During Advent
Ant. The angel Gabriel was sent * to Mary the Virgin, who was espoused to Joseph.
From Christmas until Candlemas
Ant. O wondrous union! The Creator of mankind, taking a living body, vouchsafed to be born of a virgin, and becoming man, without man's concurrence, bestowed upon us His Godhead.
PSALM XCII
The glory and the stability of the Church of Christ
The Lord reigneth: He is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded Himself.
For He hath established the world, which shall not be moved.
Thy throne is prepared of old: Thou art from everlasting.
The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice.
The floods have lifted up their waves, with the noise of many waters.
Wonderful are the surges of the sea: wonderful is the Lord on high.
