(At Midnight Mass the Introit Is Sung by the Choir, Followed by the Opening

COMMUNION MEDITATION (MIDNIGHT MASS) CLOSING HYMN ANTIOCH Salvation is Created Pavel Tschesnokoff Joy to the World Salvation is created, for all peoples of the earth, O God. Joy to the world! The Lord is come: Alleluia. Let earth receive her King; Let ev’ry heart prepare him room, HYMN OF THANKSGIVING STILLE NACHT And heav’n and nature sing, and heav’n and nature sing, Silent Night And heav’n and heav’n and nature sing. Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright INTROIT Round yon Virgin Mother and Child. Joy to the world! The Savior reigns: Holy Infant, so tender and mild, Let men their songs employ, (At Midnight Mass the Introit is sung by the choir, followed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace. While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, by the Opening Hymn) you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, The Lord said to me: You are my Son. It is I who Lord our God. Silent night, holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight; Repeat, repeat the sounding joy. have begotten you this day. (Verse) Why do the Glories stream from heaven afar. GLORIA J. Ostermann Heav’nly hosts sing Alleluia; He rules the world with truth and grace, nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? And makes the nations prove Christ, the Savior, is born, Christ the savior is born! OPENING HYMN ADESTE FIDELIS The glories of his righteousness, Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love’s pure light And wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, O Come, All Ye Faithful Radiant beams from thy holy face, And wonders, wonders of his love. O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant; With the dawn of redeeming grace, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. Jesus, Lord, at thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth! Come and behold him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ, the Lord!

God of God, Light from Light Lo! he abhors not the Virgin’s womb: Very God, begotten, not created; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ, the Lord!

Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above! Glory to God, glory in the highest; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ, the Lord!

Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning, Jesus, to thee be all glory giv’n; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ, the Lord!

PENITENTIAL ACT I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done Copyright Acknowledgements—Musical excerpts reprinted under OneLicence.net, license no. A-720975 and in what I have failed to do, (striking breast three Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Gloria & Communion Antiphon © 2018, Jared Ostermann, reproduced with permission. Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman times) through my fault, through my fault, through Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. my most grievous fault; Therefore I ask blessed FIRST READING Isaiah 52:7-10 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings, announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, and saying to Zion, “Your God is King!” IRST EADING Isaiah 9:1-6 Hark! Your sentinels raise a cry, together they shout for joy, for they see directly, before their eyes, F R The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a the Lord restoring Zion. Break out together in song, O ruins of Jerusalem! light has shone. You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing, as they rejoice before you as at For the Lord comforts his people, he redeems Jerusalem. The Lord has bared his holy arm in the the harvest, as people make merry when dividing spoils. For the yoke that burdened them, the pole on sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will behold the salvation of our God. their shoulder, and the rod of their taskmaster you have smashed, as on the day of Midian. For every RESPONSORIAL PSALM (sung) Psalm 98:1-6 boot that tramped in battle, every cloak rolled in blood, will be burned as fuel for flames. For a child is R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God. born to us, a son is given us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God O sing a new song to the Lord, for he has worked wonders; his right hand and his holy arm have brought salvation. R. -Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace. His dominion is vast and forever peaceful, from David’s throne, The Lord has made known his salvation: has shown his deliverance to the nations. and over his kingdom, which he confirms and sustains by judgment and justice, both now and forever. He has remembered his merciful love and his truth for the house of Israel. R. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this! All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout to the Lord, all the earth; RESPONSORIAL PSALM (sung) Psalm 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29 break forth into joyous song; and sing out your praise. R.

Sing psalms to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of song. With trumpets and the R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. “With my chosen one I have made a covenant, I have sworn to David my servant: I will establish your descendants sound of the horn, raise a shout before the King, the Lord. R. forever and set up your throne through all ages.” R. SECOND READING Hebrews 1:1-6 How blessed the people who know your praise; who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face, who find their joy Brothers and sisters: In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the every day in your name, who make your justice their joyful acclaim. R. prophets; in these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son, whom he made heir of all things and “He will call out to me, ‘You are my father, my God, the rock of my salvation.’ I will keep my faithful love for him always; with him my covenant shall last.” R. through whom he created the universe, who is the refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all things by his mighty word. When he had accomplished purification from sins, he SECOND READING Acts 13:16-17, 22-25 took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high, as far superior to the angels as the name he has When Paul reached Antioch in Pisidia and entered the synagogue, he stood up, motioned with his hand, inherited is more excellent than theirs. For to which of the angels did God ever say: You are my son; this day and said, “Fellow Israelites and you others who are God-fearing, listen. The God of this people Israel I have begotten you? Or again: I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me? And again, when he leads the chose our ancestors and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt. With uplifted arm firstborn into the world, he says: Let all the angels of God worship him. he led them out of it. Then he removed Saul and raised up David as king; of him he testified, ‘I have

