Introit: Psalm lxiii. 3

    Thou hast protected me, O God, from the assembly of the malignant, alleluia: from the multitude of the workers of iniquity, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to Thee: free my soul from the fear of the enemy. ℣. Glory be. Thou hast protected...

Collect

    O God, who didst teach blessed Hermenegild, Thy martyr, to value the kingdom of heaven more than an earthly throne; grant, we beseech Thee, that following his example, we may despise all transitory things, and seek after those which are eternal. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Wisdom v. 1-5

    Lesson from the book of Wisdom. Then shall the just stand with great constancy against those that have afflicted them and taken away their labors. These seeing it, shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the suddenness of their unexpected salvation, saying within themselves, repenting, and groaning for anguish of spirit: These are they whom we had some time in derision and for a parable of reproach. We fools esteemed their life madness and their end without honor; behold how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.

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First Alleluia: Psalm lxxxviii. 6

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord: and Thy truth in the Church of the saints.

Second Alleluia: Psalm xx. 4

    Alleluia. ℣. Thou hast set on his head, O Lord, a crown of precious stones. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke xiv. 26-33

    + Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke. At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: If any man come to Me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. For which of you, having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it: lest, after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him, saying: This man began to build and was not able to finish? Or what king about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down and think whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that with twenty thousand cometh against him? Or else, while the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace. So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth cannot be My disciple.

Offertory: Psalm lxxxviii. 6

    The heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the Church of the saints, alleluia, alleluia.

Secret

    Graciously receive O Lord, the offerings dedicated unto Thee, through the merits of blessed Thy martyr and bishop: and grant that they may become our perpetual support. Through our Lord.

Communion: Psalm lxiii. 11

    The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in Him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised, alleluia, alleluia.

Postcommunion

    Refreshed by participation in Thy holy gift, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that through the intercession of blessed Thy martyr and bishop, we may experience the effect of the worship we perform. 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