God is light, At the coming of Christ, God's holy people were made sharers in new life. With joy and gratitude let us say to our Savior: May your birth bring joy to the world. Christ, our life, you came to be the head of your Church, Fully human, fully divine, you deserve our adoration, You became our mediator through your incarnation, When you came you inaugurated a new era, By your birth you destroyed the chains of death,
God our Father,
in him there is no darkness.
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:Let us dance with delight in the Lord and let our hearts be filled with rejoicing, for eternal salvation has appeared on the earth.
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:Let us dance with delight in the Lord and let our hearts be filled with rejoicing, for eternal salvation has appeared on the earth
Intercessions
- grant your body growth rooted in charity.
- mold our humanity in your divine image.
- unite your servants in the Church more closely to your work through the holiness of their lives.
- lead all nations to your salvation.
- free the dead from all their chains.
Our Father…
Closing Prayer:
when your Son was born of the Virgin Mary
he became like us in all things but sin.
May we who have been reborn in him
be free from our sinful ways.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
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