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Updated December 2018

From Psalm 96: “Today is born our savior, Christ the Lord.”
This is the responsorial psalm music for December 24th, the Christmas Midnight Mass.

It proclaims the birth of Jesus our savior. And should be sung in an upbeat tempo with much joy and life.

Download Links:

Download the MP3 file, the PDF lead sheet, and the MuseScore notation file at the Google Drive folder.

Usage Notes:

Sing response twice at the start and twice at the end.
If using a guitar: strum joyfully!

Story Behind the Song:

The response starts in A-minor but resolves in A-major, symbolizing the journey from darkness to glorious light that Jesus’s birth brings us.

The music for this was written one night after putting both my baby and wife to sleep. I brought my music writing notebook to bed and wrote as much as I could before falling asleep. I find that it’s much more efficient to find little pockets of time to get the work done instead of waiting for a big chunk of time to free up. (It never does.)

Final Word:

This is the second of THREE responsorial psalms for Christmas. I realize some people might ask: “Whatever possessed you to do this crazy thing?” My response: “The Holy Spirit! It’s all Him!” Praise God with your song!

Original Handwritten Notation

Original Download Links:

Nativity scene.

Nativity. Photo by midiman on Flickr.