Collect · Dec 25, 2018 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 2nd Mass of Christmas (1962MR): bathed in new light
Vetus OrdoSecond day after Christmas
Da nobis, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut, qui nova incarnati Verbi tui luce perfundimur; hoc in nostro resplendeat opere, quod per fidem fulget in mente.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
We beseech You, Almighty God, grant to us who are bathed in the new light of Your incarnate Word; that this which gleams in the mind through faith, may shine brightly in our action.
Originally, the second Mass of Christmas went together with Lauds. The antiphons of Lauds form a kind of call and response, or question and answer cant about the experience of the shepherds coming to find the Christ Child. Sometimes the Second Mass of Christmas is nicknamed the “Mass of the Shepherds” and we call it by the name of the…