Introit: Ecclesiasticus: i. 14-15

    The love of God is honorable I wisdom: and they to whom she shall show herself, love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works. Ps. How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. ℣. Glory be.

Collect

    O God, who didst ordain that Thine only-begotten Son should be lifted up above the earth and draw all things to Himself; mercifully grant that through the merits and example of Thy seraphic confessor Joseph we may be lifted up above all earthly desires and be found worthy to come unto Him. Who with Thee.

Commemoration of Ember Friday:

Collect

    Grant, almighty God, we beseech Thee, that by our devout keeping of the holy observances year by year, we may, in body and in soul, be pleasing unto Thee. Through our Lord.

Epistle: 1 Corinthians xiii. 1-8

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians. Brethren: If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And if I should have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not; dealeth not perversely, is not puffed up; is not ambitious: seeketh not her own; is not provoked to anger; thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.

Gradual: Psalms xx. 4-5

    O Lord, Thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: Thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. ℣. He asked life of Thee, and Thou hast given him length of days for ever, and for ages of ages.

Alleluia: Ecclesiasticus xi. 13

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The eye of God hath looked upon him for good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate, and hath exalted his head. Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew xxii. 1-14

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. At that time, Jesus spoke to the chief priests and the Pharisees in parables, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son; and he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage, and they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited: Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come ye to the marriage. But they neglected: and went their ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise; and the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death. But when the king had heard of it, he was angry; and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city. Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready, but they that were invited were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage. And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good; and the marriage was filled with guests. And the king went in to seed the guests; and he saw there a man who had not a wedding garment: and he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having on a wedding garment? but he was silent. Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.

Offertory: Psalms xxxiv. 13

    But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with hair-cloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.

Secret

    In memory of Thy saints, O Lord, we offer Thee a sacrifice of praise, by which we hope to be delivered from all evils both present and to come. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of Ember Friday:

Secret

    May the gifts of our fasting, O Lord, be pleasing in Thy sight; and atoning for our sins may they make us worthy of Thy grace and lead us to the eternal happiness promised by Thee. Through our Lord.

Communion: Psalms lxviii. 30-31

    I am poor and sorrowful: Thy salvation, O God, hath set me up. I will praise the name of God with a canticle; and I will magnify Him with praise.

Postcommunion

    Refreshed with food and drink from heaven, we humbly beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that we may be strengthened by the intercession of the Saint in whose memory we have received these gifts. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of Ember Friday: 

Postcommunion

    We beseech Thee, almighty God, to bestow even greater blessings upon those who give thanks to Thee for gifts already received from Thy bounty. 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