ENTRANCE

Introit (GR)
God is in his holy place,
God who unites those who dwell in his house;
he himself gives might and strength to his people.
Adam Bartlett • St. Meinrad Archabbey
John Ainslie • Columba Kelly, OSB

Introit (MR)
The shepherds went in haste,
and found Mary and Joseph and the Infant lying in a manger.
Adam Bartlett • St. Meinrad Archabbey
John Ainslie • Columba Kelly, OSB

Our God Dwells in His Holy Place ©  Introit  
Christoph Tietze
FOREST GREEN
Introit Hymns: 9

Adeste fideles
John F. Wade

  • O Come, All Ye Faithful, Joyful and Triumphant
    Frederick Oakeley
    ADESTE FIDELES
    AOV1:167 • CWB1:760 • CWB2:267 • GA:287 • NLP:170
    DO74:9 / Hymns for the Proper of Seasons: 9
    CHE:520 • CBW3:329
    H26:177 • J2:333 • J3:300 • W3:392 • W4:426

Angels from the Realms of Glory
James Montgomery
REGENT SQUARE
H26:196 • J2:367 • J3:332 • W3:377 • W4:425
GLORIA

Come, Sing a Home and Family ©
Alan J. Hommerding
CAROL
W4:439

Les anges dans nos campagnes
French, 18th cent.

  • Angels We Have Heard on High
    James Chadwick
    GLORIA
    AOV2:140 • CWB1:622 • CWB2:255 • GA:286 • NLP:20
    CHE:48 • CBW3:320
    H26:186 • J2:341 • J3:308 • W3:376 • W4:417

LITURGY OF THE WORD

Responsorial Psalm
Happy are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. (Oz)
Blessed are those who fear the Lord
     and walk in his ways. (US)
Blessed are all who fear the Lord, and walk in his ways. (UK) LiturgyShare.org • St. Meinrad Archabbey
Michael Herry, fms • Amanda McKenna • Colin Smith, cfc
Kate Keefe • Michel Guimont

Gospel Acclamation
LiturgyShare.org

PROCESSION OF GIFTS

As Joseph Lay in Deepest Sleep ©  Word  
Michael Joncas
CHRISTIAN LOVE ©
Within Our Hearts Be Born [Joncas]: 17
SAINT ANNE

Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen
German carol, 15th cent.
ES IST EIN ROS

Hail to the Lord Who Comes
John Ellerton
OLD 120TH
W3:694
PSALM 32
DO74:151 / The Presentation of the Lord

Once in Royal David’s City
Cecil F. Alexander
IRBY
CWB1:782 • CWB2:269 • GA:297 • NLP:200 • CHE:577
H26:193 • J2:362 • J3:327 • W3:402 • W4:440

Our Saviour’s Infant Cries Were Heard ©  Gospel  
Thomas H. Troeger
SAINT COLUMBA
W4:442

COMMUNION

Communio (GR)
Take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel,
for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.
Adam Bartlett • St. Meinrad Archabbey

Communio (MR)
Our God has appeared on earth, and lived among us.
John Ainslie • Columba Kelly, OSB

Corde natus ex parentis
Aurelius C. Prudentius

  • Of the Father’s Love Begotten
    John M. Neale + Henry W. Baker
    CORDE NATUS
    CWB1:779 • CWB2:268 • NLP:197 • CHE:562 • CBW3:330
    DO74:11 / Hymns for the Proper of Seasons: 11
    DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
    H26:169 • J2:349 • J3:317 • W3:398 • W4:415

Iesu Redemptor omnium
Jesu Redemptor omnium
Latin, 11th cent.

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Gerard Moultrie
PICARDY
CWB2:533 • GA:190 • NLP:129 • CHE:355 • CBW3:596
H26:553 • J2:611 • J3:591 • W3:523 • W4:620

Now Let Men and Angels Sing ©
James P. McAuley
JULIAN ©
NLP:165
Year of Grace [McAuley + Connolly]: 2

RECESSIONAL

Hark! The Herald Angels Sings
Charles Wesley
MENDELSSOHN
AOV1:171 • CWB1:704 • CWB2:262 • GA:294 • NLP:85
CHE:244 • CBW3:323
H26:180 • J2:345 • J3:313 • W3:387 • W4:414

In dulci jubilo
Latin and German carol, 14th cent.

Joy to the World, the Lord Is Come
Isaac Watts
ANTIOCH
AOV1:179 • CWB1:728 • CWB2:265 • GA:295 • NLP:125
CHE:335 • CBW3:328
H26:167 • J2:336 • J3:303 • W3:399 • W4:424

Puer nobis nascitur
Latin and German carol, 145h cent.