January 5th

§ From the Vigil of the Epiphany until the Feast of the Purification inclusive, when the Seasonal Prayers are directed to be said, they shall be those which are set forth above for December 30th.

[On which day is perpetually reposed the Mass for the Second Sunday after Christmas as follows:]

Privileged Vigil of II Class, Semidouble

INTROIT

Dum medium (Wisdom 18)

Priest:   When all things were in quiet silence
People:   And night was in the midst of her swift course,
Priest:   Thine almighty Word, O Lord,
People:   Leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne.  §

Priest: (Psalm 93)  The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel:
People: The Lord hath put on his apparel and girded himself with strength.
Priest: Glory be ...
People: As it was ...

(Repeat to §.)

THE COLLECT

ALMIGHTY God, who hast poured upon us the new light of thine incarnate Word; Grant that the same light enkindled in our hearts may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. [Who.] Amen.

[In some places inthis Mass a Commemoration of Saint Telesphorus is made, as in the Supplement.]

Seasonal Prayers as on December 30th.
 
THE EPISTLE

Isaiah 61.1-3

THE Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

GRADUAL AND ALLELUIA

Priest:   (Psalm 45) Thou art fairer than the children of men: full of grace are thy lips.
People   My heart is indicting of a good matter
Priest:   I speak of the things which I have made unto the king
People:  My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Priest:   Alleluia.
People:  Alleluia.
Priest:    (Psalm 93)  The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel:
People:   he Lord hath put on his apparel and girded himself with strength.
All:        Alleluia!
 

THE GOSPEL

St. Matthew 2.19-23

WHEN Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

The Creed is said even when the Vigil is only commemorated.

OFFERTORY Psalm 93

God hath made the round world so sure, that it cannot be moved: ever since the world began hath thy seat, O God, been prepared: thou art from everlasting.

SECRET

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that these gifts which we offer in the sight of thy divine majesty, may obtain for us grace to serve thee in this life with all godliness, and bring us in the end to everlasting felicity.  Through.

PREFACE of Christmas

COMMUNION St. Matthew 2

Take the young Child and his Mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young Child's life.

POSTCOMMUNION

Grant, O Lord. that by the operation of these thy mysteries, we may be cleansed from all our sins, and obtain that which we have asked according to thy will.  Through.

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