Introit: Psalms cxxxviii. 17

    To me Thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honorable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened. Ps. Lord, Thou hast proved me and known me; Thou hast known my sitting down and my rising up ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    Grant us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to glory in the solemn festival of Thy blessed apostle Thomas; may his patronage ever help us, and may we at all times imitate his faith with suitable devotion. Through.

Commemoration of Ember Saturday:

Collect

    O God, who didst subdue the flames of fire for the three young men, mercifully grant that we Thy servants may not be consumed by the flames of vice. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Feria:

Collect

    Incline Thine ear to our prayers, we beseech Thee, O Lord; and enlighten the darkness of our minds by the grace of Thy visitation: Who livest.

Epistle: Ephesians ii. 19-22

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians. Brethren: You are no more strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and domestics of God: built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone. In whom all the building being framed together, groweth up into a holy temple in the Lord. In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit.

Gradual: Psalms cxxxviii. 17-18

    Thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honorable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened. ℣. I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand.

Alleluia: Psalms xxxii. 1

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright. Alleluia.

Gospel: John xx. 24-29

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. John. At that time, Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe. And after eight days, again His disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace be to you. Then He saith to Thomas: Put in thy finger hither, and see My hands, and bring hither thy hand, and put it into My side; and be not faithless but believing. Thomas answered, and said to Him: My Lord and my God. Jesus saith to him: Because thou hast seen Me, Thomas, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen and have believed.

Offertory: Psalms xviii. 5

    Their sound went forth into all the earth; and their words to the ends of the world.

Secret

    We render to Thee, O Lord, the duty of our service, and humbly ask that Thou preserve in us Thy gifts by the prayers of the blessed apostle Thomas, whose confession we celebrate by offering to Thee the sacrifice of praise. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of Ember Saturday:

Secret

    Look down favorably upon these sacrifices, O Lord, we beseech Thee: that they may be profitable to our devotion and salvation. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Feria:

Secret

    May the sacrifice of our devotion, we beseech Thee, O Lord, be always offered unto Thee: that it may both fulfill the end for which Thou didst institute this sacred mystery, and wonderfully work in us Thy salvation. Through our Lord.

Communion: John xx. 27

    Put thy hand and know the place of the nails, and be not incredulous, but believing.

Postcommunion

    Come to our assistance, O merciful God, and by the intercession of blessed apostle Thomas, mercifully preserve Thy gifts bestowed upon us. Through.

Commemoration of Ember Saturday:

Postcommunion

    We beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that the most sacred mysteries, which Thou hast made the bulwark of our salvation, may be to us a remedy now and in the time to come. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Feria:

Postcommunion

    We implore Thy mercy, O Lord, that these divine mysteries, by atoning for our sins, may prepare us for the coming festival. Through our Lord.

Last Gospel of Ember Saturday:

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+ 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