Introit: By Sedulius

    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 to the Father.

Collect

    We beseech Thee, O Lord, grant to Thy servants the gift of Thy heavenly grace that as the childbearing of the Blessed Virgin was the beginning of salvation, so the joyful festival of her Nativity may bring us an increase of peace. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Hadrian:

Collect

    Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that we who celebrate the heavenly birthday of blessed Hadrian Thy martyr, my by his intercession be strengthened in the love of Thy name. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Wisdom viii. 22-35

    Lesson from the book of Wisdom. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His ways, before He made anything from the beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was made. The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out; the mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth; He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was there; when with a certain law and compass He enclosed the depths; when He established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters; when He compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits; when he balanced the foundations of the earth; I was with him, forming all things, and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times, playing in the world; and my delight is to be with the children of men. Now, therefore, ye children, hear me: blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. He that shall find me shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord.

Gradual

    O Virgin Mary, blessed and venerable art thou: without blemish to thy maidenhood, thou didst become the Mother of the Savior. ℣. O Virgin Mother of God, He whom the whole world availeth not to contain, being made man, shut Himself up within thy womb.

Alleluia

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Happy indeed art thou, O sacred Virgin Mary,and most worthy of all high praise: for out of thee hath risen the sun of justice, Christ who is our God. Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew i. 1-16

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob begot Judas and his brethren; and Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begot Esron; and Esron begot Aram; and Aram begot Aminadab; and Aminadab begot Naasson; and Naasson begot Salmon; and Salmon begot Booz of Rahab; and Booz begot Obed of Ruth; and Obed begot Jesse; and Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon. of her who had bee the wife of Urias; and Solomon begot Roboam; and Roboam begot Abia; and Abia begot Asa; and Asa begot Josaphat; and Josaphat begot Joram; and Joram begot Ozias; and Ozias begot Joatham; and Joatham begot Achaz; and Achaz begot Ezechias; and Ezechias begot Manasses; and Manasses begot Amon; and Amon begot Josias; and Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon. And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel; and Salathiel begot Zorobabel; and Zorobabel begot Abiud; and Abiud begot Eliacim; and Eliacim begot Azor; and Azor begot Sadoc; and Sadoc begot Achim; and Achim begot Eliud; and Eliud begot Eleazer; and Eleazer begot Mathan; and Mathan begot Jacob; and Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Offertory

    Truly blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary: the Creator of all things thou didst bear; Him who made thee thou didst bring forth; and a virgin for evermore thou dost remain.

Secret

    May the humanity of Thy only-begotten Son be our succor, o Lord, that He, who, born of a virgin, did not diminish, but hallowed the integrity of His mother, may, on this festival of her Nativity, deliver us from our sins, and make our offerings acceptable to Thee: Jesus Christ our Lord, who with Thee liveth.

Commemoration of St. Hadrian:

Secret

    Receive our offerings and prayers, we beseech Thee, O Lord; and purify us by Thy heavenly mysteries, and mercifully hear us. 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 Thy holy sacraments, which we have received in celebration of this annual feast, may be for us both a remedy during this life, and an assurance of everlasting happiness. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Hadrian:

Postcommunion

    Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that we who in this life joyfully honor the memory of Thy saints, may rejoice in beholding them for all eternity. 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