Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB

Sacred Music for the Liturgy

by Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB. Copyright 2018-2026 Saint Meinrad Archabbey. All rights reserved.

Mass during the Day

Solemnity · White

In The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

About this day

The Mass during the Day on Christmas. Its Gospel is the Prologue of Saint John: "In the beginning was the Word," who "became flesh and made his dwelling among us." At Rome the Pope anciently celebrated this Mass at Saint Peter's.

Music

Mass

From the Missal

  • Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “A child is born for us…” Cf. Is 9: 5
  • Communion — Roman Missal “All the ends of the earth…” Cf. Ps 97: 3
  • Introit — Simple English Propers “UNto us a child is born…” Is 9: 6
  • Offertory — Simple English Propers “YOurs are the heavens, yours is…” Ps 89 (88): 12, 15a
  • Communion — Simple English Propers “ALL the ends of the earth…” Ps 98 (97): 3cd
  • Introit — Simple English Propers “GOD is in his holy dwelling…” Ps 68 (67): 6, 7, 36
  • Offertory — Simple English Propers “INyou have Iput my trust, OLord…” Ps 31 (30): 15, 16
  • Introit — Simple English Propers “FRom my mother’s womb the Lord…” Is 49: 1, 2
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  • Offertory — Simple English Propers “THE righteous man shall flourish like…” Ps 92 (91): 13
  • Communion — Simple English Propers “YOU, child, will be called the…” Lk 1: 76
  • Introit — Simple English Propers “NOW Iknow that the Lord really…” Acts 12: 11
  • Offertory — Simple English Propers “YOU will make them princes over…” Ps 45 (44): 17, 18
  • Communion — Simple English Propers “YOU are Peter and upon this…” Mt 16: 18
  • Offertory — Simple English Propers “MAry has been taken up into…”
  • Communion — Simple English Propers “ALL generations shall call me blessed…” Lk 1: 48, 49