Introit: Ecclesiasticus xviii. 12-13

    The compassion of man is towards his neighbor, but the mercy of God is upon all flesh. He hath mercy, and teacheth and correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock. Ps. Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that by the example of Thy holy confessor John we may advance in the science of the Saints and show mercy to others, that through his merits we may obtain forgiveness from Thee. Through our Lord.

Epistle: James ii. 12-17

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed James the Apostle. So speak ye, and so do, as being to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy: and mercy exalteth itself above judgment. What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food, and one of you say to them, Go in peace, be you warmed and filled, and yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body; what shall it profit? So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

Gradual: Psalms cvi. 8-9

    Let the mercy of the Lord give glory to him: and His wonderful works to the children of men. ℣. For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things

Alleluia: Proverbs xxxi. 20

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. He hath opened his hand to the needy, and stretched out his hands to the poor. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke xii. 35-40

    + Continuation of the Gospel of St. Luke. At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Let your loins be girt and lamps burning in your hands, and you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return fro the wedding: that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching: amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them sit down to meat, and passing will minister unto them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open. Be you then also ready, for at what hour you think not the Son of man will come.

Offertory: Job xxix. 14-16

    I was clad with justice and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem; I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame; I was the father of the poor.

Secret

    Graciously receive these offerings, O Lord, we beseech Thee, for the sake of the merits of John Thy holy confessor; and grant that by loving Thee above all things, and all mankind for Thy sake, we may become well pleasing to Thee both in will and in deed. Through our Lord.

Communion: Luke vi. 38

    Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, and pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall they give into your bosom.

Postcommunion

    We who have been fed with the delights of Thy precious Body and Blood, humbly beg Thy mercy, O Lord; that through the example and merits of holy John Thy confessor we may follow him in his charity and share with him his glory. Who livest.

+ 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