Introit: Psalm cxi. 13-14

    The just shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus: planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. St. Peter of AlcantaraPs. It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to Thy name, O Most High. ℣. Glory be. The just shall...

Collect

    O God, who wast pleased to ennoble blessed Peter, imbuing him with a marvelous spirit of penance, and bestowing upon him the gift of the highest contemplation : for the sake of his merits, grant unto us that, by mortifying the flesh, we may the more easily apprehend the things of heaven. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Philippians iii. 7-12

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Philippians. Brethren, the things that were gain to me, the same I have counted loss for Christ. Furthermore, I count all things to be but loss, for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as dung, that I may win Christ; and may be found in Him, not having my justice, which is of the law, but that which is of the faith of Christ Jesus, which is of God, justice in faith; that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings; being made conformable to His death, if by any means I may attain to the resurrection which is from the dead; not as though I had already attained, or were already perfect; but I follow after, if I may by any means apprehend wherein I am also apprehended by Christ Jesus.

Gradual: Psalm xxxvi. 30-31

    The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom, and his tongue shall speak judgment. ℣. The law of his God is in his heart: and his steps shall not be supplanted.

Alleluia: Psalm cxi. 1

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke xii. 32-34

    + Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom. Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will you heart be also.

Offertory: Psalm xx. 2-3

    In Thy strength, O Lord, the just man shall be joyful, and in Thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly: Thou hast given him the desire of his heart. St. Peter of Alcantara

Secret

    Grant us, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that the offering of our humility may be pleasing to Thee in honor of Thy saints, and purify us alike in body and soul. Through our Lord.

Communion: Matthew xix. 28, 29

    Amen I say to you, that you, who have left all things and followed Me, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting. St. Peter of Alcantara

Postcommunion

    We beseech Thee, almighty God, that we who have received heavenly food may, through the intercession of blessed St. Peter of Alcantara Thy confessor, be protected by it from all harm. 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