WDTPRS – Vigil of Christmas (2002 Missale Romanum)
Novus OrdoChristmas — Dec 25, 2026, Dec 25, 2027, Dec 25, 2028
Da nobis, quaesumus, Domine, Unigeniti Filii tui recensita nativitate vegetari, cuius caelesti mysterio pascimur et potamur.O God, who gladden us by the yearly expectation of our redemption, grant that we may merit to see Your Only Begotten, our Lord, Christ Jesus, whom we in joy are now receiving as the Redeemer also see in safety when He is coming as the Judge. SUPER OBLATA (ad Missam in Vigilia): Tanto nos, Domine, quaesumus, promptiore servitio haec praecurrere concede sollemnia, quanto in his constare principium nostrae redemptionis ostendis. This “prayer over the gifts” has its origin in the Veronese Sacramentary as well as the Gelasian. We saw the tanto…quanto construction in today’s prayer (above). Alas tanto …quanto doesn’t have a direct equivalent in English. Furthermore, the elegant logical reversal of the concepts make it necessary to depart…
We have come to the Vigil of Christmas. This is celebrated in the evening of Christmas Eve. It is not the Midnight Mass, or Missa in nocte. This Mass fulfills your obligation. Let us look rapidly at the three prayers for that Mass with the 2002 Missale Romanum.