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

    O God, who didst bestow upon blessed Cajetan, Thy confessor, to live a life of an apostle; grant, we beseech Thee, that by his intercession and example, we may always trust in Thee and desire only heavenly things. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Donatus:

Collect

    O God, the glory of Thy priests, grant, we beseech Thee, that we may experience the help of Thy holy martyr and bishop Donatus, whose festival we celebrate. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xxxi. 8-11

    Lesson from the Book of Ecclesiasticus. Blessed is the man that is found without blemish, and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures. Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life. Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting: he that could do evil things, and hath not done them: therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the Church of the saints shall declare his alms.

Gradual: Psalms xci. 13, 14, 3

    The just shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus in the house of the Lord. ℣. To show forth Thy mercy in the morning and Thy truth in the night.

Alleluia: James i. 12

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke xii. 35-40

    + Continuation of the Gospel of St. Luke. At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Let your loins be girt and lamps burning in your hands, and you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return fro the wedding: that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching: amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them sit down to meat, and passing will minister unto them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open. Be you then also ready, for at what hour you think not the Son of man will come.

Offertory: Psalms lxxxviii. 25

    My truth and My mercy shall be with him: and in My name shall his horn be exalted.

Secret

    Grant us, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that the offering which we humbly make may be pleasing to Thee for the glory of Thy saints, and purify us alike in body and soul. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Donatus:

Secret

    For the glory of Thy name, O Lord, we seek to do honor to Thy holy bishop and martyr Donatus; grant, we beseech Thee, that by virtue of his intercession, the fruits of piety and devotion may be multiplied within us. Through our Lord.

Communion: Matthew xxiv. 46-47

    Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find watching: amen I say to you, he shall place him over all his goods.

Postcommunion

    Vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that the heavenly food of which we have partaken, may, by the intercession of blessed Cajetan, Thy confessor, strengthen us against all adversity. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Donatus:

Postcommunion

    Almighty and merciful God, who makest us not only partakers, but also ministers of Thy sacraments; grant that by the intercession of blessed Donatus, Thy martyr and bishop, it may profit us to have fellowship with him in faith and in holy service rendered 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