INTROIT (Ex. 16:6,7; Ps. 23:1)
This day you shall know that the Lord will come, and save us: and in the morning you shall see His glory. (Psalm) The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof: the world and all they that dwell therein. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. This day you shall know that the Lord will come, and save us: and in the morning you shall see His glory.
COLLECT
This day you shall know that the Lord will come, and save us: and in the morning you shall see His glory. (Psalm) The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof: the world and all they that dwell therein. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. This day you shall know that the Lord will come, and save us: and in the morning you shall see His glory.
COLLECT
O God, Who dost gladden us by the yearly expectation of our redemption, grant that we, who now joyfully receive Thine only-begotten Son as our Redeemer, may also without fear behold Him coming as our Judge, even the same Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son: Who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
EPISTLE (Rom. 1:1-6)
Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of David according to the flesh, and the Son of God according to the spirit of sanctification.
GRADUAL (Ex. 16:6,7; Ps. 79:2,3)
This day you shall know that the Lord will come and save us: and in the morning you shall see His glory. Give ear, O Thou that rulest Israel: Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep, Thou that sittest upon the Cherubims, shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses.
GOSPEL (Mt. 1:18-21)
The Angel appeared to Joseph and announced to him that Mary his wife should bring forth a Son, conceived by the Holy Ghost.
OFFERTORY (Ps. 23:7)
Lift up your gates, O ye princes: and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates, and the King of glory shall enter in.
SECRET
Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that as we anticipate the adorable birthday of Thy Son, so we may joyfully receive His eternal gifts: Who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
COMMUNION (Is. 40:5)
The glory of the Lord shall be revealed: and all flesh shall see the salvation of our God.
POSTCOMMUNION
We beseech Thee, O Lord, grant us fresh courage, as we celebrate the birthday of Thine only-begotten Son: Whose heavenly mystery is our food and drink. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
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