Is there a page number in the Nova for easy reference?
Here's a routine reminder: Avoid flames: critique principles, not people. Be discriminating but don't nitpick. Be academic not acerbic. Be principled not polemical.
A good accompaniment for the antiphon can be found in the Pius X Hymnal. My copy is 1953, #182 "Proper for Midnight Mass" on page 222. This arrangement makes it sound rather majestic.
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