Introit: Psalms lxvii. 8, 9

    O God! when Thou didst go forth in the sight of Thy people, making a passage for them, dwelling among them, alleluia: the earth was moved and the heavens dropped, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and let them that hate Him flee from before His face. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    May the Holy Comforter, who proceedeth from Thee, enlighten our minds, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and lead us into all truth, even as Thy Son hath promised. Who with Thee... in the unity of the same Holy Ghost.

Lesson: Acts of the Apostles ii. 14-21

    Lesson from the Acts of the Apostles. In those days Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and with your ears receive my words. For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day; but this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass in the last days saith the Lord I will pour out of my Spirit upon. all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And upon My servants, indeed, and upon My handmaids will I pour out in those days of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

First Alleluia: Psalms xxxii. 6

    Alleluia. ℣. By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all the power of them by the Spirit of His mouth.

Collect

    Grant, we beseech Thee almighty and merciful God, that the Holy Ghost, coming to us, may make us the temple of His glory. Through our Lord...in the unity of the same Holy Ghost.

Commemoration of St. Bede the Venerable

Collect

    O God, who by the learning of blessed Bede, Thy confessor and doctor, hast glorified Thy Church:grant that Thy servants may ever be enlightened by his wisdom and helped by his merits. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Acts of the Apostles v. 12-16

    Lesson from the Acts of the Apostles. In those days by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. But of the rest no man durst join himself unto them: but the people magnified them. And the multitude of men and women who believed in the Lord was more increased, insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, when Peter came, his shadow at the least might overshadow any of them, and they might be delivered from their infirmities. And there came also together to Jerusalem a multitude out of the neighboring cities, bringing sick persons, and such as were troubled with unclean spirits: who were all healed.

Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus

    Come, Holy Ghost, send down those beams, / Which sweetly flow in silent streams / From Thy bright throne above. / O, come, Thou Father of the poor, / O, come, Thou source of all our store, / Come fill our hearts with love. / O Thou of comforters the best, / O Thou the soul's delightful guest, / The pilgrim's sweet relief. / Rest art Thou in our toil, most sweet / Refreshment in the noonday heat, / And solace in our grief. O blessed Light of Life Thou art, / Fill with Thy Light the inmost hearts / Of those that hope in Thee. / Without Thy Godhead nothing can / Have any price or worth in man, / Nothing can harmless be. / Lord, wash our sinful stains away, / Water from heaven our barren clay, / Our wounds and bruises heal. / To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks bow, / Warm with Thy love our hearts of snow, / Our wandering feet recall. / Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord, / Whose only hope is in Thy Word, / Thy sevenfold gift of grace. / Grant us in life Thy grace, that we / In peace may die and ever be In joy before Thy face. Amen.

Gospel: John vi. 44-52

    + Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. John. At that time Jesus said to the multitude of Jews: No man can come to Me, except the Father, who hath sent Me, draw him; and I will raise him up in the last day. It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard of the Father, and hath learned, cometh to Me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, but he who is of God, he hath seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say unto you: he that believeth in Me hath everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the desert, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven: that if any man eat of it, he may not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is My flesh for the life of the world.

Offertory: Psalms cxviii. 47, 48

    I will meditate on Thy commandments, which I have loved much; and I will lift up my hands to Thy commandments, which I have loved, alleluia.

Secret

    Accept, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the oblation of our gift; and grant that we may realize by a devout life what we celebrate in these mysteries. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Bede the Venerable

Secret

    May the holy prayer of blessed Thy and doctor never fail us, O Lord; may it render our offerings acceptable, and ever obtain for us Thy pardon, Through our Lord.

Communion: John xiv. 27

    Peace I leave with you, alleluia; My peace I give unto you, alleluia, alleluia.

Postcommunion

    We receive these heavenly sacraments, O Lord, beseeching Thy mercy that what we celebrate in time, we may enjoy for all eternity. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of St. Bede the Venerable

Postcommunion

    May blessed Thy and illustrious doctor intercede for us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that these Thy sacrifices may obtain for us salvation. 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