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December 23

Weekday · Advent 1962: Feria III after IV Sunday of Advent, Class II

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Ordinary Form · Missal of Paul VI

December 23

Weekday · Advent · Sunday Cycle A · Psalter Week 4

Optional memorial: Saint John of Kanty, Priest

First ReadingMalachi 3:1-4, 23-24

From the Book of Malachi

1“Behold, I send my messenger,and he will prepare the way before me!The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple.Behold, the messenger of the covenant,whom you desire, is coming!”says the Lord of Armies.2“But who can endure the day of his coming?And who will stand when he appears?For he is like a refiner’s fire,and like launderers’ soap;3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver,and he will purify the sons of Levi,and refine them as gold and silver;and they shall offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness.4Then the offering of Judahand Jerusalem will be pleasant to the Lord as in the days of oldand as in ancient years.

verses 5–22 are not read23Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the greatand terrible day of the Lord comes.24He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the childrenand the hearts of the children to their fathers,lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

Responsorial PsalmPsalm 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14

4Show me your ways, Lord.Teach me your paths.5Guide me in your truth, and teach me,for you are the God of my salvation.I wait for you all day long.

8Good and upright is the Lord,therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.9He will guide the humble in justice.He will teach the humble his way.

10All the paths of the Lord are loving kindness and truthto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.14The friendship of the Lord is with those who fear him.He will show them his covenant.

GospelLuke 1:57-66

From the Gospel according to Luke

57Now the timethat Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled,and she gave birth to a son.58Her neighbors and her relatives heardthat the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her,and they rejoiced with her.59On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child;and they would have called him Zacharias,after the name of his father.60His mother answered, “Not so;but he will be called John.”

61They said to her, “There is no one among your relativeswho is called by this name.”62They made signs to his father,what he would have him called.

63He asked for a writing tablet,and wrote, “His name is John.”

They all marveled.64His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed,and he spoke, blessing God.65Fear came on all who lived around them,and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.66All who heard them laid them up in their heart,saying, “What then will this child be?”The hand of the Lord was with him.

1962 Missal · Missale Romanum

Feria III after IV Sunday of Advent

Class II · violet

IntroitIntroitus

Isa 45:8

Roráte, cœli, désuper, et nubes pluant justum: aperiátur terra, et gérminet Salvatórem

Ps 18:2

Cœli enárrant glóriam Dei: et ópera mánuum ejus annúntiat firmaméntum.

Glória Patri…

Roráte, cœli, désuper, et nubes pluant justum: aperiátur terra, et gérminet Salvatórem

Isa 45:8

Let the Just One descend, O heavens, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the skies drop Him down. Let the earth open and a Saviour bud forth.

Ps 18:2

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.

Glory Be to the Father…

Let the Just One descend, O heavens, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the skies drop Him down. Let the earth open and a Saviour bud forth.

CollectOratio

Excita, quǽsumus, Dómine, poténtiam tuam, et veni: et magna nobis virtúte succúrre; ut per auxílium grátiæ tuæ, quod nostra peccáta præpédiunt, indulgéntia tuæ propitiatiónis accéleret:

Qui vivis…

Put forth Your power, O Lord, we beseech You, and delay not: and with Your great might come to our aid, so that what is hindered by our sins may be hastened by Your merciful goodness.

Who livest…

EpistleLectio

Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corínthios

1 Cor 4:1-5

Fratres: Sic nos exístimet homo ut minístros Christi, et dispensatóres mysteriórum Dei. Hic jam quǽritur inter dispensatóres, ut fidélis quis inveniátur. Mihi autem pro mínimo est, ut a vobis júdicer aut ab humáno die: sed neque meípsum júdico. Nihil enim mihi cónscius sum: sed non in hoc justificátus sum: qui autem júdicat me, Dóminus est. Ítaque nolíte ante tempus judicáre, quoadúsque véniat Dóminus: qui et illuminábit abscóndita tenebrárum, et manifestábit consília córdium: et tunc laus erit unicúique a Deo.

