Introit

    Hail, holy Mother, thou who didst bring forth the King who ruleth heaven and earth for ever and ever. Ps. My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the King. ℣. Glory be. Hail, holy Mother...

Collect

    O God who wast pleased that on this day blessed Mary ever virgin, the dwelling-place of the Holy Ghost, should be presented in the temple; grant, we beseech Thee, that through her prayers we may be found worthy to be presented in the temple of Thy glory. Through our Lord... in the unity of the same.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xxiv. 14-16

    Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus. From the beginning and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. And I took root in an honorable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.

Gradual

    Thou art blessed and venerable, O Virgin Mary, who with purity unstained wast found to be the Mother of our Savior. ℣. Virgin Mother of God, He whom the whole world was unable to contain enclosed Himself in thy womb, being made man.

Alleluia

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. After childbirth, O Virgin, thou didst remain unstained: Mother of God, intercede for us. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke xi. 27-28

    + Continuation of the Gospel of the blessed Apostle Luke. At that time, as Jesus was speaking to the multitudes, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to Him: Blessed is the womb that bore Thee and the paps that gave Thee suck. But He said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.

Offertory: Luke i. 28, 42

    Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Secret

    Through Thy mercy, O Lord, and by the intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin, may this oblation secure for us prosperity and peace both now and for ever. Through our Lord.

Communion

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

Postcommunion

    Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that having received these helps unto salvation, we may everywhere be protected by the patronage of blessed Mary ever Virgin, in veneration of whom we have offered this sacrifice to Thy majesty. 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