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.
Refrain
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.
God is light,
and in him there is no darkness at all.
If we walk in the light as he is in the light,
then we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin.
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:When the earth was rapt in silence and night only half through its course, your almighty Word, O Lord, came down from his royal throne.
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: When the earth was rapt in silence and night only half through its course, your almighty Word, O Lord, came down from his royal throne.
Intercessions
By living among us the Word of God opened for us the path to eternal life. We humbly pray to him:
- Free us, Lord, from every evil.
By the mystery of your incarnation, by your birth and childhood;
by the whole course of your life, dedicated to the Father:
By your labours, your journeys, and your preaching;
by your keeping company with sinners:
By your agony and passion, by your desolation on the cross;
by your suffering, death and burial:
By your resurrection and ascension, by the gift of the Holy Spirit, by your eternal joy and glory,
give deliverance, O Lord, to our deceased brethren.
Our Father…
Closing Prayer:
All-powerful God,
may the human birth of your Son
free us from our former slavery to sin
and bring us new life.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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