Response: TODAY OUR SAVIOR BORN. CHRIST HIMSELF-lf LORD.

SING TO THE-lf LORD SOMETHING NEW*;
SING TO THE-lf LORD, (2h)#ALL COUNTRY.
SING TO THE-lf LORD. BOW-DOWN HIS-lf NAME. Response

ANNOUNCE HE-lf SAVE EVERYDAY.
INFORM"all" WORLD ABOUT HIS-lf GLORY.
TELL-STORY ANYONE ABOUT HIS-lf MIRACLE. Response

(<) HEAVEN GO-AHEAD HAPPY; (>) EARTH GO-AHEAD CELEBRATE.
OCEAN PLUS EVERYTHING LIVE INSIDE, COME-ON SHOUT.
LAND FLAT SHOULD alt.HAPPY PLUS EVERTHING LIVE THEREABOUTS!
E-V-E-N FOREST (2h)5-CL'trees sway'. WHY? DEAF-APPLAUSE. Response

(2h)#ALL THRILLED SEE THE-lf LORD APPROACH.
HE-lf COME FOR-FOR? RULE EARTH.
HE-lf RULE WORLD JUST WILL.
RULE PEOPLE HOMOGENEOUS. Response

Gospel acclamation

Response: ALLELUIA-lf! ALLELUIA-rt! ALLELUIA-ctr!

ME ANNOUNCE (2h)YOU GOOD N-E-W-S CAUSE alt.HAPPY:
TODAY SAVIOR BORN FOR US.
WHO? CHRIST HIMSELF-lf LORD. Response

Notes:

Response: SAVIOR - S-FREE AGENT.

THE - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

(2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].

BOW-DOWN - (2h)[B], POs away, FOs up, are held like the final position of GIVE-UP, then bend these arms twice while bowing at waist once. Note: This may seem a strange translation of "bless", but theologically I don't see how we can bless God. The Hebrew this concept comes from is "baruch" and is related to "birkayim (knees)", in other words "bend the knee [to God]".

GLORY - (2h)[5], POs><, FOs away from signer, DH which is on top wiggles fingers while ascending. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Glory.

ANYONE - [A dot], PO > NDS, FO up, twists rapidly at the wrist while moving in a horizontal circle. This means "anyone".

MIRACLE - WONDERFUL(1x) WORK. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Miracle.

HEAVEN - (2h)[B], POs down, FOs ><, hands are held high, circle around each other and then separate.

GO-AHEAD - (2h)[B^ dot], POs ><, FOs away, move forward in a jerk.

COME-ON - (2h)[B^] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.

(2h)5-CL'trees sway' - (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs up, hands sway side to side antisymmetrically.

DEAF-APPLAUSE - (2h)[5], POs away, FOs up, hands are held high and rotate rapidly at wrists.

APPROACH - (2h)[B], FOs up, DH PO away, ND is held in front of NDH and palm faces it, then both hands approach one another slightly.

RULE - CONTROL.

JUST - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, tap FT while moving in a horizontal circle.

HOMOGENEOUS - (2h)[Y], POs down, FOs away, circle horizontally. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - standard.

ALLELUIA!-lf ALLELUIA!-rt ALLELUIA!-ctr - Twist > lf and sign Alleluia! (CLAP-HANDS~CELEBRATE + open hands into (2h)[5] while lifting), twist > rt and sign Alleluia!, finally come back to center and sign Alleluia!

CAUSE - (2h)[S] are held at the chest as if holding a rope and move forward while opening to (2h)[5]. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - cause.

Lyrics (Psalm 96: 1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13):

Response: Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord.

Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all you lands.
Sing to the LORD; bless his name. Response

Announce his salvation, day after day.
Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds. Response

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them!
Then shall all the trees of the forest exult. Response

They shall exult before the LORD, for he comes;
for he comes to rule the earth.
He shall rule the world with justice
and the peoples with his constancy. Response

Gospel acclamation

Response: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

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