Christmas Eve Mass ’09

I spent my Christmas eve of 2009 in Hangzhou, at its Catholic Church on Zhongshan Bei Road. Several videos to share from the evening mass.

The service started with the congregation singing hymns celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwx7HLS2wtU

Then a clergy led the congregation to say some prayers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IjpuPyGrIg

Twenty-seven people are to be baptized tonight. The ladies sitting behind me were discussing when they should be baptized, and were lamenting that they missed the auspicious opportunity of tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7twGPaf8NY