Introit

    Let us all rejoice in the Lord, celebrating a festival-day in honor of the blessed martyr Josaphat: at whose martyrdom the angels rejoice, and give praise to the Son of God. Ps. Rejoice in the Lord, ye just, praise becometh the upright. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    Stir up in Thy Church, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that Spirit with which blessed Josaphat, Thy martyr and bishop, was filled when he laid down his life for his sheep:that by his intercession we too may be stirred and strengthened by the same Spirit and not fear to give our lives for our brethren. Through our Lord... in the unity of the same.

Epistle: Hebrews v. 1-6

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews. Brethren: Every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God: that he may offer up gifts, and sacrifices for sins: who can have compassion on them that are ignorant and that err: because he himself also is compassed with infirmity: and therefore he ought, as for the people so also for himself, to offer for sins. Neither doth any man take the honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was. So Christ also did not glorify Himself that He might be made a high priest; but He that said unto Him: Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee. As He saith also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.

Gradual: Psalms lxxxviii. 21-23

    I have found David My servant, with My holy oil I have anointed him; for My hand shall help him, and My arm shall strengthen him. ℣. The enemy shall have no advantage over him, and the Son of iniquity shall not hurt him.

Alleluia

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. This is the priest whom the Lord hath crowned. Alleluia.

Gospel: John x. 11-16

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. John. At that time Jesus said to the Pharisees: I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd giveth His life for His sheep. But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flieth: and the wolf catcheth and scattereth the sheep: and the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling and he hath no care for the sheep. I am the Good Shepherd: and I know Mine, and Mine know Me. As the Father knoweth Me, and I know the Father and I lay down My life for My sheep. And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.

Offertory: John xv. 13

    Greater love than this no man hath that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Secret

    Most merciful God, pour forth Thy blessing on these our offerings, and strengthen us in that faith which Thy holy martyr and bishop Josaphat upheld, even unto the shedding of his blood. Through our Lord.

Communion: John x. 14

    I am the good shepherd, and I know My sheep, and Mine know Me.

Postcommunion

    May this heavenly banquet impart to us, O Lord, the spirit of fortitude which inspired blessed Josaphat, Thy martyr and bishop to strive for the honor of Thy Church, even until the hour of his triumph. Through our Lord.

+ Taken from St. Andrew Daily Missal, by Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, O.S.B., Imprimi Potest 11-18-1945 P. Joannes Delacroix, O.S.B., Imprimatur 11-22-1945 Joseph Van Der Meersch