Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord [Christmas]

December 25*

Christmas Vigil
At the Vigil Mass

Psalm 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29

  
E/G 
 
              
E A Bsus4 B E/B A A/B

For ev - er I will sing the good - ness of the

  
    
E C E A B A B

 
Lord. (a), (c) (b) (d)

“I have made a covenant with | my cho-sen one,

I have sworn to David | my serv-ant:
Forever will I confirm your | pos- ter-ity
and establish your throne for all | gener- a-tions.”

Blessed the people who know the joy- | ful shout;

in the light of your countenance, O Lord, | they walk.
At your name they rejoice all | the day,
and through your justice they | are ex- alt-ed.

He shall say of me, “You are | my fa-ther,

my God, the rock, | my sav-ior.”
Forever I will maintain my kindness to- | ward him,
and my covenant with | him stands firm.

* This responsorial Psalm is used at the Mass on the evening of December 24, either before or after First Vespers
(Evening Prayer I) of the Nativity.

See page 240 for an alternative setting.

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