Rejoice!

Sandro Botticelli, Mystical Nativity, 1501.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad before the face of the Lord, because He cometh.
Offertory.  Ps. 95, 11, 13  Christmas Day the First or Midnight Mass.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Gaudete 2015

Thou, O Lord, that sittest upon the cherubim, stir up Thy might, and come.  V. Give ear, O Thou that rulest Israel: Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep.  Gradual.  Third Sunday of Advent.