Lesson from the first letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

1 Cor. 4:1-5

Brethren: Let a man so account us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Now here it is required in stewards that a man be found trustworthy. But with me it is a very small matter to be judged by you or by man’s tribunal. Nay I do not even judge my own self. For I have nothing on my conscience, yet I am not thereby justified; but he who judges me is the Lord. Therefore, pass no judgment before the time, until the Lord comes, Who will both bring to light the things hidden in darkness and make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then everyone will have his praise from God.

GradualGraduale

Ps 144:18; 144:21

Prope est Dóminus ómnibus invocántibus eum: ómnibus, qui ínvocant eum in veritáte.

℣.Laudem Dómini loquétur os meum: et benedícat omnis caro nomen sanctum ejus.

Ps 144:18, 20

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.

℣.May my mouth speak the praise of the Lord, and may all flesh bless His holy name.

GospelEvangelium

Sequéntia ☩ sancti Evangélii secundum Lucam

Luc 3:1-6

Anno quintodécimo impérii Tibérii Cǽsaris, procuránte Póntio Piláto Judǽam, tetrárcha autem Galilǽæ Heróde, Philíppo autem fratre ejus tetrárcha Iturǽæ et Trachonítidis regionis, et Lysánia Abilínæ tetrárcha, sub princípibus sacerdotum Anna et Cáipha: factum est verbum Domini super Joannem, Zacharíæ filium, in deserto. Et venit in omnem regiónem Jordánis, prǽdicans baptísmum pæniténtiæ in remissiónem peccatórum, sicut scriptum est in libro sermónum Isaíæ Prophétæ: Vox clamántis in desérto: Paráte viam Dómini: rectas fácite sémitas ejus: omnis vallis implébitur: et omnis mons et collis humiliábitur: et erunt prava in dirécta, et áspera in vias planas: et vidébit omnis caro salutáre Dei.

Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 3:1-6

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of the district of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachary, in the desert. And he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaias the prophet. The voice of one crying in the desert, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, make straight His paths. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth; and all mankind shall see the salvation of God.’

OffertoryOffertorium

Luc 1:28

Ave, María, gratia plena; Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus fructus ventris tui.

Luke 1:28

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

SecretSecreta

Sacrifíciis præséntibus, quǽsumus, Dómine, placátus inténde: ut et devotióni nostræ profíciant et salúti.

Per Dominum…

Look with favor, we beseech You, O Lord, upon the offerings here before You, that they may be beneficial for our devotion and for our salvation.

Through our Lord…

PrefacePrefatio

Communis

Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Per quem majestátem tuam laudant Angeli, adórant Dominatiónes, tremunt Potestátes. Cæli cælorúmque Virtútes ac beáta Séraphim sócia exsultatióne concélebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces ut admítti jubeas, deprecámur, súpplici confessione dicéntes:

Common

It is truly meet and just, and profitable unto salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks to Thee, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God, through Christ, our Lord. Through whom the Angels praise Thy Majesty, the Dominions adore it, the Powers are in awe. Which the heavens and the hosts of heaven together with the blessed Seraphim joyfully do magnify. And do Thou command that it be permitted us to join with them in confessing Thee, while we say with lowly praise:

CommunionCommunio

Is 7:14

Ecce, Virgo concípiet et páriet fílium: et vocábitur nomen ejus Emmánuel.

Isa 7:14

Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and His name shall be called Emmanuel.

PostcommunionPostcommunio

Sumptis munéribus, quǽsumus, Dómine: ut, cum frequentatióne mystérii, crescat nostræ salútis efféctus.

Per Dominum…

Having received Your gifts, we beseech You, O Lord, that each partaking of this sacrament may increase within us its saving effect.

Through our Lord…

In your hand missal: Angelus Press p. 168 · Father Lasance p. 130 · Baronius Press p. 176