O God, come to my assistance/make haste to help me. 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, alleluia.
Psalm 98
Sing to the Lord a new song,
the Lord of wonderful deeds.
Right hand and holy arm
brought victory to God.
God made that victory known,
revealed justice to nations,
remember a merciful love
loyal to the house of Israel.
The ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.
Shout to the Lord, you earth,
break into song, break into praise!
Sing praises to God with a harp,
with a harp and sound of music.
With sound of trumpet and horn,
shout to the Lord, our king.
Let the sea roar with its creaturs,
the world and all that live there!
Let rivers clap their hands,
the hills ringout with joy!
The Lord our God comes,
comes to rule the earth,
justly to rule the world,
to govern the peoples aright.
(silent reflection)
Psalm 97
The LORD is king! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!
Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Fire goes before him, and consumes his adversaries on every side.
His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
The heavens proclaim his righteousness; and all the peoples behold his glory.
All worshipers of images are put to shame, those who make their boast in worthless idols; all gods bow down before him.
Zion hears and is glad, and the towns of Judah rejoice, because of your judgments, O God.
For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
The LORD loves those who hate evil; he guards the lives of his faithful; he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.
Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!
(silent reflection)
Psalm 96
O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be revered above all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Worship the LORD in holy splendor; tremble before him, all the earth.
Say among the nations, "The LORD is king! The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity."
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
let the field exult, and everything in it. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
before the LORD; for he is coming, for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
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, alleluia.
READING John 1:1-14
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light.
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.
(silent reflection)
MAGNIFICAT ANTIPHON:
Hodie Christus natus est;
Hodie salvator apparuit;
Hodie in terra canunt angeli,
laetuntur archangeli;
Hodie exultant just, dicentes:
Gloria in excelsis Deo: Alleluia.
This day Christ is born;
This day the savior has appeared;
This day angels are singing on earth,
archangels are rejoicing;
This day the just are glad and say:
Glory to God in the highest, Alleluia!
MAGNIFICAT
I acclaim the greatness of the Lord,
I delight in God my Savior,
who regarded my humble state.
Truly from this day on
all ages will call me blest.
For God, wonderful in power,
has used that strength for me.
Holy the name of the Lord!
whose mercy embraces the faithful,
one generation to the next,.
The mighty arm of God
scatters the proud in their conceit,
pulls tyrants from their thrones,
and raises up the humble.
The Lord fills the starving
and lets the rich go hungry.
God rescues lowly Israel,
recalling the promise of mercy,
the promise made to our ancestors,
to Abraham's heirs 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.
MAGNIFICAT ANTIPHON:
Hodie Christus natus est;
Hodie salvator apparuit;
Hodie in terra canunt angeli,
laetuntur archangeli;
Hodie exultant just, dicentes:
Gloria in excelsis Deo: Alleluia.
This day Christ is born;
This day the savior has appeared;
This day angels are singing on earth,
archangels are rejoicing;
This day the just are glad and say:
Glory to God in the highest, Alleluia!
Our Father...
Wonderful the dignity you bestowed, O God, on human nature when you created it; more wonderful still its condition when you recreated it. Grant, we pray,, that as Jesus Christ, your Son, stooped to share our human nature, so we may share the lot of his divine nature. Through that same Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit has shared one life and kingly power, one godhead, from all eternity. Amen.
May God bless us, deliver us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
Let us bless God/and give thanks.
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