Introit: Psalms cxviii. 46-47

    I spoke of Thy testimonies before kings, and I was not ashamed: I meditated also on Thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly. Ps. Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the Lord. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    Graciously hear us, O God of our salvation, and grant that we who keep with joy the festival of blessed Praxedes, Thy virgin, may, by our feeling of loving devotion, advance in our knowledge of Thee. Through.

Epistle: 1 Corinthians vii. 25-34

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians. Brethren, concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful. I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be. Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you. This therefore I say, brethren: The time is short: it remaineth, that they also who have wives be as if they had none: and they that weep as though they wept not: and they that rejoice as if they rejoiced not: and they that buy as though they possessed not: and they that use this world as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away. But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord,  how he may please God. But he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and he is divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of teh Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in the spirit: in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Gradual: Psalms xliv. 8

    Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity. ℣. Therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness.

Alleluia: Psalms xliv. 5

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. With thy comeliness and thy beauty, set out, proceed prosperously and reign. Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew xiii. 44-52

    + Continuation of the Gospel of St. Matthew. At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls. Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it. And the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes. Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have ye understood all these things? They say to him: Yes. He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.

Offertory: Psalms xliv. 3

    Grace is poured abroad in thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee for ever, and for ages of ages.

Secret

    O Lord, may the offering be pleasant in Thy sight which Thy faithful people bring to Thee in honor of Thy saints: for the sake of whose merits they know that they have received help in their tribulation. Through.

Communion: Matthew xiii. 45-46

    The kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls; who, when he had found one pearl of great price, gave all that he had, and bought it.

Postcommunion

    With holy gifts, O Lord, Thou hast fed Thy servants; comfort us ever, we beseech Thee, by her intercession, whose festival we celebrate. 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