Liturgical Colour : Violet

Offertory

Psalm 23 : 7

Tollite portas, principes, vestras : et elevamini, portae aeternales, et introibit Rex gloriae.

English translation

Lift up your gates, o you princes, and may you be lifted up, o eternal gates, and the King of glory shall enter in.

Secret Prayer of the Priest

Da nobis, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus : ut, sicut adoranda Filii Tui natalitia praevenimus, sic Ejus munera capiamus sempiterna gaudentes : Qui Tecum vivis et regnas in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation

Grant us, we beseech You, o Almighty God, that as in anticipation we come to celebrate the adorable birthday of Your Son, so we may joyously lay hold upon His everlasting rewards. Who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.

Communion

Isaiah 40 : 5

Revelabitur gloria Domini : et videbit omnis caro salutare Dei nostri.

English translation

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see the salvation of our God.

Post-Communion Prayer

Da nobis, quaesumus, Domine : unigeniti Filii Tui recensita nativitate respirare; cujus caelesti mysterio pascimur et potamur. Per eumdem Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation

Grant us, we beseech You, o Lord, that we may begin a new life with this festival of the Nativity of Your only begotten Son, Who, in these mysteries, feeds us with the meat and drink of that life which is eternal. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.