Introit: Psalms liv. 17, 18, 20, 23

   When I cried to the Lord He heard my voice, from them that draw near to me; and He humbled them, who is before all ages, and remains for ever: cast thy care upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee. Ps. Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication, be attentive to me and hear me. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    O God, who dost manifest Thy almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity; increase Thy mercy towards us, that we, seeking the way of Thy promises, may be made partakers of Thy heavenly treasures. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Alphonsus

Collect

    O God who, through the burning zeal for the salvation of souls of blessed Alphonsus Mary, Thy confessor and bishop, didst enrich Thy Church with fresh offspring: grant, we beseech Thee, that imbued with his wholesome doctrine, and strengthened by his examples, we may, by Thy grace, come happily unto Thee. Through.

Epistle: 1 Corinthians xii. 2-11

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians. Brethren, you know that, when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, saith Anathema to Jesus; and no man can say: The Lord Jesus, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of graces, but the same Spirit; and there are diversities of ministries, but the same Lord; and there are diversities of operations, but the same God, who worketh all in all. And the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man unto profit. To one indeed, by the Spirit, is given the word of wisdom; and to another, the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; to another the grace of healing in one Spirit; to another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, the discerning of spirits; to another, divers kinds of tongues; to another, interpretation of speeches. But all these things one and the same Spirit worketh, dividing to every one according as He will.

Gradual: Psalms xvi. 8, 2

    Keep me, O Lord, as the apple of Thy eye: protect me under the shadow of Thy wings. ℣. Let my judgment come forth from Thy countenance: let Thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.

Alleluia: Psalms lxiv. 2

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. A hymn, O God, becometh Thee in Sion: and a vow shall be paid to Thee in Jerusalem. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke xviii. 9-14

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others. Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican. The Pharisee standing prayed thus with himself: O God, I give Thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican. I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess. And the Publican standing afar off would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven, but struck his breast saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner. I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Offertory: Psalms xxiv. 1-3

    To Thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God, I put my trust, let me not be ashamed: neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on Thee shall be confounded.

Secret

    May these sacrifices, O Lord, which Thou hast appointed to be offered up to Thee for the glory of Thy name so be made holy, that they may become a remedy for all our ills. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Alphonsus

Secret

    O Lord Jesus Christ, consume our hearts with the heavenly fire of this sacrifice as an odor of sweetness, who didst grant to blessed Alphonsus Mary to celebrate these mysteries, and by their means to offer himself as a holy victim unto Thee. Who livest and reignest.

Communion: Psalms l. 21

    Thou wilt accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and holocausts, upon Thy altar, O Lord.

Postcommunion

    Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that Thy gracious help may never be lacking to us whose strength Thou ceasest not to renew with Thy divine sacraments. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Alphonsus

Postcommunion

    O God, who didst make blessed Alphonsus Mary, Thy confessor and bishop, to be a faithful dispenser and preacher of this divine mystery: moved by his merits and prayers, grant that Thy faithful people may receive it frequently, and by receiving it, give unceasing praise to Thee. 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