Introit: Psalms cxviii. 95-96

    The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; I have understood Thy testimonies, O Lord: I have seen an end of all perfection: Thy commandment is exceedingly broad. Ps. Blessed do are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the Lord. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    May the prayers of blessed Mary Magdalen help us, O Lord: for it was in answer to them that Thou didst call her brother Lazarus, four days after death, back from the grave to life. Who livest and reignest.

Epistle: Canticle of Canticles iii. 2-5; 8; 6-7

    Lesson from the Canticle of Canticles. I will rise and will go about the city: in the streets and the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and I found him not. The watch-men who keep the city found me. Have you seen him whom my soul loveth? When I had a little passed by them, I found him whom my soul loveth; I held him, and I will not let him go till I bring him in to my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that bore me. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and harts of the fields, that you stir not up, nor wake my beloved till she please. Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is hard as hell; the lamps thereof are lamps of fire and flames. Many waters cannot quench charity, neither can the floods drown it; if a man shall give all the substance of his house for love, he shall despise it as nothing.

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. 3

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Grace is is poured abroad in thy lips :therefore hath God blessed thee for ever. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke vii. 36-50

    + The continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time one of the pharisees desired Jesus to eat with Him. And He went into the house of the pharisee, and sat down to meat. And behold a woman that was in the city, a sinner, when she knew that He sat at meat in the pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment: and standing behind at His feet, she began to wash His feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed His feet, and anointed them with the ointment. And the pharisee, who had invited Him, seeing it, spoke within himself, saying: This man, if He were a prophet, would know surely who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth Him: that she is a sinner. And Jesus answering said to Him: Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. But he said: Master, say it. A certain creditor had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most? Simon answering, said: 1 suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And He said to him: Thou hast judged rightly. And turning to the woman, He said unto Simon: Dost thou see this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest Me no water for My feet: but she with tears hath washed My feet, and with her hairs hath wiped them. Thou gavest Me no kiss: but she, since she came in, hath not ceased to kiss My feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she with ointment hath anointed My feet. Wherefore I say to thee: Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much. But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less. And He said to her: Thy sins are forgiven thee. And they that sat at meat with Him began to say within themselves: Who is this that forgiveth sins also ? And He said to the woman: Thy faith hath made thee safe: go in peace.

Offertory: Psalms xliv. 10

    The daughters of kings in thy glory: the queen stood on thy right hand in gilded clothing, surrounded with variety.

Secret

    May the glorious merits of blessed Mary Magdalen, we beseech Thee, O Lord, make these our offerings acceptable to Thee: for Thine only-begotten Son vouchsafed graciously to accept the humble service she rendered. Who liveth and reigneth.

Communion: Psalms cxviii. 121, 122, 128

    I have done judgment and justice, O Lord, let not the proud calumniate me; I was directed to all Thy commandments; I have hated all wicked ways.

Postcommunion

    Having received, O Lord, Thy precious Body and Blood, the one salutary medicine of our souls: may we, through the intercession of saint Mary Magdalen, be delivered from all evil: Who livest.

+ 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