Christmas Eve

Thursday 24 December 2009

IN VIGILIA NATIVITATIS DOMINI
Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord
1st Class, Violet
(1st Vespers of Christmas)

Oremus:

Deus, qui nos redemptiónis nostræ annua exspectatióne lætíficas: præsta; ut Unigénitum tuum, quem Redemptórem læti suscípimus, veniéntem quoque Júdicem secúri videámus, Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum : Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus. Let us Pray:

O God, who makest us glad with the yearly Expectation of the birth of thine only Son Jesus Christ: grant that as we joyfully receive him for our Redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our Judge.

Who liveth and reigneth with thee.

Links:

• Guéranger, L'Année Liturgique, "Noël, Messe de Minuit"
• Goffine, The Church's Year, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
  
• Gregorian Chant Propers (mp3 and music)
• What Does the Prayer Really Say?
  

(image: breviary.net)