Introit: Ecclesiasticus xv. 5

    In the midst of the Church the Lord opened his mouth: and He 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 Thy name, O most High. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    O God, who didst give unto Thy people blessed Bernard to be a minister of eternal salvation: grant, we beseech Thee, that we may be worthy to have as an intercessor in heaven him, whom we have had as teacher of life on earth. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Octave:

Collect

    Almighty and everlasting God, who hast taken up the Immaculate Virgin Mary, the Mother of Thy Son, with body and soul into heavenly glory: grant, we beseech Thee, that we may always, intent on higher things, deserve to be partakers of her glory. Through the same our Lord.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xxxix. 6-14

    Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus. The just will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and he will pray in the sight of the Most High. He will open his mouth in prayer, and will make supplication for his sins. For if it shall please the great Lord, He will fill him with the spirit of understanding: and he will pour forth the words of his wisdom as showers, and in his prayer he will confess to the Lord: and He shall direct his counsel, and his knowledge, and in his secrets shall he meditate. He shall show forth the discipline he hath learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord. Many shall praise his wisdom, and it shall never be forgotten. The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation. Nations shall declare his wisdom, and the Church shall show forth his praise.

Gradual: Psalm xxxvi. 30, 31

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

Alleluia: Ecclesiasticus xiv. 9

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The Lord loved him and adorned him: He clothed him with a robe of glory. Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew v. 13-19

    + Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Offertory: Psalm cxi. 13

    The just shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

Secret

    May the holy prayer of blessed Bernard Thy confessor and doctor never fail us, O Lord; may it render our offerings acceptable, and ever obtain for us Thy pardon, Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Octave:

Secret

    May the offering of our devotion ascend to Thee, O Lord; and through the intercession of the most blessed Virgin Mary, who was taken up into heaven, may our hearts be inflamed with the fire of love, and continually long for Thee. Through our Lord.

Communion: Luke xii. 42

    The faithful and wise servant whom his lord setteth over his family: to give them their measure of wheat in due season.

Postcommunion

    May blessed Bernard Thy confessor and illustrious doctor intercede for us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that these Thy sacrifices may obtain for us salvation. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Octave:

Postcommunion

    Now that we have received, O Lord, the Sacrament of salvation, grant, we beseech Thee, that through the merits and the intercession of the blessed Virgin Mary, who was taken up into heaven, we may be brought to the glory of the resurrection. Through.

+ 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