worship aid
Christmas Eve
december 24, 2022
GATHERING HYMN
CANTO DE ENTRADA:
Angeles We have Heard on High
1. Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echo back their joyous strains.
2. Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
Say what may the tidings be
Which inspire your heav’nly song?
Refrain
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
3. Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
GREETING
SALUDO
All make the sign of the cross.
PRIEST: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
ALL: Amen.
After the sign of the cross, the following greeting is given.
PRIEST: The grace of our LORD Jesus Christ, the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
ALL: And with your spirit.
PENITENTIAL ACT
ACTO PENITENCIAL
PRIEST (or DEACON): [recites an invocation]
PRIEST (or DEACON): LORD, have mercy (or Kyrie eléison).
ALL: LORD, have mercy (or Kyrie eléison).
PRIEST (or DEACON): [recites an invocation]
PRIEST (or DEACON): Christ, have mercy (or Christé eléison).
ALL: Christ, have mercy (or Christé eléison).
PRIEST (or DEACON): [recites an invocation]
PRIEST (or DEACON): LORD, have mercy (or Kyrie eléison).
ALL: LORD, have mercy (or Kyrie eléison).
PRIEST: May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life.
ALL: Amen.
GLORIA
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise You,
we bless You,
we adore You,
we glorify You,
we give You thanks
for Your great glory,
LORD God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
SEÑOR, Hijo único, Jesucristo,
SEÑOR Dios, Cordero de Dios, Hijo del Padre;
Tú que quitas el pecado del mundo,
ten piedad de nosotros;
Tú que quitas el pecado del mundo,
atiende nuestra súplica;
Tú que estás sentado a la derecha del Padre,
ten piedad de nosotros;
For You alone are the Holy One,
You alone are the LORD,
You alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
COLLECT
ORACIón COLECTA
ALL: Amen.
FIRST READING
PRIMERA LECTURA
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[After the reading/Después de la lectura]
LECTOR: Palabra de Dios.
ALL: Te alabamos, SEÑOR.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
SALMO RESPONSORIAL:
Today is born our Savior (2X) Christ the Lord
SECOND READING
SEGUNDA LECTURA
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[After the reading/Después de la lectura]
LECTOR: Palabra de Dios.
ALL: Te alabamos, SEÑOR.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
ACLAMACIÓN ANTES DEL EVANGELIO
ALL:
[Before the reading/Antes de la lectura]
PRIEST (or DEACON): The LORD be with you.
ALL: And with your spirit.
PRIEST (or DEACON): A reading from the holy Gospel according to N.
ALL: Glory to You, O LORD.
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[After the reading/Después de la lectura]
PRIEST (or DEACON): Palabra del SEÑOR.
ALL: Gloria a Ti, SEÑOR Jesús.
HOMILY
HOMILÍA
PROFESSION OF FAITH
PROFESIÓN DE FE
I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our LORD,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
He descended into hell;
on the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;
from there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Amen.
PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
ORACIÓN DE LOS FIELES
[After each intention/Después de cada intención]
ALL: LORD, hear our prayer.
OR
ALL: Te rogamos, óyenos.
OFFERTORY
OFERTORIO
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OFFERTORY HYMN
CANTO DE OFERTORIO:
Go Tell it on the mountain/silent night
While shepherds kept their watching O’er silent flocks by night, Behold throughout the heavens There shone a holy light
Refrain:
Go, tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born.
The shepherds feared and trembled When lo above the earth Rang out the angel chorus That hailed our Savior’s birth; (Refrain)
Down in a lowly manger The humble Christ was born; And God sent out salvation That blessed Christmas morn. (Refrain)
Silent Night
Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, all is bright.
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,
Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born
Silent night, holy night!
Son of God love's pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
PRIEST: Pray, brothers and sisters,
that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
ALL: May the LORD accept the sacrifice at your hands
for the praise and glory of His Name,
for our good and the good of all His holy Church.
The priest says the prayer over the offerings, to which all respond: Amen.
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
PLEGARIA EUCARÍSTICA
PRIEST: The LORD be with you.
ALL: And with your spirit.
PRIEST: Lift up your hearts.
ALL: We lift them up to the LORD.
PRIEST: Let us give thanks to the LORD our God.
ALL: It is right and just.
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
SANTO, SANTO, SANTO
MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION
ACLAMACIÓN CONMEMORATIVA
PRIEST: The mystery of faith.
DOXOLOGY & GREAT AMEN
DOXOLOGÍA Y AMÉN
PRIEST: Through Him, and with Him, and in Him,
O God almighty Father,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor is Yours,
for ever and ever.
ALL:
LORD’S PRAYER
PADRENUESTRO
ALL: Our Father, Who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
PRIEST: Deliver us, LORD, we pray, from every evil;
graciously grant peace in our days,
that, by the help of Your mercy,
we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress,
as we await the blessed hope
and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
ALL: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are Yours now and for ever.
SIGN OF PEACE
RITO DE LA PAZ
PRIEST: LORD Jesus Christ, Who said to Your Apostles:
“Peace I leave you, My peace I give you”;
look not on our sins, but on the faith of Your church,
and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with Your will,
Who live and reign for ever and ever.
ALL: Amen.
PRIEST: The peace of the LORD be with you always.
ALL: And with your spirit.
LAMB OF GOD
CORDERO DE DIOS
The priest then invites all to share in Holy Communion, All respond to the invitation:
ALL: LORD, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
COMMUNION HYMN
CANTO DE COMUNIÓN:
Table of Emmanuel/O Holy Night
Refrain:
As we taste the bread of heaven and the cup of love outpoured, we proclaim your birth Emmanuel, Child of Mary, Christ the Lord.
1. The House of Bread rejoices, singing heaven’s great refrain. Let us join them in their “Gloria”, And give glory to God’s name.
2. On those who walk in darkness, Those who dwell in lands of gloom, Shines the light of love’s eternal flame, Jesus, fruit of Mary’s womb.
3. This banquet of God’s goodness Now reveals the love of Christ: Child of heaven, child of Bethlehem, Who has died to bear new life.
Oh Holy Night
O holy night the stars are brightly shining It is the night of our dear Saviour’s birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks
A new and glorious morn
Chorus:
Fall on your knees, O Hear the Angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born!
O night divine! O night divine.
Truly He taught us to love one another;
His law is love and His Gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His Name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His Holy Name!
Recessional Hymn
JOy to the Word
1. Joy to the world! The Lord is come. Let earth receive her King
Let every heart Prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing
2. Joy to the World, the savior reigns
Let all their songs employ
While Fields and floods rock, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
3. He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His rightousness,
And wonders of His love;
And wonders of His love;
And wonders, wonders of His love.