It is blessed each year on Christmas eve or Christmas day ... Then the leader invites: Pray now for God's blessing as we look on these figures. After a short silence, the leader prays: God ...

Live from the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Salford - A Midnight Mass for Christmas Eve. Celebrant and Preacher: The Right Reverend John Arnold, Bishop of Salford. After the blessing of the ...

The traditional Christmas Eve celebration of Midnight Mass comes ... the Mass of the Nativity of the Lord which begins with the blessing of the crib. Bishop of Leeds, Marcus Stock, leads the ...