December 25th
Double of I Class with Privileged Octave 3
At the First Mass: of Midnight
At the Second Mass: at Daybreak
At the Third Mass: on the Day of the Nativity of Our Lord
At the First Mass: at Midnight
INTROIT
Dominus dixit. (Psalm 2)
Priest: The Lord said unto me:
People: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Priest: Why do the heathen so furiously rage together:
People: And why do the people imagine a vain thing?
§
Priest: Glory be ...
People: As it was ...
(Repeat to §.)
GRADUAL AND ALLELUIA
Priest: (Psalm 110) In the day of thy power
Shall the people offer thee
People: Free will offerings with an holy worship:
Priest: The dew of thy Birth
People: Is of the womb of the morning.
Priest: The Lord said unto my Lord:
People: Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies
thy footstool.
Priest: Alleluia.
People: Alleluia.
Priest: (Psalm 2) The Lord said unto me:
People: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
All: Alleluia!
The creed is said.
OFFERTORY
Psalm 96
Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad before the Lord: for
he is come.
SECRET
Grant, O Lord, we pray thee, that the offerings, which on this day's
festival we present unto thee, may be acceptable in thy sight: that by
thy bounteous goodness vouchsafed unto us in this holy Communion, we may
be found in the likeness of him in whom our substance is united unto thee:
And who liveth and reigneth with thee.
PREFACE AND CANON OF CHRISTMAS
And this Preface shall be said daily until the Epiphany; except upon
the Octave day of Saint John the Evangelist, and unless in some other instance
the Rubrics order otherwise.
COMMUNION Psalm 110
With an holy worship: the dew of thy Birth is of the womb of the morning.
POSTCOMMUNION
Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord our god, that we who in a mystery have
drawn near with gladness unto the Birth of Jesus Christ our Lord: may so
walk in
godliness of life, that we may be found worthy to attain unto his fellowship
in heaven. Who liveth and reigneth with thee.
§ Before the three Christmas Masses is said Psalm 43 with its
Antiphon, the Confession, etc., and at the end of each the Blessing is
given, and the Last Gospel is read from St. John In the
beginning, except at the Third Mass when is read the Epiphany Gospel.
When Jesus was born.
§ From today until the Vigil of Epiphany, if there be said a
Solemn Votive of our Lord for which there is no proper Mass, or if a Solemn
Votive be said of the Nativity, it shall be the Mass
Puer Natus as given for December 30th.
At the Second Mass: at Daybreak
INTROIT
Lux fulgebit Isaiah 9
Priest: Light shall shine today upon us:
People: For unto us the Lord is born:
Priest: And his Name shall be called Wonderful, Mighty
God, the Prince of peace, Father of the world to come:
People: Of whose kingdom there shall be no end. §
Priest: (Psalm 93) The Lord is King and hath put on glorious
apparel:
People: The Lord hath put on his apparel and girded himself
with strength.
Priest: Glory be ...
People: As it was ...
Repeat to §
GRADUAL AND ALLELUIA
Priest: (Psalm 118) Blessed is he that cometh
in the Name of the Lord:
People: God is the Lord, who hath shewed us light.
Priest: This is the Lord's doing:
People: And it is marvellous in our eyes.
Priest: Alleluia.
People: Alleluia.
Priest: (Psalm 93) The Lord is King,
People: And hath put on glorious apparel:
Priest: The Lord hath put on his apparel,
People: And girded himself with strength.
All: Alleluia!
The Creed is said.
OFFERTORY
Psalm 93
God hath made the round world so sure, that it cannot be moved: ever
since the world began hath thy seat, O God, been prepared: thou art from
everlasting.
SECRET
We pray thee, O lord, that these our oblations may be worthy of the
mysteries which we celebrate on the Birth of thy Son, and may evermore
shed forth thy peace within our hearts: that, even as he who was born in
the substance of our manhood did shew forth therein the glory of the Godhead,
so we, in
these thy earthly creatures, may be made partakers of that which is
heavenly. Through the same.
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SECRET Of St. Anastasia
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that we, who now devoutly keep
the feast of the blessed Martyr Saint Anastasia, may by her effectual intercession
find favour in thy sight. Through.
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PREFACE AND CANON as in the former Mass
COMMUNION Zechariah 9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
behold, thy King cometh unto thee, he is just, and having salvation.
POSTCOMMUNION
O Lord, who by thy wondrous Birth hast put off from us the old nature
of our manhood: grant, we beseech thee; that by this new Sacrament of thy
Nativity we may ever be inwardly renewed in our souls. Who liveth
and reigneth with thee.
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POSTCOMMUNION Of St. Anastasia
O Lord, who hast vouchsafed to feed us thy household with thy heavenly
gifts: mercifully grant; that we, who celebrate the feast of thy blessed
Martyr Anastasia, may at all times be comforted by her intercession.
Through.
At the Third Mass: on the Day of the Nativity of our Lord
INTROIT
Puer natus est. (Isaiah 9)
Priest: Unto us a child is born,
People: Unto us a Son is given:
Priest: And the government shall be upon his shoulder:
People: And his name shall be called, Angel of mighty counsel.
§
Priest: (Psalm 98) O sing unto the Lord a new song:
People: For he hath done marvellous things.
Priest: Glory be ...
People: As it was ...
(Repeat to §.)
GRADUAL AND ALLELUIA
Priest: (Psalm 98) All the ends of the world
have seen the salvation of our God
People: O be joyful in God, all ye lands.
Priest: The Lord hath declared his salvation:
People: In the sight of the heathen his righteousness hath
he openly shewed.
Priest: Alleluia.
People: Alleluia.
Priest: A hallowed day hath dawned upon us:
People: Come, all ye nations, and worship the Lord:
Priest: For on this day
People: A great light hath descended upon the earth.
All: Alleluia!
OFFERTORY Psalm 89
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast laid the foundations
of the round world, and all that therein is: righteousness and equity are
the
habitation of thy seat.
SECRET
We beseech thee, O Lord, that by this new Birth of thy only-begotten
Son thou wouldest vouchsafe to sanctify these our oblations: and to cleanse
us from
the defilement of all our iniquities. Through the same.
PREFACE AND CANON as in the former Masses.
COMMUNION Psalm 98
All the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God.
POSTCOMMUNION
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that like as thy Son, born this
day the Saviour of the world, hath been made the author of our heavenly
birth; so he may bestow upon us the gift of everlasting life. Who
liveth and reigneth with thee.
At the end of this Mass is said the Gospel from the Feast of the
Epiphany.
