Introit: Psalms xliv. 13, 15, 16

    All the rich among the people shall entreat thy countenance: after her shall virgins be brought to the King; her neighbors shall be brought to Thee in gladness and rejoicing. Ps. My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the King. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    To Thy faithful people, rejoicing in the name and protection of the most holy Virgin Mary, vouchsafe, almighty God, we beseech Thee, through her loving intercession, to be delivered from all evils here on earth, and to be accounted worthy to enter into everlasting joys in heaven. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xxiv. 23-31

    Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus. As the vine I have brought forth a pleasent odor, and my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits; for my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honey-comb. My memory is unto everlasting generations. They that eat me, shall yet hunger; and they that drink me, shall yet thirst. He that hearkeneth to me shall not be confounded, and they that work by me shall not sin. They that explain me shall have life everlasting.

Gradual

    O Virgin Mary, blessed and venerable art thou; without blemish to thy maidenhood, thou didst become the Mother of the Savior. ℣. О Virgin, Mother of God, He whom the whole world availeth not to contain, being made man, shut Himself up within thy womb.

Alleluia

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. After childbirth, O Virgin, thou didst remain unstained; intercede for us, O Mother of God. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke i. 26-38

    + Continuation of the holy Gospel according to the holy Apostle Luke. At that time, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David: and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Who having heard, was troubled at his saying and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and shalt bring forth a Son: and thou shalt call His name Jesus. He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end. And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man? And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren; because no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word.

Offertory: Luke i. 28, 42

    Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Secret

    Through Thy mercy, O Lord, and by the intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin, may this oblation secure for us prosperity and peace, both now and for ever. Through our Lord.

Communion

    Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father.

Postcommunion

    Give unto us, O Lord, who have received these helps to salvation, to find, wheresoever we may be, a sure defense in the patronage of blessed Mary ever a virgin: for it is in honor of her that we have made these offerings to Thy majesty. 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