Introit: Psalm cxi. 13-14

    The just shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus: planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Ps. It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to Thy name, O Most High. ℣. Glory be. The just shall...

Collect

    Hearken, O Lord, unto our supplications, which we offer Thee on the solemnity of blessed Nicholas Thy confessor; that we who trust not in our own justice, may be helped by the prayers of him who pleased Thee. Through our Lord.

Epistle: 1 Corinthians iv. 9-14

    Lesson from Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians. Brethren, we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ: we are weak, but you are strong: you are honorable, but we without honor. Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode, and we labor, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless: we are persecuted, and we suffer it: we are blasphemed, and we entreat: we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now. I write not these things to confound you, but I admonish you as my dearest children: in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Gradual: Psalm xxxvi. 30-31

    The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom, and his tongue shall speak judgment. ℣. The law of his God is in his heart: and his steps shall not be supplanted.

Alleluia: Psalm cxi. 1

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke xii. 32-34

    + Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom. Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will you heart be also.

Offertory: Psalm xx. 2-3

    In Thy strength, O Lord, the just man shall be joyful, and in Thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly: Thou hast given him the desire of his heart.

Secret

    Grant us, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that the offering of our humility may be pleasing to Thee in honor of Thy saints, and purify us alike in body and soul. Through our Lord.

Communion: Matthew xix. 28, 29

    Amen I say to you, that you, who have left all things and followed Me, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.

Postcommunion

    We beseech Thee, almighty God, that we who have received heavenly food may, through the intercession of blessed Nicholas Thy confessor, be protected by it from all harm. 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