Introit

    Hail, holy Mother, thou didst bring forth the King, who ruleth heaven and earth for ever and ever, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the King. ℣. Glory be. Hail, holy Mother...

Collect

    Grant us Thy servants, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, to enjoy perpetual health of mind and body, that by the glorious intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin, we may be delivered from present sorrow, and enjoy everlasting happiness. Through.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xxiv. 14-16

    Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus. From the beginning and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be; and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before Him. And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. And I took root in an honorable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.

First Alleluia: Numbers xvii. 8

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The rod of Jesse hath blossomed: a Virgin hath brought forth Him who is God and man: God hath restored peace, reconciling in Himself the lowest with the highest.

Second Alleluia: Luke i. 28

    Alleluia. ℣. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Alleluia.

Gospel: John xix. 25-27

    + Continuation of the Gospel according to the holy Apostle John. At that time, there stood by the cross of Jesus, His mother and His mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. When Jesus therefore had seen His mother and the disciple standing whom He loved, He saith to His mother: Woman, behold thy son. After that He saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own.

Offertory

    Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, who didst bear the Creator of all things; Thou broughtest forth Him who made thee, yet for ever remainest a virgin, alleluia.

Secret

    Through Thy mercy, O Lord, and by the intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin, may this oblation secure for us prosperity and peace both now and for ever. Through our Lord.

Communion

    Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary that bore the Son of the eternal Father, alleluia.

Postcommunion

    Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that having received these helps unto salvation, we may everywhere be protected by the patronage of blessed Mary ever Virgin, in veneration of whom we have offered this sacrifice to Thy majesty. 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