The Nativity of Our Lord
Double of the 1st Class · White
Kept on December 25
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast. As said on Friday, December 25, 2026.
At I Vespers · Magnificat
When the sun hath risen * in the heavens, ye shall see the King of kings, proceeding from the Father, as a bridegroom out of his chamber.
Versicle at I Vespers
℣.To-morrow the iniquity of the earth shall be blotted out.
℟.And the Saviour of the world shall reign over us.
At Lauds · Benedictus
Glory * to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will, alleluia, alleluia.
Versicle at Lauds and II Vespers
℣.The Lord declared, alleluia.
℟.His salvation, alleluia.
At II Vespers · Magnificat
To-day * the Christ is born; to-day hath a Saviour appeared: to-day on earth Angels are singing, Archangels rejoicing: to-day the righteous exult and say, Glory to God in the highest, alleluia.
Collect
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that the new birth in the flesh of thine only-begotten Son may deliver us; who are held fast in the old bondage under the yoke of sin. Through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
The whole office: the hours of Friday, December 25, 2026