Introit: Wisdom iii. 8

    The saints judge nations, and rule over people: and the Lord their God shall reign for ever. Ps. Rejoice in the Lord, ye just: praise becometh the upright. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    O Lord our God, multiply Thy graces upon us and grant that we maybe gladdened at the holy confession of those whose glorious festival we are anticipating. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Apocalypse v. 6-12

    Lesson from the Apocalypse. In those days, Behold, I, John, saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb, standing as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth. And he came, and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne: and when he had opened the book, the four living creatures, and the four and twenty ancients, fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden phials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints; and they sang a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; because Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God, in Thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, and hast made us to God a kingdom and priests; and we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round the throne, and the living creatures and the ancients, and the number of them was thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice: The Lamb that was slain, is worthy to receive power, and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and benediction, for ever and ever. Amen.

Gradual: Psalms cxlix. 5, 1

    The saints shall rejoice in glory: they shall be joyful in their beds. ℣. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle; let His praise be in the assembly of the saints.

Gospel: Luke vi. 17-23

    + Continuation of the Gospel of St. Luke. At that time, Jesus coming down from the mountain, stood in a plain place, and the company of His disciples, and a very great multitude of people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the sea-coast both of Tyre and Sidon, who were come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases. And they that were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the multitudes sought to touch Him: for virtue went out from Him and healed all. And He, lifting up His eyes on His disciples, said: Blessed are ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for you shall laugh. Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you and shall reproach you and cast our your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Be glad in that day and rejoice: for behold, your reward is great in heaven.

Offertory: Psalms cxlix. 5-6

    The saints shall rejoice in glory, they shall be joyful in their beds; the high praises of God are in their mouth.

Secret

    We load Thine altar, O Lord, with the gifts we offer: do Thou grant, that, through the prayers of all Thy saints whose festival we are anticipating, they may avail to our salvation. Through our Lord.

Communion: Wisdom ii. 1-2, 3

    The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of malice shall not touch them: in the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, but they are in peace.

Postcommunion

    Having accomplished the joyful mysteries of this desired solemnity, O Lord, we beseech Thee that we may be helped by the prayers of those in whose memory they are celebrated. Through.

+ 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