GOSPEL John 1:1-18 found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish.’ From this man’s In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the descendants God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. John heralded his com- beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. ing by proclaiming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel; and as John was completing his What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in course, he would say, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’” the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to GOSPEL Matthew 1:18-25 testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him. He came to what was his before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since own, but his own people did not accept him. But to those who did accept him he gave power to become he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born not by natural generation nor by his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God. And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save John testified to him and cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘The one who is coming after his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: Be- me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’” From his fullness we have all received, grace in hold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means “God is place of grace, because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus with us.” When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife Christ. No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him. into his home. He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus.

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST Hail, the heav’nborn Prince of Peace! ECCE AGNUS DEI Hail, the Sun of Righteousness! PLEASE REFER TO THE ACCOMPANYING PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR AND GIFTS Celebrant: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him INSERT FOR THIS LITURGY’S READINGS, Light and life to all he brings, who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are OFFERTORY HYMN GLORIA Ris’n with healing in his wings. those called to the supper of the Lamb. PSALM & GOSPEL TEXTS. Mild he lays his glory by, Angels We Have Heard on High R. Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter Angels we have heard on high, born that man no more may die, FIRST READING under my roof, but only say the word and my soul sweetly singing o’er the plains, Born to raise the sons of earth, RESPONSORIAL PSALM And the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains. Born to give them second birth! shall be healed. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Hark! The herald angels sing, SECOND READING “Glory to the newborn King!” HOLY COMMUNION Shepherds, why this jubilee? All Catholics who have prepared themselves to receive Holy GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Please Stand Why your joyous strains prolong? Celebrant: Pray brothers and sisters, that my sacri- Communion are invited to come forward. Our brothers and Say what may the tidings be, Cantor (sung): Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia fice and yours may be acceptable to God, the al- sisters of other faiths are invited to approach with arms which in spire your heav’nly song? (Congregation repeat) mighty Father. crossed over the chest to signal their desire to receive a Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. R. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands GOSPEL blessing. Come to Bethlehem and see for the praise and glory of his name, for our good

Him whose birth the angels sing; COMMUNION ANTIPHON HOMILY and the good of all his holy Church. Come, adore on bended knee, SANCTUS PROFESSION OF FAITH Please Stand Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisi- See him in a manger laid COMMUNION HYMN GREENSLEEVES ble. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, What Child is This Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all What Child is this, who, laid to rest, ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God while our hearts in love we raise. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. On Mary’s lap is sleeping? from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, with the Father; through him all things were made. OFFERTORY HYMN MENDELSSOHN While shepherds watch are keeping? For us men and for our salvation he came down Hark! The Herald Angels Sing This, this is Christ the King, from heaven, (bow here) and by the Holy Spirit was Hark! The herald angels sing, whom shepherds guard and angels sing! incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For “Glory to the newborn King. Haste, haste to bring him laud, Peace on earth and mercy mild, the Babe, the Son of Mary! our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on God and sinners reconciled!” Why lies he in such mean estate the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Where ox and ass are feeding? ascended into heaven and is seated at the right Join the triumph of the skies; Good Christian, fear, for sinners here With th’angelic host proclaim, hand of the Father. MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION The silent Word is pleading. “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Nails, spear, shall pierce him through, He will come again in glory to judge the living and Hark! The herald angels sing, the dead and his kingdom will have no end. the cross be borne, for me, for you: “Glory to the newborn King!” Hail, hail, the Word made flesh, I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of Christ, by highest heav’n adored; the Babe, the Son of Mary! life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, Christ the everlasting Lord; So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh, who with the Father and the Son is adored and Late in time behold him come, glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. AGNUS DEI Come, peasant, king, to own him; offspring of a virgin’s womb. The King of kings salvation brings, I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; Let loving hearts enthrone him. Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness hail th’incarnate Deity; Raise, raise the song on high, of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of Pleased as man with man to dwell; the Virgin sings her lullaby: the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. Jesus, our Emmanuel! Hark! The herald angels sing, Joy, joy, for Christ is born, “Glory to the newborn King!” the Babe, the Son of Mary! THE LITURGY OF THE WORD THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST Hail, the heav’nborn Prince of Peace! ECCE AGNUS DEI Hail, the Sun of Righteousness! PLEASE REFER TO THE ACCOMPANYING PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR AND GIFTS Celebrant: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him INSERT FOR THIS LITURGY’S READINGS, Light and life to all he brings, who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are OFFERTORY HYMN GLORIA Ris’n with healing in his wings. those called to the supper of the Lamb. PSALM & GOSPEL TEXTS. Mild he lays his glory by, Angels We Have Heard on High R. Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter Angels we have heard on high, born that man no more may die, FIRST READING under my roof, but only say the word and my soul sweetly singing o’er the plains, Born to raise the sons of earth, RESPONSORIAL PSALM And the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains. Born to give them second birth! shall be healed. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Hark! The herald angels sing, SECOND READING “Glory to the newborn King!” HOLY COMMUNION Shepherds, why this jubilee? All Catholics who have prepared themselves to receive Holy GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Please Stand Why your joyous strains prolong? Celebrant: Pray brothers and sisters, that my sacri- Communion are invited to come forward. Our brothers and Say what may the tidings be, Cantor (sung): Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia fice and yours may be acceptable to God, the al- sisters of other faiths are invited to approach with arms which in spire your heav’nly song? (Congregation repeat) mighty Father. crossed over the chest to signal their desire to receive a Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. R. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands GOSPEL blessing. Come to Bethlehem and see for the praise and glory of his name, for our good

