Commentator: Please all stand

Hymn
1. Oh, come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant!
Oh, come ye, oh come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold him,
Born the King of angels;
Oh, come, let us adore him;
Oh, come, let us adore him;
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Christ, the Lord.
2. — Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation;
— Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above!
Glory to God,
Glory in the highest;
Oh, come, let us adore him;
Oh, come, let us adore him;
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Christ, the Lord.
3. — Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
Born this happy morning;
— Jesus, to thee be all glory giv’n.
Son of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing;
Oh, come, let us adore him;
Oh, come, let us adore him;
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Christ, the Lord.

Leader: +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit
All: Amen

Leader: Christmas season celebrates the extraordinary and joyful even when the Son
of God was born of the Blessed Virgin Mary and dwelt among us, becoming like us in all
thing except sin. Christmas is the story of God’s humility, of Christ’s descent among us.

(5 seconds silence for reflection)

Leader: Let us pray, God our Father every year we rejoice as we look forward to this
feast of our salvation. May we welcome Christ as our Redeemer, and meet him with
confidence when he comes to be our judge, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

All: Amen
Commentator: Please be seated.

READINGS

1st Reading – Isaiah 52:7-10

A Reading from the Book of Prophet Isaiah
7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings,
announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, and saying to Zion, “Your
God is King!”
8Hark! Your sentinels raise a cry, together they shout for joy, for they see directly,
before their eyes, the LORD restoring Zion.
9Break out together in song, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD comforts his people,
he redeems Jerusalem.
10The LORD has bared his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the
earth will behold the salvation of our God.

The Word of the Lord

-Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6

R. (3c) All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
1
Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
his right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
2 The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
3 He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness

toward the house of Israel.

R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
3 All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
4 Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;

break into song; sing praise.

R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
5 Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song.
6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn

sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.

R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

2nd Reading – Hebrews 1:1-6

A Reading from the letter to the Hebrews

Brothers and sisters:

1 In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the

prophets;
2
in these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son, whom he made heir of all
things and through whom he created the universe,
3 who is the refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all
things by his mighty word. When he had accomplished purification from sins, he took his
seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
4 as far superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than
theirs.
5For to which of the angels did God ever say: You are my son; this day I have begotten
you? Or again: I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me?
6And again, when he leads the firstborn into the world, he says: Let all the angels of
God worship him.

The Word of the Lord

-Thanks be to God

Commentator: Please all stand.

Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
A holy day has dawned upon us.
Come, you nations, and adore the Lord.
For today a great light has come upon the earth.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – John 1:1-18
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John
- Glory to you O! Lord
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.

3 All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be.

What came to be
4 through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race;

5 the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6
A man named John was sent from God.
7 He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.
8
He was not the light, but came to testify to the light.
9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not

know him.
11 He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him.

12 But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those

who believe in his name,

13 who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s

decision but of God.

14
And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.
15
John testified to him and cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘The one who
is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'”
16 From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace,

17
because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus
Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, has

revealed him.

The Gospel of the Lord

-Praise to You O! Lord Jesus Christ

( Two minutes silence for reflection) Please all stand

Commentator: Please all stand

Canticle of Zechariah

Ant. Glory to God in the Highest, and peace to his people

+Blessed be the Lord,

The God of Israel;
He has come to His people and set them free.

He has raised up for us a mighty Saviour,

Born of the house of His servant David.

Through His holy prophets He promised of old

That He would save us from our enemies,
From the hands of all who hate us.

He promised to show mercy to our fathers

And to remember His holy Covenant.

This was the oath He swore to our father Abraham:

To set us free from the hands of our enemies,
Free to worship Him without fear,
Holy and righteous in His sight
All the days of our life.

You, My child shall be called

The prophet of the Most High,
For you will go before the Lord to prepare His way,
To give his people knowledge of salvation
By the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our Lord

The dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness
And the shadow of death,
And to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Glory to the Father,

and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning.
is now, and will be forever.

Amen.

Ant. Glory to God in the Highest, and peace to his people

Intercessions:

The Word of God existed before the creation of the universe yet was born among
us in time. We praise and worship him as we pray: Let the earth ring out with joy for you
have come

- You are the eternal Word of God who flooded the world with joy at your birth fill
us with joy by the continuous gift of life. We pray
- You saved us and by your birth revealed to us the covenant faithfulness of the
Lord, help us to be faithful to the promises of our baptism. We pray
- You are the King of heaven and earth who sent messengers to announce peace
to all, let our lives be filled with your peace. We pray
- You are the true vine that brings forth the fruit of life make us branches of the
vine bearing much fruit as we bring peace to others. We pray

Lord’s Prayer

Gathering our prayers and praises into one, let us offer a prayer Christ himself
thought us. Our Father...

Leader: Let us pray, Father we are filled with the new light by the coming of your Word
among us. May the light of faith shine in our words and actions. Grant this through our
Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with you, and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever
and ever.

All: Amen