INSPIRITION BAND LITURGY PLANNER
December 24, 2025, 4pm (start time: 3:15pm)
Christmas Eve A (Mass During the Night)

Prelude Caroling (36:00 song length, 43:00 length total with 30 sec breaks between songs, one priest announcement to ask for attendees to give up available seats):

  1. Come Now Our King - August (4:15)
  2. Little Drummer Boy - Davis (3:00)
  3. He Shall Reign Forevermore - Tomlin (4:15)
  4. Caroling, Caroling - Burt/Hutson/arr. Navarro (3:00)
  5. Hark the Herald + Huron Carol - trad., arr. Navarro (5:15 with breakdown ending)
  6. King of Kings - Ingram/Ligertwood/Ligertwood (4:00)
  7. Silent Night - trad./arr. Navarro (3:00)
  8. I Saw Three Ships - Navarro (3:00)
  9. We Three Kings - Hopkins/arr. Navarro (4:40)
  10. Winter Snow - Assad (3:45)

Gathering             Joy to the World - Handel/Navarro (3:00)

Gloria                Gloria - Maher/Ndolo/Le

Responsorial Psalm    Psalm 096 Today Is Born Our Savior - Navarro
                      Ps 96: 1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13

Gospel Acc            Celtic Alleluia

"I proclaim to you good news of great joy: today a Savior is born for us, Christ the Lord."

Profession of Faith   Profession of Faith - Navarro

Preparation           Do You Hear What I Hear - Regney, Shane, arr. Navarro (4:10)

Eucharistic Acc.      Holy, Holy, Holy - Maher/Le/Ndolo

                      When We Eat This Bread - Maher/Le/Ndolo
                      Great Amen - Maher/Le/Ndolo
                      Our Father - Croskey
                      Lamb of God (echo) - Maher

Communion 1:          The First Nowell - trad./arr. Navarro (5:00)

[played 1.5+ min interlude to fill gap]

Communion 2:          Noel - Tomlin/Cash/Redman (4:00)

[played extra 3-4 min postlude to fill gap]

[could use one more song, with 2000 in attendance with 12-14 Eucharistic ministers, up from previous year of 1800]

Sending Forth         Angels We Have Heard On High - trad./arr. Navarro (3:30)