Order of Service for December 24, 2022 (Christmas Eve)

Download Christmas Eve Order of Service for December 24 (6:45pm Carol Prelude, 7:00pm Processional)

Scripture

• Isaiah 9:2–7
• Psalm 96
• Titus 2:11–14
• Luke 2:1–20

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Carols for Christmas Eve (beginning at 6:45pm)

• Hodie Christus natus est (Healey Willan)
• Resonet in laudibus (Jacobus Gallus)
• As on the night (Orlando Gibbons)
• The holly and the ivy (arr. Higginson)
• The Sussex Carol (arr. J. Nixon)
• Processional Hymn 83, Adeste fideles ("O come, all ye faithful")
• Sequence Hymn 87, Mendelssohn ("Hark! the herald angels sing")
• Offertory Hymn 100, Antioch ("Joy to the world!")
• Communion Hymn 112, Cranham ("In the bleak midwinter")
• Recessional Hymn 105, God rest you merry

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Collect

O God, you have caused this holy night to shine with the brightness of the true Light: Grant that we, who have known the mystery of that Light on earth, may also enjoy him perfectly in heaven; where with you and the Holy Spirit he lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting.  Amen.

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