Solemn Eucharist of the Nativity: Midnight Mass

Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Christmas Eve
11:00 PM

41:49-44:38

47:03-47:56

48:07-56:31

57:17-01:06:14

01:10:00-01:14:02

01:15:34-01:20:42

01:27:32-01:40:50

01:49:45-01:56:06

01:56:29-02:00:23

02:02:52-02:07:50

02:14:56-02:21:10

02:24:12-02:40:29

02:43:11-02:46:58

02:47:05-02:52:16

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The Solemn Eucharist of the Nativity is preceded by 45 minutes of festival music, beginning at 10:15pm. The live webcast will begin at 10:15pm. The liturgy itself begins at 11pm with the singing of O come, all ye faithful in full procession, led by a thurifer with incense. The service includes readings, music, a sermon, and Holy Communion. The complete order of worship may be seen by accessing the leaflet, which is posted to the bottom of this page.

Celebrant and Preacher
Deacon	Fr. Moretz
Subdeacon	Fr. Spencer

Behold	John Barry Prendergast (1933-2011)
Messe ‘Salve Regina’	Yves Castagnet (b. 1964)
O come, all ye faithful – ADESTE FIDELES	Anonymous/Traditional
	Isaiah 9:2-4, 6-7
Psalm	Anglican Chant (Thalben-Ball)
	Titus 2:11-14
Hymn	GLORIA, arranged by Julian Wachner (b. 1969)
Harmonized plainchant
	Luke 2:1-20
	The Rector: No room.
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day	Jeremy Filsell (b. 1964)
Carol	Ding, dong! merrily on high, by Stephen Hough (b. 1961)
Hymn	ANTIOCH, arranged by Julian Wachner
O beatum et sacrosanctum diem	Peter Philips (c. 1560-1628)
Carol	C’est la Noël, by Gaston Litaize (1909-1991)
Infant holy, infant lowly	Anonymous/Polish carol, arr. Gerre Hancock (1934-2012)
Silent Night	Franz Grüber (1787-1863), arr. John Scott (1956-2015)
87 – Hark! the herald angels sing – MENDELSSOHN
Voluntary	Toccata on ‘God rest you merry gentlemen’, by Jeremy Filsell

Resources

Leaflet
Choral Eucharist Service Card

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About Seating

More than ten years ago, Saint Thomas Church instituted a policy of distributing passes (two in number) to people making pledges in support of the Annual Appeal. Those members of record who have made pledges in good faith to the Annual Appeal will receive two passes to the 11pm Solemn Eucharist of the Nativity (or for the 4pm service of Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve). These passes are given in gratitude to our yearly supporters who help to make worship at Saint Thomas Church possible 365 days a year. These are the only two services of the year for which passes are issued.

However, you do not need passes to attend the service, because the number of pass holders will be far less than the total number of seats available.There will be room for many hundreds of people without passes who would like to attend. Those who do not have passes line up on Fifth Avenue. The Fifth Avenue doors open at 10pm; in recent years the line has started to form around 9:30pm.

We hope that every one who wants to worship with us will come. Seats are available on a first come basis.

As an alternative to the 11pm Eucharist on Christmas Eve, you might consider coming to the 11am Eucharist on Christmas Day. Like the 11pm Eucharist on Christmas Eve, the Christmas Day service is sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.