Introit: Psalm cxviii. 75, 120

    I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity, and in Thy truth Thou hast humbled me: pierce Thou my flesh with Thy fear, I am afraid of Thy judgments. Ps. Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the Lord. ℣. Glory be. I know, O...

Collect

    O God who, among other gifts of Thy grace, didst honor Thy blessed servant Frances by a familiar intercourse with her guardian angel: grant, we beseech Thee, that helped by her prayers, we likewise may merit admittance into the fellowship of the angels. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Feria:

Collect

    Pour forth in Thy mercy, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that as we abstain from fleshmeat, may we also restrain our senses from harmful excesses. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Proverbs xxxi. 10-31

    Lesson from the book of Proverbs. Who shall find a valiant woman? Far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her. The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils. She will render him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. She hath sought woll and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands. She is like the merchant's ship, she bringeth her bread form afar. And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens. She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hand she hath planted a vineyard. She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm. She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put our in the night. She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle. She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor. She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for all her domestics are clothed with double garments. She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple is her covering. Her husband is honorable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land. She made fine linen and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite. Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day. She hath opened her mouth to wisdom and the law of clemency is on her tongue. She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle. Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her. Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all. Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.

Gradual: Psalm xliv. 3, 5

    Grace is poured abroad in thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee for ever. ℣. Because of truth and meekness and justice: and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.

Tract: Psalm xliv. 8, 5

    Come, spouse of Christ, receive the crown which the Lord hath prepared for thee for ever. ℣. Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. ℣. With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, proceed prosperously and reign.

Gospel: Matthew xiii. 44-52

    + Continuation of the Gospel of St. Matthew. At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls. Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it. And the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes. Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have ye understood all these things? They say to him: Yes. He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.

Offertory: Psalm xliv. 3

    Grace is poured abroad in thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever, and for ages of ages.

Secret

    May the offering of Thy holy people be accepted by Thee, O Lord, in honor of Thy saints, by whose merits they know they have received help in tribulation. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Feria:

Secret

    Make, O Lord, the gift of our service, which we offer unto Thee, into a saving sacrament. Through our Lord.

Communion: Psalm xliv. 8

    Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Postcommunion

    Having fed thy family, O Lord, with holy gifts, we beseech Thee ever to comfort us by the intercession of her, whose festival we celebrate. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Feria:

Postcommunion

    Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty and merciful God, that what we have taken with our mouths, we may receive into a pure heart. Through our Lord.

Last Gospel of the Feria:

Gospel: Luke iv. 23-30

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time Jesus said to the pharisees: Doubtless you will say to Me this similitude: Physician, heal Thyself: as great things as we have heard done in Capharnaum, do also here in Thy own country. And He said: Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country. In truth I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth; and to none of them was Elias sent but. to Sarephta of Sidon, to a widow woman. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet: and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian. And all they in the synagogue hearing these things were filled with anger. And they rose up and thrust Him out of the city: and they brought Him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong. But He, passing through the midst of them, went His way.

+ 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