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HOLY NIGHT
EASTER VIGIL MASS
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GLORIA
LATIN
Gloria in excelsis Deo
et in terra pax hominibus bonæ voluntatis.
Laudamus te,
benedicimus te,
adoramus te,
glorificamus te,
gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam,
Domine Deus, Rex cælestis,
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili Unigenite, Iesu Christe,
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris,
qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis,
qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus,
tu solus Dominus,
tu solus Altissimus,
Iesu Christe,
cum Sancto Spiritu:
in gloria Dei Patris.
Amen.
ENGLISH
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise you,
we bless you,
we adore you,
we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father,
Lord Jesus Christ,
Only Begotten Son,
Lord God,
Lamb of God,
Son of the Father,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us,
you take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
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COLLECT
LATIN
Oremus
Deus,
qui hanc sacratissimam noctem
gloria dominicæ
resurrectionis illustras,
excita in Ecclesia tua
adoptionis spiritum,
ut, corpore et mente renovati,
puram tibi exhibeamus servitutem.
Per Dominum nostrum
Iesus Christum
Filium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat
in unitate Spiritus Sancti,
Deus,
per omnia
sæcula sæculorum.
R.) Amen.
ENGLISH
Let us pray
O God,
who make this most sacred night radiant
with the glory of the Lord’s Resurrection,
stir up in your Church a spirit of adoption,
so that,
renewed in body and mind,
we may render your undivided service.
Through our Lord
Jesus Christ,
your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God,
for ever and ever.
R.) Amen.
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FIRST READING
ROMANS 6:3-11
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A READING FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE ROMANS
(CHRIST, HAVING BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD, WILL NEVER DIE AGAIN.)
When we were baptised in Christ Jesus
we were baptised in his death,
in other words,
when we were baptised
we went into the tomb with him
and joined him in death,
so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father’s glory,
we too might live a new life.
If in union with Christ we have imitated his death,
we shall also imitate him in his resurrection.
We must realise that our former selves
have been crucified with him
to destroy this sinful body
and to free us from the slavery of sin.
When a man dies,
of course,
he has finished with sin.
But we believe
that having died with Christ
we shall return to life with him:
Christ,
as we know,
having been raised from the dead
will never die again.
Death has no power over him any more.
When he died,
he died,
once for all,
to sin,
so his life now
is life with God;
and in that way,
you too must consider yourselves to be dead to sin
but alive for God in Christ Jesus.
The word of the Lord.
R.) Thanks be to God.
