The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.
Carols begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: Como estrella en claro cielo
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Carl Rütti, b.1949)
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.)
Mass in G (Franz Schubert, 1979-1828)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Hodie Christus natus est (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Postlude: Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 722) / Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 604) / Von Himmel kam der Engel Shaar (BWV 607) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 608) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
