Introit: 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. Ps. My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the King. ℣. Glory be. Thou hast loved...

Collect

    Grant us, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, to reverence with unceasing devotion the victories of Thy holy martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas; that those whom we cannot fittingly celebrate, we may at least approach with lowly homage. Through.

Commemoration of the Feria:

Collect

    Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that cleansed by this holy fast, we may be brought by Thee with pure hearts to the holy season which is to come. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus ii. 1-8, 12

    Lesson from the Book of Ecclesiasticus. I will give glory to Thee, O Lord, O King, and I will praise Thee, O God my Savior. I will give glory to Thy name: for Thou hast been a helper and protector to me, and hast preserved my body from destruction, from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the lips of them that forge lies; and in the sight of them that stood by Thou hast been my helper. And Thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of Thy name, from them that did roar prepared to devour; out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions which compassed me about: from the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt: from the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue. My soul shall praise the Lord even to death: because Thou, O Lord our God, deliverest them that wait for Thee, and savest them out of the hands of the nations.

Gradual: Psalm xliv. 15

    With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, proceed prosperously and reign. ℣. Because of truth and meekness and justice: and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.

Tract: Psalm xliv. 11, 12, 13, 10, 15, 16

    Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear: for the King hath greatly desired thy beauty. ℣. All the rich among the people shall entreat thy countenance: the daughters of kings in thine honor. ℣. After her shall virgins be brought to the King: her neighbors shall be brought to thee. ℣. They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple of the King.

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. 10

    The daughters of kings are in thine honor, the queen stood on thy right hand in gilded clothing, surrounded with variety.

Secret

    We beseech Thee, O Lord, to look upon the gifts laid on Thine altars for this festival of Thy holy martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas; that since by these blessed mysteries Thou hast conferred glory upon them, so Thou wouldst grant us Thy pardon. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Feria:

Secret

    May this sacrifice, O God, both remain within us by action, and be confirmed in our soul by practice. Through our Lord.

Communion: Matthew xxv. 4, 6

    The five wise virgins took oil in their vessels with the lamps: and at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh: go ye forth to meet Christ our Lord.

Postcommunion

    We are filled with spiritual desires and joys; grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to obtain by the intercession of Thy holy martyrs Perpetua and Felicity the spiritual effects of our earthly actions. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Feria:

Postcommunion

    Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord: that having received the pledge of eternal salvation, we may so conform our lives as unfailingly to attain it. Through our Lord.

Last Gospel of the Feria:

Gospel: Matthew xxi. 33-46

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. At that time Jesus spoke this parable to the multitude of the Jews and the chief priests: There was a man an householder who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it. and dug in it a press, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange country. And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits thereof. And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the former, and they did to them in like manner. And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son. But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance. And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen? They say to him: He will bring those evil men to an evil end: and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, that shall render him the fruit in due season. Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes: therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder. And when the chief priests and pharisees had heard His parables, they knew that He spoke of them. And seeking to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes: because they held Him as a prophet.

+ 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