Introit

    Let us all rejoice in the Lord, celebrating a festival day in honor of the blessed Virgin Mary, on whose solemnity the angels rejoice, and give praise to the Son of God. Ps. My heart hath uttered a good word; I speak my works to the King. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    O God, who hast been pleased to honor the Order of Carmel with the particular title of Mary ever Virgin and Thy Mother, grant, we beseech Thee, that we, who celebrate this day her commemoration by a solemn office, may be shielded by her protection, and attain eternal joys. Who livest and reignest.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xxiv. 23-31

    Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus. As the vine I have brought forth a pleasent odor, and my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits; for my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honey-comb. My memory is unto everlasting generations. They that eat me, shall yet hunger; and they that drink me, shall yet thirst. He that hearkeneth to me shall not be confounded, and they that work by me shall not sin. They that explain me shall have life everlasting.

Gradual

    O Virgin Mary, blessed and venerable art thou: without blemish to thy maidenhood, thou didst become the Mother of the Savior. ℣. O Virgin Mother of God, He whom the whole world availeth not to contain, being made man, shut Himself up within thy womb.

Alleluia

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Through thee, O Mother of God, has the life we had lost been given back to us: for, from heaven receiving Him who became Thy Son, thou on the world hast bestowed its Savior. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke xi. 27-28

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time: As Jesus was speaking to the multitudes, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to Him: Blessed is the womb that bore Thee, and the breasts that gave Thee suck. But He said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.

Offertory: Jeremias xviii. 20

    Be mindful, O Virgin Mother, to speak good things before God's face in our behalf, so that He may turn away His anger from us.

Secret

    Hallow, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our oblations offered to Thee, and by the most salutary intercession of blessed Mary, Mother of God, grant that they may profit us unto salvation. Through the same our Lord.

Communion

    Most worthy queen of the world, Mary, ever virgin, pray for our peace and safety; thou who didst bring forth Christ, the Lord and Savior of all mankind.

Postcommunion

    May the holy intercession of Thy glorious Mother Mary, ever virgin, help us, O Lord, we beseech Thee; and may those on whom she has bestowed blessings unto eternal life be delivered from all danger and become united by her loving kindness. Who livest.

+ 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