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Wednesday, December 25, 2002 SOLEMNITY OF THE DOUBLE OF THE FIRST CLASS FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR BLESSED LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
White or Solemn Gold Vestments.
Mass for the First Mass at Midnight
EPISTLE: Titus 2: 11-15
GRADUAL: Psalm 109: 3, 1
GOSPEL: Luke 2: 1-14
Mass for the Second Mass at Dawn
EPISTLE: Titus 3: 4-7
GRADUAL: Psalm 117: 27, 26, 23,
GOSPEL: Luke 2: 15, 20
Mass for the Third Mass during the Day
EPISTLE: Hebrews 1: 1-12
GRADUAL: Psalm 97: 3, 4, 2
GOSPEL: John 1: 1-14
For a profile of this wondrous solemn feast, see The Meaning of Christmas
Prayer for the Feast of the NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
Grant us, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that we on whom the new light of Thy Incarnate Word is poured, may show forth in our works that brightness which now doth illuminate our minds by faith. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in unity with the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
From the Collect for the Second Mass on Christmas
Also see First Day of Christmas
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