Introit (Psalm 118 : 137, 124) Thou art just, O Lord, and Thy judgment is right; deal with Thy servant according to Thy mercy. Psalm. Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the Lord. ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. — Thou art just …
Collect Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that Thy people may shun all the wiles of the devil: and with pure mind follow Thee, the only God. Through our Lord Jesus Christ …
Epistle (Ephesians 4:1-6) Brethren: I, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called. With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity, careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. One body and one spirit, as you are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all, who is blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Gradual (Psalm 32:12, 6) Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom He hath chosen for His inheritance. By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth. Alleluia, alleluia. (Ps. 101:2.) O Lord, hear my prayer; and let my cry come to Thee. Alleluia.
Gospel (Matthew 22:34-46) At that time, the Pharisees came to Jesus, and one of them, a doctor of the law, asked Him, tempting Him: Master, which is the great commandment of the law? Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments depends the whole law and the prophets. And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying: What think you of Christ? whose son is He? They said to Him: David’s. He said to them: How then doth David in spirit call Him Lord, saying: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool? If David then call Him Lord, how is He his son? And no man was able to answer Him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask Him any more questions.
Offertory (Daniel 9 : 4, 17– 19) I, Daniel, prayed to my God, saying: Hear, O Lord, the prayers of Thy servant; show Thy face upon Thy sanctuary, and favourably look down upon this people upon whom Thy Name is invoked, O God.
Secret We humbly entreat Thy Majesty, O Lord: that these holy Mysteries which we celebrate, may set us free from both past and future sins. Through our Lord …
Communion (Psalm 75:12-13) Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your God, all you that round about Him bring presents: to Him that is terrible, even to Him who taketh away the spirit of princes; to the terrible with all the kings of the earth.
Postcommunion By Thy sanctifying Gifts, O almighty God, may our vices be healed and eternal remedies made available to us. Through our Lord …
