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PRAYER OF BLESSING
With hands outstretched, the celebrant says the prayer of blessing.
Priest:
Let us pray.
God
Amen.
The priest goes around the manger and sprinkles it with Holy Water.
After this, the Mass begins with the Sign of the Cross.
All:
Amen
Priest:
All:
And with your Spirit
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The priest, or a Deacon, or another minister, may very briefly introduce the faithful to the Mass of the day.
PENITENTIAL ACT
Then follows the Penitential Act, to which the priest invites the faithful, saying:
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
The absolution by the priest follows:
Amen.
When this hymn is concluded, the priest, with hands joined, says:
Let us pray.
And all pray in silence with the priest for a while.
Then the priest with hands extended, says the Collect prayer,
O God,
who have made this most sacred night
radiant with the splendor of the true light,
grant, we pray, that we,
who have known the mysteries of his light on earth,
may also delight in his gladness in heaven.
Who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
at the end of which the people acclaim:
Amen.
Reading 1
ISAIAH 9:1-6
Thanks be to God.
The psalmist or cantor sings or says the Psalm, with the people making the response .
Responsorial Psalm
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PS. 33
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Reading 2
TITUS 2:11-14
Thanks be to God.
There follows the Alleluia or another chant laid down by the rubrics, as the liturgical time requires.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I proclaim to you good news of great joy: today a Savior is born
for us, Christ the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
LUKE 2:1-14
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the
whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment,
when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled,
each to his own town. And Joseph, too, went up from Galilee from
the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called
Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be
enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. While they
were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave
birth to her fi rstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes
and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in
the inn. Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields
and keeping the night watch over their flock. The angel of the Lord
appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them,
and they were struck with great fear. The angel said to them, Do
not be afraid! Behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy
that will be for all the people. Today, in the city of David, a savior
has been born for you who is Christ and Lord. And this will be a
sign for you: you will fi nd an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes
and lying in a manger. And suddenly there was a multitude of the
heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: Glory to
God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor
rests.
The Gospel of the Lord.
All reply:
The petitions may said from the ambo or in another suitable place apart from it:
1. For the entire community of believers who rejoice over the birth of
Jesus: May the peace of this night reverberate into the whole world
through their lives. Let us pray!
2. For the Holy Father and all the religious leaders throughout the world:
May the leadership they exercise in the name of God bring all peoples
closer to one another in sincere cooperation and solidarity. Let us pray!
3. For the nations and factions at war: May the peace brought by Jesus at
his birth lead them to seek an end to the scourge of war. Let us pray!
4. For our own family and all the families in our parish: May the spirit of
Christmas make us always ready to support, forgive, affi rm and love
one another. Let us pray!
5. Let us pray in silence for our personal intentions. (Pause) Let us pray!
the priest concludes:
We thank You, Father, for the gift of Jesus, Your Son. May we treasure
his presence as Mary Most Holy did. We ask this in the name of Jesus,
our Lord and Savior.
All reply:
Amen.
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Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your
goodness we have received the bread we offer you:
fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us
the bread of life.
Then he places the paten with the bread on the corporal.
If, however, the Offertory Chant is not sung, the Priest may speak these words aloud; at the end, the people
may acclaim:
By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the
divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity.
The priest then takes the chalice and holds it slightly raised above the altar with both hands, saying in a low
voice:
Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your
goodness we have received the wine we offer you:
fruit of the vine and work of human hands, it will become our
spiritual drink.
Then he places the chalice on the corporal.
If, however, the Offertory Chant is not sung, the Priest may speak these words aloud; at the end, the people
may acclaim:
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May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and
glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.
Then the priest, with hands extended, says the Prayer over the Offerings,
Amen.
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PREFACE OF CHRISTMAS I
Priest:
All:
Priest:
All:
Priest:
All:
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Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of
your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the
highest.
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER III
The priest, with hands extended, says:
You are indeed Holy, O Lord, and all you have created rightly
gives you praise, for through your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, by
the power and working of the Holy Spirit, you give life to all things
and make them holy, and you never cease to gather a people to
yourself, so that from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure
sacrifice may be offered to your name.
He joins his hands and, holding them extended over the offerings, says:
that they may become the Body and Blood of your Son our Lord
Jesus Christ,
He joins his hands.
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he himself took bread, and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,
broke the bread and gave it to his disciples, saying:
He bows slightly.
he took the chalice, and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,
and gave the chalice to his disciples, saying:
He bows slightly.
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When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your
Death, O Lord, until you come again.
Or:
Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection
you have set us free.
Then the priest, with hands extended, says with the concelebrants:
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Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for
ever and ever.
The people acclaim:
Amen.
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Then the priest, with hands extended, says aloud:
Amen.
The priest, turned towards the people, extending and then joining his hands, adds:
May this mingling of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
bring eternal life to us who receive it.
Meanwhile the following is sung or said:
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The invocation may even be repeated several times if the fraction is prolonged. Only the final time, however,
is grant us peace said.
Then the priest, with hands joined, says quietly:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who, by the will of the Father
and the work of the Holy Spirit, through your Death gave life to the
world, free me by this, your most holy Body and Blood, from all my
sins and from every evil; keep me always faithful to your
commandments, and never let me be parted from you.
Or:
May the receiving of your Body and Blood, Lord Jesus Christ, not
bring me to judgment and condemnation, but through your loving
mercy be for me protection in mind and body and a healing remedy.
The priest genuflects, takes the host and, holding it slightly raised above the paten or above the chalice, while
facing the people, says aloud:
Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of
the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
And together with the people he adds once:
Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but
only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
The Priest, facing the altar, says quietly:
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After this, he takes the paten or ciborium and approaches the communicants. the priest raises a host slightly
and shows it to each of the communicants, saying:
Amen.
And receives Holy Communion.
If a Deacon also distributes Holy Communion, he does so in the same manner.
If any are present who are to receive Holy Communion under both kinds, the rite described in the proper place
is to be followed.
While the priest is receiving the Body of Christ, the Communion Chant begins.
When the distribution of Communion is over, the Priest or a Deacon or an acolyte purifies the paten over the
chalice and also the chalice itself.
While he carries out the purification, the Priest says quietly:
Let us pray.
Grant us, we pray, O Lord our God,
that we, who are gladdened by participation in the feast of our
Redeemers Nativity, may through an honorable way of life
become worthy of union with him. Who lives and reigns for ever
and ever.
All pray in silence with the priest for a while, unless silence has just been observed. Then the priest with
hands extended, says the Prayer after Communion, at the end of which the people acclaim:
Amen.
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