[Rank] Ss. Innocentium;;Duplex II class cum octava;;5.2;;ex C3 [Rank1960] Ss. Innocentium;;Duplex II class;;5;;ex C2 [Rule] no Gloria Credo Prefatio=Nat [Introitus] !Ps 8:3 v. Out of the mouths of babes and of sucklings, O God, You have fashioned praise~ because of Your foes. !Ps 8:2 O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is Your name over all the earth! &Gloria v. Out of the mouths of babes and of sucklings, O God, You have fashioned praise~ because of Your foes. [Oratio] O God, Whose praise the Innocents, Your martyrs, this day proclaimed, not by~ speaking, but by dying, put to death in us all the wickedness of sin, so that~ Your faith which our tongue professes may be proclaimed also by our life. $Per Dominum [Commemoratio Oratio] !For Octave of Nativity Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that the new birth, in the flesh, of Your~ only-begotten Son may deliver us whom the bondage of old keeps under the yoke of~ sin. $Per eumdem [Lectio] Lesson from the book of Revelation !Apoc 14:1-5 In those days, I saw the Lamb standing upon Mount Sion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven like a voice of many waters, and like a voice of loud thunder; and the voice that I heard was as of harpers playing on their harps. And they were singing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except those hundred and forty-four thousand, who have been purchased from the earth. These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were purchased from among men, first-fruits unto God and unto the Lamb, and in their mouth there was found no lie; they are without blemish before the throne of God. [Graduale] !Ps 123:7-8 We were rescued like a bird from the fowlers’ snare. V. Broken was the snare, and we were freed. Our help is in the name of the Lord,~ Who made heaven and earth. Alleluia, alleluia. !Ps 112:1 V. Praise the Lord, you children, praise the name of the Lord.~ Alleluia. [Evangelium] Continuation + of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew !Matt 2:13-18 At that time, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise,~ and take the Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and remain there until I~ tell you. For Herod will seek the Child to destroy Him. So he arose, and took~ the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew into Egypt, and remained there~ until the death of Herod; that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet~ might be fulfilled, Out of Egypt I called My Son. Then Herod, seeing that he had~ been tricked by the Magi, was exceedingly angry; and he sent and slew all the~ boys in Bethlehem and all its neighborhood who were two years old or under,~ according to the time that he had carefully ascertained from the Magi. Then was~ fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremias the prophet. A voice was heard in~ Rama, weeping and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she~ would not be comforted, because they are no more. [Offertorium] !Ps 123:7 We were rescued like a bird from the fowlers’ snare. Broken was the snare and~ we were freed. [Secreta] Let not the gracious prayer of Your saints fail us, O Lord, but may it make our~ offerings acceptable to You and obtain for us Your mercy. $Per Dominum [Commemoratio Secreta] !For Octave of Nativity Make holy the sacrificial gifts we offer, O Lord, and by the new birth of Your~ only-begotten Son cleanse us from the stains of our sins. $Per eumdem [Communio] !Matt 2:18 A voice was heard in Rama, weeping and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her~ children, and she would not be comforted, because they are no more. [Postcommunio] We have partaken, O Lord, of the dedicated gifts: may they, we beseech You,~ help us through the intercession of Your saints both for this life and life~ eternal. $Per Dominum [Commemoratio Postcommunio] !For Octave of Nativity Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that the Saviour of the world, born this day,~ Who is the author of our birth in godliness, may bestow on us immortal life. $Qui tecum