Midnight Mass is the second of the four Masses of Christmas, the one celebrated in the night. It used to begin at midnight. Many churches now start it earlier in the evening, and Pope Leo XIV began his at 10 p.m. in 2025. Its Gospel is Luke’s account of the birth and of the angels singing to the shepherds. The night is the point. The shepherds were “keeping watch over their flock by night” (Luke 2:8) when the news came…

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