PRIVILEGED VIGIL / PURPLE
All Advent seems
concentrated on the Vigil Mass. All the desires and hopes of men point
to this night of miraculous birth. "This day . . . the Lord will come."
He is to be welcomed as Saviour and King; but also with the awareness
that He is our Judge. The Gospel and Epistle are filled with the deep
mystery of the divine and human in the Saviour. Both the name that
Joseph was to give Him and the vocation of the Apostle Paul, tell us
that the Saviour we possess is meant for all nations.
INTROIT Ex. 16:6-7
This day you shall know that the Lord will come and save us; and in the morning you shall see His glory.
Ps. 23:1. The earth and its fullness is the Lord's; the world and all those who dwell therein.
V. Glory be . . .
COLLECT
O God, who each year makes us happy
with the anticipation of our redemption, grant that as we now joyfully
welcome Your only-begotten Son as our Redeemer, we may also look with
confidence on the same Jesus Christ, Your Son our Lord, when He comes as
judge; who lives and rules with You . . .
Commemoration of the 4th Sunday of Advent
O
Lord, show yourself an all-powerful God and come to us. Aid us with
Your powerful assistance so that, through Your grace and merciful
forgiveness, we may attain salvation, which now is hindered by our sins;
who lives and rules with God the Father . . .
EPISTLE Rom. 1:1-6
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called
to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. Which he had
promised before, by his prophets, in the holy scriptures, Concerning his
Son, who was made to him of the seed of David, according to the flesh,
Who was predestinated the Son of God in power, according to the spirit
of sanctification, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the
dead: By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to
the faith, in all nations, for his name: Among whom are you also the
called of Jesus Christ.
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.
V.
Take heed, You who rule Israel, You who are shepherd over Joseph. You
who are enthroned above the Cherubim, reveal Yourself to Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasses.
Alleluia, alleluia! V.
Tomorrow the sinfulness of the earth shall be blotted out, and the Saviour of the world shall rule over us. Alleluia!
GOSPEL Matt. 1:18-21
When as his mother Mary was espoused to
Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the
Holy Ghost. Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not
willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.
But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord
appeared to him in his sleep, saying: "Joseph, son of David, fear not to
take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of
the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins."
CREED
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Ps. 23:7
Lift up your gates, O princes, and be lifted up, O eternal gates, and the king of glory shall enter in.
SECRET
O Almighty God, we eagerly look forward
to the adorable birthday of Your Son; grant that we may also receive
His everlasting gifts with joy; who lives and rules with You in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.
Commemoration of the 4th Sunday of Advent
Look
with favor upon these offerings, O Lord, that they may be an aid to our
devotion and to our salvation. Through Our Lord . . .
Preface for Weekdays is said
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Isa. 40:5
The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all men shall see the salvation of God.
POSTCOMMUNION
O Lord, grant us new life as we
celebrate the birthday of Your only-begotten Son, for His heavenly rite
is our food and drink. Through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our
Lord, who lives and rules with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one
God forever and ever.
Commemoration of the 4th Sunday of Advent
O
Lord, may we, who have received Your Gifts, be brought closer to our
salvation by each performance of this Sacred Rite. Through Our Lord . . .
Christmas Eve is the feast day of our first parents, Adam and Eve, who are commemorated as Saints in the calendars of the Catholic churches of Eastern rites. Their veneration spread also to the West and became very popular toward the end of the first millennium. Although the Latin rite of the Catholic Church never officially introduced their feast, it did not oppose their popular veneration. In many old churches of Europe their statues may still be seen among the images of the Saints.
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