The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.
Carols & organ music begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Forest Green)
Carol: En el taller de Nazaret
Motet: There Is No Rose (anon., XV C.)
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Carol: Coventry Carol
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham, Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. Willcocks)
Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Missa O Virgo simul et Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Psallite unigenito (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Motet at the Offertory: Hodie Christus natus est (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
