This document outlines the liturgy for the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ, celebrated on the last Sunday of October. It describes how Christ is our king both by divine right as the Son of God and by right of conquest through his redemption of humanity from sin. The liturgy includes prayers, readings from scripture, and other elements that celebrate Christ's sovereignty and look forward to his establishment of an eternal kingdom of truth, life, holiness, justice, love and peace.

1. GLOIRE, LOUANGE, HONNEUR,
AU CHRIST-ROI, RÉDEMPTEUR.
GLORY, PRAISE, AND HONOR TO THEE,
O KING CHRIST, THE REDEEMER.

2. KINGSHIP OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Feast Day: The Last Sunday of October.
The royalty of Christ rests upon a twofold basis. He is our King by right of birth and by right of conquest. The first
refers us to the personality of the Son of God, whereby, in his divine nature as God and by virtue of the hypostatic
union, He is the sovereign Lord and Master. The second places before us the God-Man coming down on earth to
rescue fallen man from the slavery of Satan, and by the labors and sufferings of this life, and Passion and death, to
win a glorious victory for us over sin and hell.
INTROIT
THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN is worthy to receive power and divinity and wisdom and strength and honor; to
Him be glory and empire for ever and ever. (Psalm) Give to the King, O God, Thy justice, and to the King’s Son
Thy judgment. 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. (Apoc. 5:12;1-6; Ps.71:1)
COLLECT
ALMIGHTY AND EVERLASTING GOD, Who in Thy beloved Son, the King of the whole world, hast willed to
restore all things, mercifully grant that all the families of nations now kept apart by the wound of sin, may be
brought under the sweet yoke of His rule: Who with thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God,
world without end. Amen.
EPISTLE
BRETHREN: Giving thanks to God the Father, who hath made us worthy to be partakers of the lot of the saints in
light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his
love, In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins; Who is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of every creature: For in him were all things created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and in him. And he is
before all, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead; that in all things he may hold the primacy: Because in him, it hath well pleased the Father,
that all fullness should dwell; And through him to reconcile all things unto himself, making peace through the blood
of his cross, both as to the things that are on earth, and the things that are in heaven. (Col 1:12-20)
GOSPEL
AT THAT TIME: Pilate said to Jesus: Art Thou King of the Jews? Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of
thyself, or have others told it thee of Me? Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests
have delivered Thee up to me: what hast Thou done? Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my
kingdom were of this world, My servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now
My kingdom is not from hence. Pilate therefore said to him: Art Thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest
that I am a King. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world, that I should give testimony to the truth.
Every one that is of the truth, heareth My voice. (Jn. 18:33-37)
SECRET
O LORD, we offer Thee the Victim of man’s redemption: grant, we beseech Thee, that Jesus Christ Thy Son our
Lord, Whom we are immolating in the sacrifice, may Himself bestow on all nations the gifts of unity and peace;
Who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost,, God, world without end. Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give
thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God, Who with the oil of gladness didst anoint Thine only-
begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ as Priest for ever and King of all: that by offering Himself on the altar of the
Cross a stainless Victim to appease Thee, He might accomplish the mysteries of man’s redemption: and that
subjecting all creatures to His sway, He might present to Thine infinite Majesty a universal and eternal Kingdom: a
Kingdom of truth and life: a Kingdom of holiness and grace: a Kingdom of justice, love, and peace. And therefore
with with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominations, and with the hosts of the heavenly army, we sing
a hymn to Thy glory, evermore saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. The heavens and the earth are full of
Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
ANTIPHON AT THE MAGNIFICAT
FIRST VESPERS
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, alleluia.
SECOND VESPERS
HE HATH on His garment and on His thigh written: King of kings and Lord of lords. To Him be glory and empire
for ever and ever.

3. PRENEZ COURAGE, NE CRAIGNEZ POINT:
VOICI DIEU QUI VIENDRA ET VOUS SAUVERA.
THE LORD IS NIGH UNTO ALL THEM THAT CALL
UPON HIM, TO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM IN TRUTH.

