Introit: Psalms xxxvi. 30-31

    The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom, and his tongue shall speak judgment: the law of his God is in his heart. Ps. Be not emulous of evildoers: nor envy them that work iniquity. ℣. Glory be. The mouth of...

Collect

    May the intercession of the blessed abbot John, we beseech Thee, O Lord, commend us unto Thee, that what we cannot have through our own merits, we may obtain through his patronage. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of Sts. Nabor & Felix:

Collect

    Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that even as we never fail to keep the birthday of Thy holy martyrs Nabor and Felix, so we may enjoy their continual intercession. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xlv. 1-6

    Lesson from the Book of Ecclesiasticus. Beloved of God and men, whose memory is in benediction. He made him like the saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words he made prodigies to cease. He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and showed him His glory. He sanctified him in his faith and meekness, and chose him out of all flesh. For he heard him and his voice, and brought him in a cloud. And He gave him commandments before His face, and a law of life and instruction.

Gradual: Psalms xx. 4-5

    Lord, Thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: Thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. ℣. He asked life of Thee, and Thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

Alleluia: Psalms xci. 13

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

Gospel: Matthew v. 43-48

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. At that time Jesus said to His disciples: You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. But I say to you: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you that you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh His sun to rise upon the good and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust. For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have: do not even the publicans this? And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this? Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.

Offertory: Psalms xx. 3, 4

    Thou hast given him his heart's desire, O Lord, and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips: Thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

Secret

    May Thy holy abbot John, we beseech Thee, O Lord, obtain for us that the hosts placed upon Thy holy altar may avail us unto salvation. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of Sts. Nabor & Felix:

Secret

    May the intercession, O Lord, of Thy holy martyrs, Nabor and Felix, make the offerings of Thy people to be well pleasing in Thy sight. These offerings are laid before Thee on the day of the triumph of Thy saints, for the sake of whose merits may they be found worthy of Thy gracious regard. 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 the reception of Thy sacrament, and the intercession of blessed John Thy abbot, protect us, O Lord; that we may put into practice the virtues of his life, and receive the help of his intercession. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of Sts. Nabor & Felix:

Postcommuion

    Comforted, O Lord, by the gift of Thy sacrament, on the day hallowed by the triumph of Thy saints, vouchsafe that we may enjoy those good things which are everlasting, with which, by Thy grace, we are now refreshed. 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