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In Vigilia Nativitatis Domini (December 24) - Collect

Christmas Vigil's collect celebrates the annual expectation of redemption ("annua exspectatione"). The parallel structure of joyfully receiving Christ as Redeemer and securely beholding Him as Judge summarizes Advent's dual focus. The Vigil Mass and Office mark the transition from expectation to celebration.

LATINE
Deus, qui nos redemptionis nostrae annua exspectatione laetificas: praesta; ut Unigenitum tuum, quem Redemptorem laeti suscipimus, venientem quoque Judicem securi videamus, Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium tuum: Qui tecum vivit.
ENGLISH
O God, who gladden us by the annual expectation of our redemption, grant that we who now joyfully welcome thy Only-begotten Son as our Redeemer, may also, without fear, behold him coming as our Judge, even the same Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son. Who liveth.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
In Vigilia Nativitatis Domini (December 24) - Collect
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