Greater Double, Simple – Red
INTROIT Ps. 8.3
OUT of the mouth of infants and of sucklings, O God, thou hast perfected praise, because of thine enemies. Ps. 8. 2. O Lord our God, how admirable is thy Name in the whole earth. V. Glory be.
¶ The Gloria in Excelsis is not said unless this Feast falls on a Sunday.
COLLECT
O GOD, whose praise the martyred Innocents on this day confessed, not by speaking, but by dying: destroy in us all the evils of sin, that our life also may proclaim in deeds thy faith which our tongues profess. Through.
COMMEMORATION: Of the Octave of the Nativity
GRANT, we beseech thee, almighty God, that the new birth of thine only-begotten Son in the flesh may set us free, who are held by the old bondage under the yoke of sin. Through the same.
COMMEMORATION: Of the Octave of Saint Stephen
GRANT us, we beseech thee, O Lord, so to imitate what we revere, that we may learn to love even our enemies: for we celebrate the heavenly birthday of him who knew how to pray for his very persecutors to our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who liveth and reigneth.
COMMEMORATION: Of the Octave of Saint John
OF thy goodness, O Lord, shine upon thy Church, that, enlightened by the teachings of blessed John, thine Apostle and Evangelist, she may attain to everlasting gifts. Through.
¶ No seasonal collects.
LESSON Apoc. 14.1-5.
IN those days I beheld a Lamb stood upon Mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the noise of many waters and as the voice of great thunder: and the voice which I heard was as the voice of harpers, harping on their harps. And they sung as it were a new canticle before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the ancients: and no man could say the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand who were purchased from the earth. These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb: and in their mouth there was found no lie: for they are without spot before the throne of God.
GRADUAL Ps. 123. 7, 8.
Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. V. The snare hath been broken, and we have been delivered. Our help is in the Name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (2.13-18)
AT that time an Angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the Child and his Mother and fly into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the Child to destroy him. Who arose and took the Child and his Mother by night and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my Son. Then Herod, perceiveing that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry, and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying: A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning: Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. The Creed is said throughout the Octave of the Nativity.
OFFERTORY Ps. 123.7.
Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
SECRET
LET not the loving prayer of thy Saints fail us, O Lord: may it render our offerings pleasing to thee, and ever obtain for us thy pardon. Through.
COMMEMORATION: Of the Octave of the Nativity
SANCTIFY, O Lord, the gifts offered to thee, by the new birth of thine only-begotten Son: and cleanse us from the stains of our sins. Through the same.
COMMEMORATION: Of the Octave of Saint Stephen
RECEIVE, O Lord, our gifts, in commemoration of thy Saints: that as suffering made them glorious, so our devotion may render us innocent. Through.
COMMEMORATION: Of the Octave of Saint John
RECEIVE, O Lord, the gifts we bring to thee on the feast of him, by whose pleading we hope to be delivered. Through.
COMMUNICANTES
As at the Second Mass of the Nativity.
COMMUNION Matt. 2.18
A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning: Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
POSTCOMMUNION
WE have partaken, O Lord, of these votive gifts: grant, we beseech thee, that by the prayers of the Saints they may procure aid for us both in this life in that which is to come. Through.
COMMEMORATION: Of the Octave of the Nativity
GRANT, we beseech thee, almighty God, that as the Savior of the world, born on this day, is the Author of our heavenly birth, so he may also be to us the Giver of immortality. Who with thee.
COMMEMORATION: Of the Octave of Saint Stephen
MAY the mysteries we have received, O Lord, help us, and through the intercession of blessed Stephen, thy Martyr, establish us by thine everlasting protection. Through.
COMMEMORATION: Of the Octave of Saint John
WE who have been refreshed by heavenly food and drink, humbly entreat thee, O our God, that we may be strengthened also by the prayers of him, in whose commemoration we have received them. Through.
¶ And note that Ite Missa Est (Depart in Peace) is not said unless this Feast falls on a Sunday, as the Gloria is omitted if the mass is not said on a Sunday.
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