Octave Day of Christmas

Friday 1 January 2010

OCTAVA NATIVITATIS DOMINI
Octave Day of Christmas
or, the Circumcision of Our Lord
1st Class, White


Oremus:

Deus, qui salútis ætérnæ, beátæ Maríæ virginitáte fœcúnda, humáno géneri præmia præstitísti: tríbue, quæsumus; ut ipsam pro nobis intercédere sentiámus, per quam merúimus auctórem vitæ suscípere, Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat...

Let us Pray:

O God, who by the fruitful virginity of blessed Mary hast bestowed upon mankind the rewards of eternal salvation: grant, we beseech Thee, that we may experience her intercession for us, through whom we have been made worthy to receive the Author of Life, Jesus Christ They Son, our Lord: Who with Thee...

Link:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• What Does the Prayer Really Say?
• Athanasius contra Mundum: Feast of the Circumcision (new!)
• NLM: Octave Day of the Nativity (new!)
  

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