Introit: 4 Esdras ii. 36, 37

    Receive the most sweet gift which shall be your glory, alleluia: giving thanks to God, alleluia, who hath called you to the heavenly kingdom, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. Attend, O My people, to My law: incline your ears to the words of My mouth. ℣. Glory be.

Collect

    Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that the power of the Holy Ghost may abide in us; may it mercifully cleanse our hearts, and defend us from all danger. Through our Lord... in the unity of the same.

Epistle: Acts of the Apostles viii. 14-17

    Lesson from the Acts of the Apostles. In those days, when the apostles who were in Jerusalem had heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John; who, when they were come, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: for He was not as yet come upon any of them, but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

First Alleluia: John xiv. 26

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The Holy Ghost will teach you whatsoever I shall have said to you.

All kneel down

    Alleluia. ℣. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful: and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.

Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus

    Come, Holy Ghost, send down those beams, / Which sweetly flow in silent streams / From Thy bright throne above. / O, come, Thou Father of the poor, / O, come, Thou source of all our store, / Come fill our hearts with love. / O Thou of comforters the best, / O Thou the soul's delightful guest, / The pilgrim's sweet relief. / Rest art Thou in our toil, most sweet / Refreshment in the noonday heat, / And solace in our grief. O blessed Light of Life Thou art, / Fill with Thy Light the inmost hearts / Of those that hope in Thee. / Without Thy Godhead nothing can / Have any price or worth in man, / Nothing can harmless be. / Lord, wash our sinful stains away, / Water from heaven our barren clay, / Our wounds and bruises heal. / To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks bow, / Warm with Thy love our hearts of snow, / Our wandering feet recall. / Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord, / Whose only hope is in Thy Word, / Thy sevenfold gift of grace. / Grant us in life Thy grace, that we / In peace may die and ever be In joy before Thy face. Amen. Alleluia.

Gospel: John x. 1-10

    + Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. John. At that time Jesus said to the Pharisees : Amen, amen, I say to you: he that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers. This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what He spoke to them. Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers; and the sheep heard them not. I am the door. By Me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in and go out, and shall find pastures. The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.

Offertory: Psalms lxxvii. 23-25

    The Lord opened the doors of heaven, and rained down manna upon them to eat: He gave them the bread of heaven, man ate the bread of angels, alleluia.

Secret

    We beseech Thee, O Lord, that the offering of this sacrifice may purify us and make us worthy to partake of Thy sacrament. Through our Lord.

Communion: John xv. 26; xvi. 14; xvii. 1, 5

    The Spirit who proceedeth from the Father, alleluia, He shall glorify me, alleluia, alleluia.

Postcommunion

    We beseech Thee, O Lord, that by these divine sacraments, the Holy Ghost, who is the remission of all sins, may Himself renew our souls. Through our Lord... in the unity of the same Holy Ghost.

+ 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