Introit: Psalms xcv. 6

    Praise and beauty are before Him: holiness and majesty in His sanctuary. Ps. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle; sing to the Lord all the earth. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    Grant us, we pray Thee, almighty God, to quench the flames of our vices; even as Thou gavest blessed Lawrence grace to overcome his fiery torments. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of Sunday:

Collect

    Let Thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of Thy suppliant people, and that Thou mayest grant them their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please Thee. Through our Lord.

Epistle: 2 Corinthians ix. 6-10

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians. Brethren: He who soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings, shall also reap of blessings. Every one as he hath determined in his heart, not with sadness, or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound in you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work; as it is written: He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever. And he that ministereth seed to the sower, will both give you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and increase the growth of the fruits of your justice.

Gradual: Psalms xvi. 3

    Thou hast proved my heart, O Lord, and visited it by night. ℣. Thou hast tried me by fire, and iniquity hath not been found in me.

Alleluia

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The Levite Lawrence wrought a good work, who by the sign of the cross gave sight to the blind. Alleluia.

Gospel: John xii. 24-26

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. John. At that time: Jesus said to His disciples: Amen, amen I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground, die, itself remaineth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life, shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, keepeth it unto life eternal. If any man minister to Me,let him follow Me; and where I am, there also shall My minister be. If any man minister to Me, him will My Father honor.

Offertory: Psalms xcv. 6

    Praise and beauty are before Him: holiness and majesty are in His sanctuary.

Secret

    Graciously accept, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the gifts which we offer to Thee; and by the merits of blessed Lawrence pleading for us, grant that we may be helped in the way of salvation. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of Sunday:

Secret

    Grant us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, worthily to frequent these sacred mysteries: for as often as this memorial sacrifice is offered, the work of our redemption is wrought. Through our Lord.

Communion: John xii. 26

    If any man minister to Me, let him follow Me: and where I am, there also shall My minister be.

Postcommunion

    Filled with Thy sacred gifts, most humbly, O Lord, we pray Thee, that by the intercession of Thy blessed martyr Lawrence, this our service, which it was our bounden duty to perform, may make us grow in Thy saying grace. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of Sunday:

Postcommunion

    May our reception of Thy holy Sacrament, O Lord, both purify us from sin and grant us unity in Thy service. Through our Lord.

Last Gospel of Sunday:

Gospel: Luke xix. 41-47

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time, when Jesus drew near to Jerusalem, seeing the city, He wept over it saying: If thou also hadst known, and that in this day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and straiten thee on every side; and beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee; and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation. And entering into the temple, He began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought, saying to them: It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves. And He was teaching daily in the temple.

+ 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