Introit: Ecclesiasticus xv. 5

    In the midst of the Church the Lord opened his mouth: and He filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding. He clothed him with a robe of glory, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. It is good to give praise to the Lord : and to sing to Thy name O Most High. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    Graciously hear our prayers, we beseech Thee, O Lord, which we offer in solemn commemoration of blessed Athanasius, Thy confessor and bishop; and by the merits of him who worthily served Thee, absolve us from all our sins. Through our Lord.

Epistle: 2 Corinthians iv. 5-14

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians. Brethren, we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ our Lord; and ourselves your servants through Jesus. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency may be of the power of God and not of us. In all things we suffer tribulation, but are not distressed; we are straitened, but are not destitute; we suffer persecution, but are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we perish not; always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies. For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake; that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you. But having the same spirit of faith, as it is written: I believed, for which cause I have spoken; we also believe, for which cause we speak also: knowing that He who raised up Jesus will raise up also us with Jesus, and place us with you.

First Alleluia: Psalms cix. 4

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.

Second Alleluia: James i. 12

    Alleluia. ℣. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life. Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew x. 23-28

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen, I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel till the Son of man come. The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as the master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the good man of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household? Therefore fear them not; for nothing is covered that shall not be revealed; nor hid that shall not be known. That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light; and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the house-tops. And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him that can destroy both soul and body into hell.

Offertory: Psalms lxxxviii. 21-22

    I have found David My servant: with My holy oil I have anointed him, and My hand shall strengthen him, alleluia.

Secret

    We beseech, O Lord, that the yearly solemnity of St. Athanasius, Thy confessor and bishop, may render us acceptable to Thy mercy; that by these sacrifices of pious expiation, while a blessed reward is assured him, we may receive the gifts of Thy grace. Through our Lord.

Communion: Matthew x. 27

    That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light, saith the Lord; and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the house-tops, alleluia.

Postcommunion

    O God, the rewarder of faithful souls, grant that by the prayers of blessed Athanasius, Thy confessor and bishop, whose venerable festival we celebrate, we our Lord. may obtain pardon. 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