Introit: Apocalypse v. 9-10

    Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and hast made us to our God a kingdom. Ps. The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever: I will show forth Thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    Almighty and everlasting God, who didst appoint Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and hast willed to be appeased by His blood ; grant unto us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate with solemn worship the price of our redemption, and by its power be so defended against the evils of this life, that we may enjoy the fruit thereof forevermore in heaven. Through the same our Lord.

Commemoration of the Octave:

Collect

    O God, who hast made this day honorable to us by the birth of blessed John ; pour forth upon Thy people the grace of spiritual joys, and direct the souls of all Thy faithful into the way of eternal salvation. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Hebrews ix. 11-15

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews. Brethren: Christ being come an High Priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation: neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by His own blood, entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and of oxen and the ashes of an heifer, being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who, by the Holy Ghost, offered Himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God? And therefore He is the Mediator of the new testament: that by means of His death, for the redemption of those transgressions which were under the former testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Gradual: 1 John v. 6, 7-8

    This is He that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. ℣. There are three who give testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one. And there are three that give testimony on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three are one.

Alleluia: 1 John v. 9

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Alleluia.

Gospel: John xix. 30-35

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. John. At that time, Jesus, when He had taken the vinegar, said: It is consummated. And bowing His head, He gave up the ghost. Then the Jews because it was the Parasceve, that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day for that was a great sabbath-day, besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The soldiers, therefore, came, and they broke the legs of the first and of the other that was crucified with Him. But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers with a spear opened His side, and immediately there came out blood and water. And he that saw it hath given testimony, and his testimony is true.

Offertory: 1 Corinthians x. 16

    The chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord?

Secret

    We pray that through these divine mysteries, we may draw near to Jesus, the mediator of the new Testament : and upon Thine altars, O Lord of Hosts, may we renew the sprinkling of that blood which pleadeth better than that of Abel. Through the same our Lord.

Commemoration of the Octave:

Secret

    We heap up our gifts upon Thine altars, O Lord, that we may with due honor celebrate the birthday of him who both foretold the coming of the Savior of the world and pointed Him out, when He came, our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son: who with Thee liveth.

Communion: Hebrews ix. 28

    Christ was offered once to exhaust the sins of many; the second time He shall appear without sin to them that expect Him, unto salvation.

Postcommunion

    We who have been admitted to the holy table, O Lord, have drawn waters with joy from the fountains of the Savior; may His blood, we beseech Thee, be within us as a fountains of water springing up unto eternal life: Who with Thee liveth.

Commemoration of the Octave:

Postcommunion

    Let Thy Church, O God, be glad at the birth of blessed John the Baptist; through whom she knew the Author of her new birth, our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son: who with Thee liveth and reigneth.

+ 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