Introit: Ecclesiasticus xv. 5

    In the midst of the Church the Lord opened his mouth: and filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding: He clothed him with a robe of glory. Ps. It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to Thy name, O Most High. ℣. Glory be. In the midst...

Collect

    Do Thou, O Lord, in Thy goodness shine upon Thy Church: that being enlightened by the doctrines of blessed John Thine apostle and evangelist, she may attain to everlasting gifts. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity:

Collect

    Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that the new birth in the flesh of Thine only-begotten Son may set us free, whom the old bondage doth hold under the yoke of sin. Through the same our Lord.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xv. 1-6

    Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus. He that feareth God will do good: and he that possesseth justice shall lay hold on her, and she will meet him as an honorable mother. With the bread of life and understanding she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved: and she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbors, and in the midst of the Church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory. The Lord our God shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.

Gradual: John xxi. 23, 19

    This saying therefore went abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. And Jesus did not say: He should not die. ℣. But: So I will have him to remain till I come: Follow thou Me.

Alleluia: John xxi. 24

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. This is that disciple who giveth testimony of these things: and we know that his testimony is true. Alleluia.

Gospel: John xxi. 19-24

    + Continuation of the Gospel of St. John. At that time Jesus said to Peter: Follow me. Peter turning about saw that disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also leaned on His breast at supper and said: Lord, who is he that shall betray Thee? Him therefore when Peter had seen, he saith to Jesus: Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith to him: So I will have him to remain till I come, what is it to thee? Follow thou Me. This saying therefore went abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. And Jesus did not say to him: He should not die; but: So I will have him to remain till I come: what is it to thee? This is that disciple who giveth testimony of these things, and hath written these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

Offertory: Psalms xci. 13

    The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall be multiplied like the cedar that is Libanus.

Secret

    Receive, O Lord, the gifts which we offer to Thee on the festival of him by whose patronage we hope to be delievered. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity:

Secret

    The gifts we offer, do Thou, O Lord, sanctify by the new birth of Thine only-begotten Son: and cleanse us from the stains of our sins. Through the same.

Communion: John xxi. 23

    A saying therefore went abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die; and Jesus did not say: He should not die; but: So I will have him to remain till I come.

Postcommunion

    Refreshed with this heavenly food and drink, we humbly beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that we may be strengthened by the prayers of him in whose memory we have partaken of these mysteries. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity:

Postcommunion

    Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that as the Savior of the world born on this day is the author of our divine generation, so He may Himself also be to us the giver of immortality. Who with Thee liveth.

+ 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