Introit: John xxi. 15-17

    If thou lovest Me, Simon Peter, feed My lambs, feed My sheep. ‌Ps. I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast upheld me; and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me. ℣. Glory be. If thou lovest...

Collect

    O God, who seest that we fall through our own infirmity,mercifully restore us to Thy love by the example of Thy saints. Through our Lord.

Epistle: 1 Peter v. 1-4, 10-11

    Lesson from the First Epistle of St. Peter. Dearly beloved, the ancients that are among you I beseech, who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the sufferings of Christ; as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily; neither as lording it over the clergy but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart. And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will Himself perfect you and confirm you and establish you. To Him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.

Gradual: Psalms cvi. 32, 31

    Let them exalt him in church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients. ℣. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to Him and His wonderful works to the children of men.

Alleluia: Matthew xvi. 18

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church. Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew xvi. 13-19

    + Continuation of the Gospel of St. Matthew. At that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea Philippi, and He asked His disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some, John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered, and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but My Father who is in heaven: and I say to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; and I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.

Offertory: Jeremias i. 9-10

    Behold I have given My words in thy mouth; lo, I have set thee over the nations and over kingdoms, to root up and to pull down, and to build and to plant. ‌

Secret

    May this mystical oblation avail us, O Lord: may it cleanse us from our sins, and confirm us in eternal salvation. Through our Lord.

Communion: Matthew xvi. 18

    Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church. ‌

Postcommunion

    We beseech Thee, almighty God, that these holy offerings may cleanse us from our sins and bring us grace to lead good and holy lives. 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