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by Saint Le- o the Great, Pope.
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Dear-ly be-lov-ed, to-day our Sav-ior is born let us re-joice.
he is summoned to life. In the fullness of time, chos-en in
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Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life. The
the un-fath-om- a- ble depths of God’s wis-dom, the Son of God
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the promise of e- ter-nal hap- pi- ness. No one is shut out from
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this joy ; all share the same rea-son for re-joic-ing. Our Lord,
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vic-tor o-ver sin and death, finding no man free from sin, came
o- ver-thrown man-kind. And so at the birth of our Lord the
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to free us all. Let the saint rejoice as he sees the palm of
an-gels sing in joy : Glo- ry to God in the highest, and they
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the an-gels on high are so ex- ult- ant at this mar-ve-lous work of
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God’s goodness, what joy should it not bring to the low- ly hearts
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To-day the whole earth was filled with heav-en’s sweetness.
of men ? Belov-ed, let us give thanks to God the Father, through
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his Son, in the Ho- ly Spir-it, because in his great love for us
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Congregation :
cre- a- tion.
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To-day the whole earth was filled with heav-en’s sweetness.
Tone for the Second Reading of Christmas Vigils taken from a manuscript of the
monastery of Maria Einsiedeln, as given in Laudes Festivae : Lectionarium et Cantu-
arium pro Diversitate Temporum et Festum, edited by P. Beatus Reiser, O.S.B., Typis
Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1932. Cantilation of the English text arranged by Fr. Samuel F.
Weber, O.S.B., Copyright © 2009 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN 47577-
1010 U.S.A. All rights reserved.
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Thus says the Lord God : A shoot shall sprout from the stump of
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Jes-se, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The Spir- it
the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt up-on his hips.
for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as
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wa- ter cov-ers the sea. On that day, the root of Jes-se,
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Glo-ry to God in the high-est, and peace to his peo-ple on earth.
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Tone for the First Reading of Christmas Vigils taken from a manuscript of the monas- Congregation :
his moth-er Mar-y was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived
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to-geth-er, she was found with child through the Ho- ly Spir-
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it. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet un-
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willing to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her qui- et- ly.
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Such was his in-ten-tion when, behold, the an-gel of the Lord
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commanded him and took his wife in- to his home. He had no
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Christ.
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Tone for the Gospel of Christmas Vigils taken from a manuscript of the monastery
of Maria Einsiedeln, as given in Laudes Festivae : Lectionarium et Cantuarium pro
Diversitate Temporum et Festum, edited by P. Beatus Reiser, O.S.B., Typis Polyglot-
tis Vaticanis, 1932. Cantilation of the English text arranged by Fr. Samuel F. Weber,
O.S.B., Copyright © 2009 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN 47577-1010
U.S.A. All rights reserved.
his moth-er Mar-y was betrothed to Jo-seph, but before they lived
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to-geth-er, she was found with child through the Ho- ly Spir-
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it. Jo-seph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet un-
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commanded him and took his wife in- to his home. He had no
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Christ.
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Tone for the Gospel of Christmas Vigils taken from a manuscript of the monastery
of Maria Einsiedeln, as given in Laudes Festivae : Lectionarium et Cantuarium pro
Diversitate Temporum et Festum, edited by P. Beatus Reiser, O.S.B., Typis Polyglot-
tis Vaticanis, 1932. Cantilation of the English text arranged by Fr. Samuel F. Weber,
O.S.B., Copyright © 2009 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN 47577-1010
U.S.A. All rights reserved.
his moth-er Mar-y was betrothed to Jo-seph, but before they lived
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to-geth-er, she was found with child through the Ho- ly Spir-
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commanded him and took his wife in- to his home. He had no
3 The Nativity of the Lord
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Christ.
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Tone for the Gospel of Christmas Vigils taken from a manuscript of the monastery
of Maria Einsiedeln, as given in Laudes Festivae : Lectionarium et Cantuarium pro
Diversitate Temporum et Festum, edited by P. Beatus Reiser, O.S.B., Typis Polyglot-
tis Vaticanis, 1932. Cantilation of the English text arranged by Fr. Samuel F. Weber,
O.S.B., Copyright © 2009 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN 47577-1010
U.S.A. All rights reserved.