Music for Christmas Day, Sunday December 25, 2022

The Family Choir will be singing this Sunday, December 25, 2022, Christmas Day, for the 11 a.m. Mass. 

For those who are able to make it, we will have a rehearsal on Friday, December 23rd, at 1:30 p.m. at the church.

We will meet at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday morning December 25th to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 9:30 a.m. The practice will end at 10:30 p.m. to allow for the Rosary (if there is one on Christmas Day) to follow afterwards.

Some of you will be unable to come because of illness, other family commitments, wish to attend a Mass on Christmas Eve, or you're away on Christmas Day.  If that is the case, I wish you a very Merry and Blessed Christmas and New Year.

The music selections are found below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting (10 page PDF file) available online. For individual pages of the PDF, or audio files of the Mass parts, please select this link which will open up a page of links to individual pages in the Mass setting, and an audio file of the corresponding keyboard accompaniment.

Before Mass:

CBW 332 Silent Night

CBW 320 Angels We Have Heard On High

CBW 340 Gloria, Gloria

Song of the Shepherds (link to PDF, accompaniment audio link)

Entrance: GP 242 Go Tell It On The Mountain (revised PDF with change to bar 4 - "ev'-ry where" - in the chorus)

Kyrie: link to PDF, audio
Gloria: link to PDF, audio

Psalm: Psalm 98 - link to Choir PDF (Bill will have copies at the church), accompaniment audio

Response: All the ends of the earth have seen the vict'ry of our God.

Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia Gospel Acclamation - link to PDF

A holy day has dawned upon us.

Come you na-tions and adore the Lord.

Today a great light has come down u-pon the earth.

Preparation of the Gifts: CBW 337 Huron Carol

Holy Holy: link to PDF, audio

Memorial Acclamation: A - We proclaim your death O Lord... link to PDF, audio Acclamation

Lamb of God: link to PDF, audio

Communion:  GP 257 Child of the Poor
                         CBW 346 In The Darkness Shines The Splendor (YouTube link)

Recessional:    CBW 328 Joy To The World