Traditional Propers for the Octave Day of the Nativity
(previously Feast of the Circumcision)

Vestments:  White

INTROIT
Isaias 9:6
A CHILD is born to us, and a son is given to us: Whose government is upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called the angel of great counsel. Ps. 97: 1 Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: because He hath done wonderful things. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

COLLECT - O GOD, who by the fruitful virginity of blessed Mary, hast bestowed upon mankind the rewards of eternal salvation, grant, we beseech Thee, that we may evermore experience the intercession in our behalf of her through whom we have been found worthy to receive the author of life, Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

EPISTLE
Titus 2: 11-15
DEARLY BELOVED, the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men, instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly in this world, looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse to Himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works. These things speak, and exhort: in Christ Jesus our Lord

GRADUAL
Psalms. 97: 3, 4, 2
ALL THE ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God: sing joyfully to God all the earth. V. The Lord hath made known his salvation: He hath revealed His justice in the sight of the gentiles.

LESSER ALLELUIA - ALLELUIA, alleluia. V. Heb. 1: 1-2. God, Who diversely spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all in these days hath spoken to us by His Son.  Alleluia
 

GOSPEL
Luke  2: 2, 21

AT THAT time, after eight days were accomplished that the child should be circumcised, His name was called Jesus, which was called by the angel, before He was conceived in the womb.

OFFERTORY
Psalm 88: 12, 15
THINE ARE the heavens and Thine is the earth: the world and the fullness thereof Thou hast founded; justice and judgment are the preparation of Thy throne.

SECRET - Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that having accepted our prayers and offerings, Thou wouldst cleanse us by the heavenly mysteries and harken unto us in Thy mercy. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

PREFACE (Preface of the Nativity) - It it truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God, for through the Mystery of the Word made flesh, the new light of Thy glory hath shone upon the eyes of our mind, so that while we acknowledge God in visible form, we may through Him be drawn to the love of things invisible. And therefore with Angels and Archangels, with Throne and Dominations, and with all the hosts of the heavenly army, we sing the hymn of Thy glory, evermore saying:

COMMUNION
Psalm 97:3
ALL THE ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

POST COMMUNION - MAY THIS communion, O Lord, purge away our guilt and, by the intercession of blessed Mary the Mother of God, make us companions of Him, Who is our heavenly healing. Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.