Introit: Isaias vii. 14

    Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son: and his name shall be called Emmanuel. Ps. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: because He hath done wonderful things. ℣. Glory be.

Collect

    O God, who didst will that Thy Word should take flesh at the message of an angel in the womb ofthe blessed Virgin Mary; grant unto us Thy suppliants that we who believe her to be indeed the Mother of God may be aided by her intercession with Thee. Through the same our Lord.

Commemoration of the 20th Sunday After Pentecost

Collect

    Bestow upon Thy faithful people pardon and peace, we beseech Thee, merciful Lord, that they may be both cleansed from all their sins and serve Thee with a quiet mind. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xxiv. 23-31

    Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus. As the vine I have brought forth a pleasent odor, and my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits; for my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honey-comb. My memory is unto everlasting generations. They that eat me, shall yet hunger; and they that drink me, shall yet thirst. He that hearkeneth to me shall not be confounded, and they that work by me shall not sin. They that explain me shall have life everlasting.

Gradual: Isaias xi. 1-2

    There shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse: and a flower shall rise up out of his root. ℣. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him.

Alleluia

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Virgin Mother of God, He whom the whole world cannot hold, enclosed Himselfin thy womb, being made man. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke ii. 43-51

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time, when they returned, the Child Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and His parents knew it not. And thinking that He was in the company, they came a day's journey, and sought Him among His kinsfolk and acquaintance. And not finding Him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking Him. And it came to pass that after three days they found Him in the Temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them and asking them questions. And all that heard Him were astonished at His wisdom and His answers. And seeing Him they wondered. And His mother said to Him: Son, why hast Thou done so to us? Behold Thy father and I have sought Thee sorrowing. And He said to them: How is it that you sought Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business? And they understood not the word that He spoke unto them. And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them.

Offertory: Matthew i. 18

    When His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.

Secret

    Through Thy mercy, O Lord, and by the intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin, Mother of Thy only-begotten Son, may this oblation secure for us prosperity and peace, both now and for ever. Through the same.

Commemoration of the 20th Sunday After Pentecost

Secret

    May these mysteries, we beseech Thee, O Lord, bring us a heavenly remedy and root out all vice from our hearts. Through our Lord.

Communion

    Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father.

Postcommunion

    May this communion, O Lord, cleanse us from guilt, and by the intercession of the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, make us partakers of the heavenly remedy. Through the same our Lord.

Commemoration of the 20th Sunday After Pentecost

Postcommunion

    That we may become worthy, O Lord, to receive Thy holy gifts, make us ever, we beseech Thee, obedient to Thy commandments. Through our Lord.

Special Last Gospel of the 20th Sunday After Pentecost

Gospel: John iv. 46-53

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. John. At that time, there was a certain ruler whose son was sick at Capharnaum. He having heard that Jesus was come from Judaea into Galilee, went to Him, and prayed Him to come down, and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him: Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not. The ruler saith to Him: Lord, come down before my son die. Jesus saith to him: Go thy way, thy son liveth. The man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went his way. And as he was going down, his servants met him, and they brought word, saying, that his son lived. He asked therefore of them the hour wherein he grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. The father therefore knew that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him: Thy son liveth; and himself believed, and his whole house.

+ 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