Here is a list of occasions on which one might want to hold Divine Service, all falling between Christmas Eve and Epiphany. Beneath each is a list of Lutheran chant books and hymnals, and which (if any) introits they prescribe for the occasions. One 20th century tridentine Roman source is also included, as a reference.
Christmas Eve
Lossius 1561: None
Jesperssøn 1573: None
Ludecus 1589: None
Magdeburg 1613: None
Liber Usualis (Roman): hodie scietis…. (today you will know that the Lord)
TLH: None
LSB: The Lord said to me, “you are my son…”
Christmas Midnight
Lossius 1561: None
Jesperssøn 1573: None
Ludecus 1589: None
Magdeburg 1613: None
Liber Usualis (Roman): None (The Lord said to me “ad primam in nocte”)
TLH: None
LSB: dum medium silentium (When all was still…)
Christmas Dawn
Lossius 1561: None
Jesperssøn 1573: None
Ludecus 1589: None
Magdeburg 1613: None
Liber Usualis (Roman): lux fulgebit hodie (the people have seen…)
TLH: None
LSB: lux fulgebit hodie (the people have seen…)
Christmas Day
Lossius 1561: puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
Jesperssøn 1573: puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
Ludecus 1589: puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
Magdeburg 1613: puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
Liber Usualis (Roman): puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
TLH: puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
LSB: puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
St. Stephen
Lossius 1561: None
Jesperssøn 1573: etenim sederunt (princes also did sit and speak)
Ludecus 1589: etenim sederunt (princes also did sit and speak)
Magdeburg 1613: None
Liber Usualis (Roman): etenim sederunt (princes also did sit and speak)
TLH: etenim sederunt (princes also did sit and speak)
LSB: (All Saints’ Day propers)
St. John
Lossius 1561: None
Jesperssøn 1573: in medio (In the midst of the congregation)
Ludecus 1589: in medio (In the midst of the congregation)
Magdeburg 1613: None
Liber Usualis (Roman): in medio (In the midst of the congregation)
TLH: in medio (In the midst of the congregation)
LSB: “These things are written”…. new
Holy Innocents
Lossius 1561: None
Jesperssøn 1573: None
Ludecus 1589: None
Magdeburg 1613: None
Liber Usualis (Roman): ex ore infantium (out of the mouths of babes…)
TLH: ex ore infantium (out of the mouths of babes…)
LSB: (All Saints’ Day propers)
Sunday in the Octave
Lossius 1561: None
Jesperssøn 1573: dum medium silentium (When all was still…)
Ludecus 1589: dum medium silentium (When all was still…)
Magdeburg 1613: dum medium silentium (When all was still…)
Liber Usualis (Roman): dum medium silentium (When all was still…)
TLH: dum medium silentium (When all was still…)
LSB: Your decrees are trustworthy…(TLH alternate)
Circumcision
Lossius 1561: None
Jesperssøn 1573: “when the time had been complete” (gospel text)
Ludecus 1589: repeat puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
Magdeburg 1613: repeat puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
Liber Usualis (Roman): repeat puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
TLH: “O Lord, our Lord, how excellent…”
LSB: “May all who seek you….”
2nd Sunday after Christmas
Lossius 1561: None
Jesperssøn 1573: vultum tuum deprecabuntur (Common of Virgins)
Ludecus 1589: None
Magdeburg 1613: None
Liber Usualis (Roman): None
TLH: repeat puer natus est (Unto us a child is born)
LSB: ex ore infantium (out of the mouths of babes…)
Vigil of Epiphany
Lossius 1561: None
Jesperssøn 1573: None
Ludecus 1589: None
Magdeburg 1613: lux fulgebit hodie (the people have seen…)
Liber Usualis (Roman): repeat in medio (In the midst of the congregation)
TLH: None
LSB: None
Epiphany
Lossius 1561: ecce advenit dominator (Behold, the Lord…)
Jesperssøn 1573: ecce advenit dominator (Behold, the Lord…)
Ludecus 1589: ecce advenit dominator (Behold, the Lord…)
Magdeburg 1613: ecce advenit dominator (Behold, the Lord…)
Liber Usualis (Roman): ecce advenit dominator (Behold, the Lord…)
TLH: ecce advenit dominator (Behold, the Lord…)
LSB: ecce advenit dominator (Behold, the Lord…)