The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.
Carols begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: What Child Is This (Greensleves)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Carol: On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Hymn at the Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Messe de Minuit pour Noël (Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 1643-1704)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: In nativitatem Domini (Charpentier)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine: En taille; Point d’orgue sur les grands jeux (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
