This is the Liturgy of the Hours for December 31. Your local date is .
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Lord, open my lips.
— And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
Ant. Come, let us worship the newborn Christ who crowns with joy these children who died for him.
Psalm 24
The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
the world and all its peoples.
It is he who set it on the seas;
on the waters he made it firm.
Ant. Come, let us worship the newborn Christ who crowns with joy these children who died for him.
Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who shall stand in his holy place?
The man with clean hands and pure heart,
who desires not worthless things,
who has not sworn so as to deceive his neighbor.
Ant. Come, let us worship the newborn Christ who crowns with joy these children who died for him.
He shall receive blessings from the Lord
and reward from the God who saves him.
Such are the men who seek him,
seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Ant. Come, let us worship the newborn Christ who crowns with joy these children who died for him.
O gates, lift high your heads;
grow higher, ancient doors.
Let him enter, the king of glory!
Ant. Come, let us worship the newborn Christ who crowns with joy these children who died for him.
Who is the king of glory?
The Lord, the mighty, the valiant,
the Lord, the valiant in war.
Ant. Come, let us worship the newborn Christ who crowns with joy these children who died for him.
O gates, lift high your heads;
grow higher, ancient doors.
Let him enter, the king of glory!
Ant. Come, let us worship the newborn Christ who crowns with joy these children who died for him.
Who is he, the king of glory?
He, the Lord of armies,
he is the king of glory.
Ant. Come, let us worship the newborn Christ who crowns with joy these children who died for him.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.
Ant. Come, let us worship the newborn Christ who crowns with joy these children who died for him.