Diei VII infra Octavam Nativitatis

Ant. Whom did you see, * O shepherds? Speak, tell us, who has appeared on earth? We saw the newborn, and the choirs of Angels praising the Lord together, alleluia, alleluia.

Psalm 96

96:1 The Lord has reigned, let the earth exult: * let the many islands rejoice.
96:2 Clouds and mist are all around him: * justice and judgment are corrections from his throne.
96:3 A fire will precede him, * and it will enflame his enemies all around.
96:4 His lightnings have enlightened the whole world: * the earth saw, and it was shaken.
96:5 The mountains flowed like wax before the face of the Lord: * before the face of the Lord of all the earth.
96:6 The heavens announced his justice: * and all peoples saw his glory.
96:7 May all those who adore graven images be confounded: * and those who glory in their false images.
96:7 Adore him, all you his Angels: * Zion heard, and was glad.
96:8 And the daughters of Judah exulted, * because of your judgments, O Lord:
96:9 For you are the Most High Lord over all the earth: * you are greatly exalted above all gods.
96:10 You who love the Lord, hate evil: * the Lord watches over the souls of his holy ones; he will deliver them from the hand of sinners.
96:11 The light has risen for the just, * and joy for the upright of heart.
96:12 Rejoice in the Lord, you just ones: * and confess to the memory of his sanctuary.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Whom did you see, O shepherds? Speak, tell us, who has appeared on earth? We saw the newborn, and the choirs of Angels praising the Lord together, alleluia, alleluia.

Ant. The mother in childbirth bore * the King, whose name is eternal, and has the joys of motherhood together with the honor of virginity: none before her was seen to be her equal, nor shall she have one to follow, alleluia.

Psalm 64

64:2 O God, a hymn adorns you in Zion: * and a vow will be repaid to you in Jerusalem.
64:3 Hear my prayer: * all flesh will come to you.
64:4 Words of iniquity have prevailed over us: * and you will pardon our impieties.
64:5 Blessed is he whom you have chosen and taken up: * he will dwell in your courts.
64:5 We will be filled with the good things of your house: * holy is your temple, wonderful in equity.
64:6 Hear us, O God our Savior, * the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of a sea far away.
64:7 You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power: * you who stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves.
64:8 The nations will be troubled, and those who dwell at the limits will be afraid before your signs: * you will make the passing of morning and evening enjoyable.
64:10 You have visited the earth, and you have saturated it: * you have enriched it in so many ways.
64:10 The river of God has been filled with water; you have prepared their food: * for thus is its preparation.
64:11 Drench its streams, multiply its fruits; * it will spring up and rejoice in its showers.
64:12 You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, * and your fields will be filled with abundance.
64:13 The beauty of the desert will fatten, * and the hills will be wrapped with exultation.
64:14 The rams of the sheep have been clothed, and the valleys will abound with grain: * they will cry out; yes, they will even utter a hymn.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. The mother in childbirth bore the King, whose name is eternal, and has the joys of motherhood together with the honor of virginity: none before her was seen to be her equal, nor shall she have one to follow, alleluia.

Ant. The Angel said to the shepherds: * I announce to you a great joy: for today there is born to you a Savior of the world, alleluia.

Psalm 100

100:1 I will sing mercy and judgment to you, O Lord: * I will sing psalms.
100:2 And I will have understanding within the immaculate way, * when you will draw near to me. I wandered about in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.
100:2 I wandered about in the innocence of my heart, * in the midst of my house.
100:3 I will not display any unjust thing before my eyes: * I have hated those carrying out betrayals.
100:4 The perverse heart did not adhere to me: * and the malignant, who turned away before me, I would not recognize.
100:5 The one who secretly detracted his neighbor, * this one I pursued.
100:5 The one with an arrogant eye and an insatiable heart, * with that one I would not eat.
100:6 My eyes looked toward the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: * the one walking in the immaculate way, this one ministered to me.
100:7 He who has acted arrogantly will not dwell in the midst of my house: * he who has spoken iniquity was not guided with the sight of my eyes.
100:8 In the morning, I executed all the sinners of the earth: * so that I might scatter all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. The Angel said to the shepherds: I announce to you a great joy: for today there is born to you a Savior of the world, alleluia.

Ant. With the Angel there was * a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will, alleluia.

Canticle of Judith

Iudith 16:15-22

16:15 Let us sing a canticle to the Lord, * let us sing a new hymn to our God.
16:16 O Adonai, O Lord, you are great, and splendid in your power, * and no one is able to overcome you.
16:17 Let all your creatures serve you: * for you spoke, and they were made:
16:18 You sent forth your Spirit, and they were created, * and there is no one who can withstand your voice.
16:19 The mountains will be moved from their foundations by the waters: * the rocks, like wax, will liquefy before your face.
16:20 But those who fear you * will be great with you in all things.
16:21 Woe to the people that rises up against my people: for the Lord almighty will be vindicated against them, * in the day of judgment he will visit them.
16:22 For he will bestow fire and worms upon their flesh, * so that they may burn and have sensations without ceasing.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. With the Angel there was a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will, alleluia.

Ant. A little Child * is born to us today: and he shall be called the mighty God, alleluia, alleluia.

Psalm 145

145:2a Praise the Lord, O my soul, † I will praise the Lord while I live: * I will sing praise to my God as long as I shall be.
145:2b Put not your trust in princes: * (3) nor in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.
145:4 His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth: * in that day all his thoughts shall perish.
145:5 Blessed is he whose God is the God of Jacob, † whose hope is in the Lord his God: * (6) who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.
145:7a Who keeps truth for ever, † who does judgment for those who suffer wrong: * who gives food to the hungry.
145:7b The Lord loosens those in chains: * (8a) the Lord gives sight to the blind.
145:8b The Lord raises up those who are bowed down, * the Lord loves the just.
145:9 The Lord keeps the strangers, † he will support the fatherless and the widow: * and the ways of sinners he will destroy.
145:10 The Lord shall reign for ever, your God, O Sion, * unto all generations.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. A little Child is born to us today: and he shall be called the mighty God, alleluia, alleluia.