Introit: Psalms 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. Ps. Be not emulous of evildoers: nor envy them that work iniquity. ℣. Glory be. The mouth of...

Collect

    O God who, by the merits and teaching of blessed Dominic, Thy confessor, hast been pleased to enlighten Thy Church: grant that through his prayers, she may not be deprived of temporal help, and may continually advance in spiritual growth. Through our Lord.

Epistle: 2 Timothy iv. 1-8

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to Timothy. Dearly beloved, I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming, and his kingdom: preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears, and will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables. But be thou vigilant, labor in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry. Be sober. For I am even now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord, the just Judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming.

Gradual: Psalms xci. 13, 14, 3

    The just shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus in the house of the Lord. ℣. To show forth Thy mercy in the morning, and Thy truth in the night.

Alleluia: Osee xiv. 6

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The just shall spring as the lily and flourish for ever before the Lord. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke xii. 35-40

    + Continuation of the Gospel of St. Luke. At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Let your loins be girt and lamps burning in your hands, and you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return fro the wedding: that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching: amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them sit down to meat, and passing will minister unto them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open. Be you then also ready, for at what hour you think not the Son of man will come.

Offertory: Psalms lxxxviii. 25

    My truth and My mercy shall be with him: and in My name shall his horn be exalted.

Secret

    Hallow, O Lord, the offerings we dedicate to Thee: that by the merits of blessed Dominic, Thy confessor, they may benefit us unto the healing of our souls. Through our Lord.

Communion: Luke xii. 42

    A faithful and wise steward, whom the Lord has set over His family; to give them their measure of wheat in due season.

Postcommunion

    Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that we who are weighed down by the burden of our sins, may be relieved by the protection of blessed Dominic, Thy confessor. Through.

+ 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