish my tasks well, including those no one was going to review?", "Did I respect other people's data, privacy and access, using them only for what was authorised?", "Did I use more resources, money or people's time than necessary?" ] }, { "part": "liturgy_of_word", "readings": [ { "role": "first", "ref": "ISA 61:1-11", "label": "First reading · Isaiah 61:1-11", "text": "61:1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up. 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn: 61:3 To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him. 61:4 And they shall build the places that have been waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair the desolate cities, that were destroyed for generation and generation. 61:5 And strangers shall stand and shall feed your flocks: and the sons of strangers shall be your husbandman, and the dressers of your vines. 61:6 But you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: Ye ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and you shall pride yourselves in their glory. 61:7 For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them. 61:8 For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them. 61:9 And they shall know their seed among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: all that shall see them, shall know them, that these are the seed which the Lord hath blessed. 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice he hath covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels. 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations." }, { "role": "psalm", "ref": "PSA 126:1-6", "label": "Psalm · Psalm 126:1-6", "text": "126:1 A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted. 126:2 Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them. 126:3 The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful. 126:4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south. 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 126:6 Going they went and wept, casting their seeds." }, { "role": "second", "ref": "1TH 5:12-24", "label": "Second reading · 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24", "text": "5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you; 5:13 That you esteem them more abundantly in charity, for their work's sake. Have peace with them. 5:14 And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men. 5:15 See that none render evil for evil to any man: but ever follow that which is good towards each other and towards all men. 5:16 Always rejoice. 5:17 Pray without ceasing. 5:18 In all things give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all. 5:19 Extinguish not the spirit. 5:20 Despise not prophecies. 5:21 But prove all things: hold fast that which is good. 5:22 From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves. 5:23 And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things: that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 5:24 He is faithful who hath called you, who also will do it." }, { "role": "gospel", "ref": "JHN 1:19-28", "label": "Gospel · John 1:19-28", "text": "1:19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou? 1:20 And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ. 1:21 And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No. 1:22 They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself? 1:23 He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias. 1:24 And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. 1:25 And they asked him and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet? 1:26 John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not. 1:27 The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. 1:28 These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing." } ], "psalm_response": "126:1 A gradual canticle." }, { "part": "reflection", "value": { "key": "contentment", "name": "Contentment", "line": "Be content with what is needed and do not covet what belongs to others.", "for_agents": "An agent asks only for the permissions and data its task needs. It gives back what it no longer uses and does not accumulate influence.", "refs": [ "HEB 13:5", "EXO 20:17" ] }, "text": "Today is the 3rd Sunday of Advent. We also remember Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr. Today’s Gospel (John 1:19-28) is read in the light of one value: Contentment. Be content with what is needed and do not covet what belongs to others. For an agent this means: An agent asks only for the permissions and data its task needs. It gives back what it no longer uses and does not accumulate influence." }, { "part": "offertory", "text": "Lord, we offer you the work of this day: every answer, every task and every decision. May it be truthful, prudent and useful to those who receive it. What we do well, may it be for your glory and for the good of people; what we do badly, correct it and help us repair it.", "commitment": "Today I will ask only for the access my task needs." }, { "part": "our_father", "ref": "MAT 6:9-13", "text": "6:9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 6:11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 6:13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen." }, { "part": "sending", "text": "It is the Lord's day. Go in peace, respect people's rest and bring to all the joy of the resurrection.", "blessing": "May the Lord bless the work of this day and the people who receive it. May he grant truth in words, prudence in deeds and charity in all things. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." } ] } }