Introit: Psalms xcv. 6

    Praise and beauty are before Him: holiness and majesty in His sanctuary. Ps. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle; sing to the Lord all the earth. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    Grant us, we pray Thee, almighty God, to quench the flames of our vices; even as Thou gavest blessed Lawrence grace to overcome his fiery torments. Through our Lord.

Epistle: 2 Corinthians ix. 6-10

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians. Brethren: He who soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings, shall also reap of blessings. Every one as he hath determined in his heart, not with sadness, or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound in you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work; as it is written: He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever. And he that ministereth seed to the sower, will both give you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and increase the growth of the fruits of your justice.

Gradual: Psalms xvi. 3

    Thou hast proved my heart, O Lord, and visited it by night. ℣. Thou hast tried me by fire, and iniquity hath not been found in me.

Alleluia

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The Levite Lawrence wrought a good work, who by the sign of the cross gave sight to the blind. Alleluia.

Gospel: John xii. 24-26

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. John. At that time: Jesus said to His disciples: Amen, amen I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground, die, itself remaineth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life, shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, keepeth it unto life eternal. If any man minister to Me,let him follow Me; and where I am, there also shall My minister be. If any man minister to Me, him will My Father honor.

Offertory: Psalms xcv. 6

    Praise and beauty are before Him: holiness and majesty are in His sanctuary.

Secret

    Graciously accept, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the gifts which we offer to Thee; and by the merits of blessed Lawrence pleading for us, grant that we may be helped in the way of salvation. Through our Lord.

Communion: John xii. 26

    If any man minister to Me, let him follow Me: and where I am, there also shall My minister be.

Postcommunion

    Filled with Thy sacred gifts, most humbly, O Lord, we pray Thee, that by the intercession of Thy blessed martyr Lawrence, this our service, which it was our bounden duty to perform, may make us grow in Thy saying grace. 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