Him whose birth the angels sing; COMMUNION ANTIPHON HOMILY and the good of all his holy Church. Come, adore on bended knee, SANCTUS PROFESSION OF FAITH Please Stand Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisi- See him in a manger laid COMMUNION HYMN GREENSLEEVES ble. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, What Child is This Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all What Child is this, who, laid to rest, ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God while our hearts in love we raise. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. On Mary’s lap is sleeping? from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, with the Father; through him all things were made. OFFERTORY HYMN MENDELSSOHN While shepherds watch are keeping? For us men and for our salvation he came down Hark! The Herald Angels Sing This, this is Christ the King, from heaven, (bow here) and by the Holy Spirit was Hark! The herald angels sing, whom shepherds guard and angels sing! incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For “Glory to the newborn King. Haste, haste to bring him laud, Peace on earth and mercy mild, the Babe, the Son of Mary! our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on God and sinners reconciled!” Why lies he in such mean estate the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Where ox and ass are feeding? ascended into heaven and is seated at the right Join the triumph of the skies; Good Christian, fear, for sinners here With th’angelic host proclaim, hand of the Father. MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION The silent Word is pleading. “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Nails, spear, shall pierce him through, He will come again in glory to judge the living and Hark! The herald angels sing, the dead and his kingdom will have no end. the cross be borne, for me, for you: “Glory to the newborn King!” Hail, hail, the Word made flesh, I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of Christ, by highest heav’n adored; the Babe, the Son of Mary! life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, Christ the everlasting Lord; So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh, who with the Father and the Son is adored and Late in time behold him come, glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. AGNUS DEI Come, peasant, king, to own him; offspring of a virgin’s womb. The King of kings salvation brings, I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; Let loving hearts enthrone him. Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness hail th’incarnate Deity; Raise, raise the song on high, of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of Pleased as man with man to dwell; the Virgin sings her lullaby: the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. Jesus, our Emmanuel! Hark! The herald angels sing, Joy, joy, for Christ is born, “Glory to the newborn King!” the Babe, the Son of Mary! COMMUNION MEDITATION (MIDNIGHT MASS) CLOSING HYMN ANTIOCH Salvation is Created Pavel Tschesnokoff Joy to the World Salvation is created, for all peoples of the earth, O God. Joy to the world! The Lord is come: Alleluia. Let earth receive her King; Let ev’ry heart prepare him room, HYMN OF THANKSGIVING STILLE NACHT And heav’n and nature sing, and heav’n and nature sing, Silent Night And heav’n and heav’n and nature sing. Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright INTROIT Round yon Virgin Mother and Child. Joy to the world! The Savior reigns: Holy Infant, so tender and mild, Let men their songs employ, (At Midnight Mass the Introit is sung by the choir, followed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace. While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, by the Opening Hymn) you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, The Lord said to me: You are my Son. It is I who Lord our God. Silent night, holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight; Repeat, repeat the sounding joy. have begotten you this day. (Verse) Why do the Glories stream from heaven afar. GLORIA J. Ostermann Heav’nly hosts sing Alleluia; He rules the world with truth and grace, nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? And makes the nations prove Christ, the Savior, is born, Christ the savior is born! OPENING HYMN ADESTE FIDELIS The glories of his righteousness, Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love’s pure light And wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, O Come, All Ye Faithful Radiant beams from thy holy face, And wonders, wonders of his love. O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant; With the dawn of redeeming grace, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. Jesus, Lord, at thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth! Come and behold him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ, the Lord!

God of God, Light from Light Lo! he abhors not the Virgin’s womb: Very God, begotten, not created; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ, the Lord!