[Responsory Vespera 1]
R.br. This day ye shall know that the Lord cometh.
R. This day ye shall know that the Lord cometh.
V. And in the morning, then ye shall see His glory.
R. That the Lord cometh.
&Gloria
R. This day ye shall know that the Lord cometh.

[AntMatutinumM]
Be ye lifted up, * O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.;;23
In the beginning, * and before the worlds, the Word was God, and this day is He born the Saviour of the world.;;96
When the Lord was born * the Angels sang together, saying Salvation to our God, Which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. Alleluia.;;98

[Ant Matutinum 3N]
Unto us this day * a little Child is born, and His name shall be called the Mighty God. Alleluia, alleluia.

[Responsory4]
R. He came down from heaven: true God, begotten of the Father: he entered the Virgin's womb, that he might be made clearly manifest to us, clothed in human flesh put forth by the Creator,
* He went out through the closed door, God and man, Light and Life, Author of the world.
V. Like a bridegroom, the Lord coming forth from his chamber.
R. He went out through the closed door, God and man, Light and Life, Author of the world.

[Lectio5]
@Sancti/12-25:Lectio4:s/Rejoice, .*//s

[Lectio6]
@Sancti/12-25:Lectio4:s/.* Rejoice, /Rejoice, /s

[Responsory8]
R. The angel said to the shepherds: 'I bring you tidings of great joy, for the Saviour of the world has been born to you today.'
* in the city of David, who is Christ the Lord.
V. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger.
R. In the city of David, who is Christ the Lord.

[Lectio9]
From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
!Mt 1:1-6
The Book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob. And so on.
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Homily by St. Jerome, Priest at Bethlehem 
!.
In Isaiah we read: “Who shall declare His generation?” Let us not think that there is any contradiction between the Prophet and the Evangelist, because the Prophet saith that this thing cannot be done, and the Evangelist beginneth by doing it. The one speaketh of the generation of the Divine (Word by the Eternal Father,) the other of the (family in which the) Incarnation (took place.) Matthew beginneth with carnal things, that by learning of men we may go on to learn of God. “The Son of David, the son of Abraham.” The reversal of the order in these clauses is a needful change. If Abraham had been put first and David afterwards, Abraham would have had to be taken again, in order to marshal the pedigree properly.

[Responsory11]
R. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
* The same was in the beginning with God.
V. All things were made by him: and without him nothing was made
R. The same was in the beginning with God.