Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord
Double of the 1st Class · Violet
Kept on December 24
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast. As said on Thursday, December 24, 2026.
At Lauds · Benedictus
The Saviour * of the world shall arise as the sun: and shall come down into the Virgin’s womb, as the showers upon the grass, alleluia.
Versicle at Lauds
℣.To-morrow the iniquity of the earth shall be blotted out.
℟.And the Saviour of the world shall reign over us.
Collect
O God, who makest us glad with the yearly expectation of the birth of thine only Son Jesus Christ: grant that as we joyfully receive him for our Redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our Judge. Who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
The whole office: the hours of Thursday, December 24, 2026