The altar prepared for MatinsEntrance of the CardinalEntrance of the clergyBeginning of Matins: singing of the invitatorySinging of the InvitatorySinging of the InvitatorySinging of a LessonChanting of the PsalmsSinging of a LessonSome Sisters Adorers of the House of the Royal Heart attend MatinsEnd of Matins: entrance of the ministers of the MassProcession to the Nativity sceneCardinal Burke places the Christ Child in the Nativity sceneImposition of incense before the incensation of the Christ ChildSinging of <i>Tu scendi dalle stelle</i>Procession for the beginning of the Midnight Massprayers at the foot of the altarIncensing of the altarIncensation of the CelebrantIntroitIntonation of the <i>Gloria</i>Singing of the <i>Gloria</i>Chanting of the Epistle by the SubdeaconSinging of the Gradual and the AlleluiaThe deacon asks for the blessing of the pontiff before singing the GospelGospel ProcessionChanting of the Gospel by the DeaconChanting of the Gospel by the DeaconIntonation of the <i>Credo</i><i>Dominus Vobiscum</i>OffertoryCanonElevationElevation<i>Omnis honor et gloria</i>The assistant priest, after receiving the peace from the celebrant, gives it in turn to the pontiff<i>Confiteor</i>CommunionReplacement of the Blessed Sacrament at the side altarCommunion ChantPostcommunion<i>Ite Missa est</i>Pontifical BlessingLast GospelExit of the ministers of the solemn MassDisrobing of the PontiffThe Cardinal recollects himself for a few moments before the Blessed Sacrament after MassDeparture in processionDeparture in procession
