The Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Ist Class, Being the Octave Day of the Nativity

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Today is the Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord.

The Collect from the Roman Breviary:

O God, who by the child-bearing of a pure Virgin hast bestowed upon all mankind the rewards of everlasting life : grant, we beseech thee ; that we may know the succour of her intercession, through whom we have been found worthy to receive the Author of life, even Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord : Who liveth and reigneth with thee.
R. Amen.

The Proper Lessons may be found here.

The Propers of Holy Mass for the Feast may be found here.

The Article on the Feast from the Catholic Encyclopædia.

From the Golden Legend of Bl. Jacobus de Voragine.

From Tradition in Action.

From Magnificat.

From Catholic Forum.

From Medieval Saints at Yahoo!

From Wikipedia.