Merry Christmastide!

Some sights & sounds from yesterday's Traditional Christmas Day Mass at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The Faithful gathered for a program of carols & hymns before Mass began:

Good Christian Men Rejoice!

Angels We Have Heard On High

Silent Night & Away In A Manger

Then came the entrance procession, to Adeste Fideles:

Then the Introit to begin Mass:

 After the Kyrie, then the Gloria, from William Byrd's Mass for Three Voices (our voices started out a little rougher than we might have liked, but it came together well enough):

The sacred ministers take a rest while the Gloria is sung.

The Alleluia before the proclamation of the Gospel:

Father David Carter exhorts the Faithful to ponder the Mystery of the Incarnation in an unbelieving world & to make Christmas more than just a single day:

The Communion verse:

After the Benediction, the schola sang Patestrina's Alma Redemptoris Mater, then followed with Joy To The World.  However, I didn't record those, so I thought Hark! The Herald Angels Sing make a better "closer."

Hope you had a lovely Christmas Day, & will continue to have a Merry Christmastide!
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