A Child is born in Bethlehem, alleluia;
O come, rejoice Jerusalem, alleluia, alleluia.
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Let grateful hearts now sing,
A song of joy and holy praise
To Christ the new-born King.
Though found within a manger poor, alleluia,
His Kingdom shall for e'er endure, alleluia.
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As brother in the flesh, alleluia,
Our King whose name we now proclaim, alleluia, alleluia.
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Melody: Gregorian, Mode I
Music: Traditional, Gregorian
Text: Puer Natus in Bethlehem
Translator: J.W. Hewitt, 1959, alt.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord, If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt, My soul is waiting for the Lord. Because with the Lord there is mercy
Psalm 110:1-5,7
Dixit Dominus
"Sit on my right:
your foes I will put beneath your feet."
your scepter of power:
rule in the midst of all your foes.
on the holy mountains;
from the womb before the dawn I begot you.
"You are a priest for ever,
a priest like Melchizedeck of old."
will shatter kings in the day of his wrath.
and therefore he shall lift up his head.
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Antiphon:You have been endowed from your birth with princely gifts; in eternal splendor, before the dawn of light on earth, I have begotten you.
Antiphon: With the Lord is unfailing love; great is his power to save.
Lord, hear my voice!
O let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleading.
Lord, who would survive?
But with you is found forgiveness:
for this we revere you.
I count on his word.
My soul is longing for the Lord
more than watchman for daybreak.
(Let the watchman count on daybreak
and Israel on the Lord.)
and fullness of redemption,
Israel indeed he will redeem
from all its iniquity.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Antiphon: With the Lord is unfailing love; great is his power to save.
Antiphon: In the beginning, before time began, the Word was God; today he is born, the Savior of the world.
Canticle Colossians 1:12-20
Let us give thanks to the FatherAntiphon: In the beginning, before time began, the Word was God; today he is born, the Savior of the world.
for having made you worthy
to share the lot of the saints
in light.He rescued us
from the power of darkness
and brought us
into the kingdom of his beloved Son.
Through him we have redemption,
the forgiveness of our sins.He is the image of the invisible God,
the first-born of all creatures.
In him everything in heaven and on earth was created,
things visible and invisible.All were created through him;
all were created for him.
He is before all else that is.
In him everything continues in being.It is he who is head of the body, the church;
he who is the beginning,
the first-born of the dead,
so that primacy may be his in everything.It pleased God to make absolute fullness reside in him
and, by means of him, to reconcile everything in his person,
both on earth and in the heavens,
making peace through the blood of his cross.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
This is what we proclaim to you:
All-powerful and unseen God,
what was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we looked upon
and our hands have touched -
we speak of the word of life.
This life became visible;
we have seen it and bear witness to it
and proclaim to you the eternal life
that was with the Father
and became visible to us.
What we have seen and heard
we proclaim in turn to you
so that you may share life with us.
This fellowship of ours is with the Father
and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
Responsory:
The Word was made flesh, alleluia, alleluia.
- The Word was made flesh, alleluia, alleluia.
He lived among us.
- Alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
- The Word was made flesh, alleluia, alleluia.
Magnificat
Antiphon:The king of heaven humbled himself to be born of a virgin, that he might restore us to the kingdom we had lost.
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; *
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed: *
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him *
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm, *
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, *
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things, *
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel, *
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
The promise he made to our fathers, *
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Antiphon:The king of heaven humbled himself to be born of a virgin, that he might restore us to the kingdom we had lost.
Intercessions
God the compassionate Father anointed his Son with the Holy Spirit and sent him to bring good news to the poor. Let us ask him, then:
- God of compassion, take pity on us.
Compassionate and ever-living God, you want all men to be saved and come to knowledge of your truth. We thank you for having given this world your only-begotten Son:
may the whole earth rejoice at his nativity.
You sent your Son to bring the good news to the poor, to announce freedom for captives and proclaim the time of grace:
grant to mankind the gifts of liberty and peace.
You guided the wise men of the Gentiles to see your Son and worship him:
accept the worship of our faithful prayer.
After them, you call all men out of the shadows and into your light, so that at the name of Jesus every knee may bend:
send us out into the world as witnesses of your Gospel.
You made Christ, born in Bethlehem, a light to enlighten the gentiles:
let the light of your face shine on our departed brethren.
Our Father…
Closing Prayer:
the coming of your light into our world
has made the darkness vanish.
Teach us to proclaim the birth of your Son Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
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