Introit: Psalm lxiii. 3

    Thou hast protected me, O God, from the assembly of the malignant, alleluia: from the multitude of the workers of iniquity, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to Thee: free my soul from the fear of the enemy. ℣. Glory be. Thou hast protected...

Collect

    Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that with fitting devotion we may follow the faith of blessed Peter, Thy martyr, who in the spreading of that same faith, was found worthy to win the palm of martyrdom. Through our Lord.

Epistle: 2 Timothy ii. 8-10; iii. 10-12

    Lesson from the first Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy. Dearly beloved, be mindful that the Lord Jesus Christ is risen again from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel. Wherein I labor even unto bands, as an evil-doer: but the word of God is not bound. Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory. But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, patience, persecution, afflictions, such as came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured and out of them all the Lord delivered me. And all that will live godly in Jesus Christ shall suffer persecution.

First Alleluia: Psalm lxxxviii. 6

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord: and Thy truth in the Church of the saints.

Second Alleluia: Psalm xx. 4

    Alleluia. ℣. Thou hast set on his head, O Lord, a crown of precious stones. Alleluia.

Gospel: John xv. 1-7

    + Continuation of the holy Gospel according the Apostle John. At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: I am the true vine and My Father is the husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, He will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now you are clean, by reason of the word which I have spoken to you, Abide in Me: and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you the branches: he abideth in Me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without Me you can do nothing. If any one abide not in Me, he shall be cast forth as a branch and shall wither, and they shall gather him up and cast him into the fire: and he burneth. If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done unto you.

Offertory: Psalm lxxxviii. 6

    The heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the Church of the saints, alleluia, alleluia.

Secret

    Mercifully regard, O Lord, the prayers that we offer unto Thee through the intercession of blessed Peter, Thy martyr, and ever keep under Thy protection all our Lord. defenders of the faith. Through our Lord.

Communion: Psalm lxiii. 11

    The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in Him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised, alleluia, alleluia.

Postcommunion

    May the sacraments of which we have partaken defend Thy faithful people, O Lord, and by the intercession of blessed Peter, Thy martyr, ensure against all the attacks of their enemies. 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