Introit: Psalms cii. 20

    Bless the Lord all ye His angels: you that are mighty in strength, and execute His word, hearkening to the voice of all His orders. Ps. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and let all that is within me praise His holy name. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    O God, who in Thine ineffable providence, hast sent Thy holy angels to watch over us: grant, we humbly pray, that we may always be defended by their protection and may rejoice in their fellowship for evermore. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Exodus xxiii. 20-23

    Lesson from the book of Exodus. Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will send My angel, who shall go before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee unto the place that I have prepared. Take notice of him, and hear his voice, and do not think him one to be contemned; for he will not forgive when thou hast sinned, and My name is in him. But if thou wilt hear his voice, and do all that I speak, I will be an enemy to thy enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee: and My angel shall go before thee.

Gradual: Psalms xc. 11-12

    God hath given His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. ℣. In their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Alleluia: Psalms cii. 21

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Bless the Lord, all ye His hosts: you ministers of His who do His will. Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew xviii. 1-10

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. At that time, the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who, thinkest Thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? and Jesus calling unto Him a little child, set him in the midst of them, and said: Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven: and he that shall receive one such little child in My name, receiveth Me; but he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in Me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of scandals: for it must needs be that scandals come; but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh. And if thy hand or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. See that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

Offertory: Psalms cii. 20, 21

    Bless the Lord, all ye His angels, you ministers of His who execute His word, hearkening to the voice of His orders.

Secret

    Receive, O Lord, the gifts which we offer in veneration of Thy holy angels: and in Thy great mercy, grant that under their unceasing guardianship, we may escape the present dangers, and attain that life which is everlasting. Through our Lord.

Communion: Daniel iii. 58

    All ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord, sing a hymn, and exalt Him above all for ever.

Postcommunion

    We have received Thy divine mysteries, O Lord, in joyful celebration of the feast of Thy holy angels; we beseech Thee, that by their protection we may always be safe from the wiles of our enemies and guarded 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