4. ADVENT
Feast Day: See Table of Movable Feasts.
From the Latin word adventus meaning “coming”. The idea of Advent is “Prepare you for the coming of Christ.”
Therefore the very appeals of the Patriarchs and Prophets are put in our mouths in Advent. Prepare for the coming of
Christ the Redeemer, Who comes to prepare us for His Second coming as Judge.
In the Roman Catholic church’s Lithurgy (i.e. the public official service of the Church, that corresponded to the
official service of the Temple in the Old Law), Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before December 25, the
Sunday between November 27 and December 3 inclusive (typ. the Sunday closest to the feast of St. Andrew.)
Of old, for example in Normandy, farmers employed children under twelve to run through the fields and orchards
armed with torches, setting fire to bundles of straw, and thus it is believed driving out such vermin as are likely to
damage the crops whereas in recent times the commonest observance of Advent outside church circles has been
the keeping of an advent calendar or advent candle, with one door being opened in the calendar, or one section of
the candle being burned, on each day in December leading up to Christmas Eve.
The First Sunday of Advent or the Fourth before Christmas, is the first day of the Liturgical Year. The Mass
prepares us this day for the double coming (adventus) of mercy and justice. That is why St. Paul tells us, in the
Epistle, to cast off sin in order that, being ready for the coming of Christ as our Savior, we may also be ready for His
coming as our Judge, of which we learn in the Gospel. Let us prepare ourselves, by pious aspirations and by the
reformation of our lives, for this twofold coming. Jesus our Lord will reward those who yearn for Him and await Him:
“Those who trust in Him shall not be confounded.”
INTROIT
TO THEE have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God, I put my thrust, let me not be ashamed: neither let my
enemies laugh at me: for non of them that wait on Thee shall be confounded. (Psalm) Show, O Lord, Thy ways to
me: and teach me Thy paths. 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. (Ps. 24:1,3,4)
COLLECT
STIR UP THY POWER, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and come: that from the threatening dangers of our sins we
may deserve to be rescued by Thy protection, and to be saved by Thy deliverance: Who livest and reignest with
God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
EPISTLE
BRETHREN, knowing that is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we
believed. The night is passed and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the
armor of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and
impurities, not in contention and envy: but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 13:11-14)
GOSPEL
AT THAT TIME Jesus said to His disciples: There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and
upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves: men
withering away for fear and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall
be moved. And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and majesty. But when these
things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand. And He spoke to
them a similitude: See the fig tree and all the trees: when they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is
nigh. So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand. Amen, I
say to you, this generation shall not pass away till all things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My
words shall not pass away. (Lk. 21:25-33)
SECRET
MAY these holy mysteries, O Lord, cleanse us by their powerful virtue and make us come with greater purity to
Him Who is their source. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity
of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give
thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: Who, together with Thine only-begotten Son and the Holy
Ghost, art one God, one Lord: not in the Oneness of a single Person, but in the Trinity of one Substance. For what
by Thy revelation we believe of Thy glory, the same do we believe of Thy Son, the same of the Holy Ghost,
without difference or separation; so that in confessing the true and eternal Godhead, in It we should adore
distinction in Persons, unity in Essence, and equality in Majesty: in praise of which Angels and Archangels,
Cherubim also and Seraphim, day be day exclaim, without end and with one voice, saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord
God of hosts. The heavens and the earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He Who cometh
in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
ANTIPHON AT THE MIGNIFICAT
FEAR NOT, Mary, for thou hast found grace with the Lord; behold thou shalt conceive, and shalt bring forth a son,
alleluia. (Lk. 1:30-31)
AT BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
RORATE CŒLI
YE HEAVENS, drop down the dew from above, and let the clouds rain down the Just. Be comforted, be comforted,
O my people: thy Savior shall come quickly. (Is. 15:5)

5. Ô MARIE, CONCUE SANS PÉCHÉ, PRIEZ POUR
NOUS, QUI AVONS RECOURS À VOUS.
THOU ART ALL FAIR, O MARY, AND THERE
IS IN THEE NO STAIN OF ORIGINAL SIN.

6. THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Feast Day: December 8
“I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her Seed.” (Gen. 3:15) In these words the Im-
maculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was announced to our first parents. It was to be the reversal of the
friendship with the serpent contracted by Eve, when she listened to his voice and fell under his power. The second
Eve was never to be under the power of the devil; the enmity between them was to admit of no possible exception.
This involved the grace of being conceived immaculate. Mary’s Immaculate Conception was the foundation of all her
graces. The absence of any stain or spot of sin distinguished her from all the rest of mankind. It distinguished her
from the holiest of the saints, since they, one and all, were sinners. Her perfect sinlessness was the source of all her
glory and all her majesty; it was this which opened the door to the unlimited graces that she received from God; it
was this that qualified her for her divine maternity, and raised her to her throne as Queen of heaven.
INTROIT
I WILL greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for He hath clothed me with the
garments of salvation, and with the robe of justice He hath covered me, as a bride adorned with her jewels. (Psalm)
I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast upheld me: and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me. 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. (Is. 61:10; Ps. 29:2)
COLLECT
O GOD, Who, by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, didst prepare for Thy Son a worthy habitation, we
beseech Thee, that as Thou didst preserve her from every stain by the foreseen death of this Thy Son, so Thou
wouldst grant that we also being cleansed from guilt by her intercession, may come to Thee. Through the same our
Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without
end. Amen.
EPISTLE
THE LORD possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning. I was set up
from eternity, and of old before the earth was made. The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived.
neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out: The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been
established: before the hills I was brought forth: He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the
world. When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:
When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters: When he compassed the sea with its
bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the
earth; I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times; Playing in
the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men. Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are
they that keep my ways. Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that
watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall
have salvation from the Lord. (Prov. 8:22-35)
GOSPEL
AT THAT TIME there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the Mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was
invited, and His disciples, to the marriage. And the wine failing, the Mother of Jesus saith to Him: They have no
wine. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to Me and to thee? My hour is not yet come. His Mother saith to
the waiters: Whatsoever He shall say to you, do ye. Now there were set there six water-pots of stone, according to
the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece. Jesus saith to them: Fill the
water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And Jesus said to them: Draw out now, and carry to the
chief steward of the feast. And they carried it. And when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine, and
knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water: the chief Stewart calleth the bridegroom,
and saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is
worst: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. (Jn. 2:1-10)
SECRET
RECEIVE the saving Victim, which we offer to Thee, O Lord, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of
the blessed Virgin Mary: and grant that, as we confess that by Thy preserving grace she was kept free from every
stain; so, by her intercession, we may be delivered from all our faults. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son,
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give
thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: and that we should praise and bless and proclain Thee in
the Immaculate Conception of the blessed Mary ever Virgin: who conceived Thine only-begotten Son by the
overshadowing of the Holy Ghost, and the glory of her virginity still abiding, gave forth to the world the eternal
Light, Jesus Christ our Lord: through Whom Angels praise Thy Majesty, Dominations worship, Powers stand in
awe: the Heavens and the hosts of heaven with blessed Seraphim unite, exult, and celebrate; and we entreat that
Thou wouldst bid our voices also to be heard with theirs, singing with lowly praise: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of
hosts. The heavens and the earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He Who cometh in the
name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
ANTIPHON AT THE MIGNIFICAT
ALL generations shall call me blessed because He that is mighty hath done great things to me, alleluia. (Lk. 1:48)

7. AUJOURD’HUI UN ENFANT NOUS EST
NÉ: LE VERBE A ÉTÉ FAIT HOMME.
A CHILD IS BORN TO US, THE
WORD WAS MADE FLESH.

8. CHRISTMAS DAY
Feast Day: December 25
During the season of Advent we long for the coming of Christ. In Christmastide we experience the joy of His coming
into the world. The Church is full of the mystery of the Incarnation of Christ. Jesus as God, begotten of the substance
of the Father before all ages and born of the substance of His Mother in the world, is given to us. “And His name
shall be called the Angel of Good Council.”
By union of our souls with Jesus born to human life, we are born to the divine life. “As many as received Him He
gave the power to be made Sons of God.” (St. John).
In the birth of Jesus we learn to know God as His Father: “All things are delivered to Me by my Father. And no one
knoweth the Son but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father but the Son and he to whom it shall please
the Son to reveal Him.” (St. Matthew).
St. Luke tells us of the birth of our Lord. And Mary brought forth her first-born Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling
clothes and laid Him in a manger.
INTROIT
THE LORD hath said to me: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten Thee. (Psalm) Why have the Gentiles
raged, and the people devised vain things? 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. (Ps. 2:7,1)
COLLECT
O GOD, Who hast made this most holy night shine forth with the splendor of the true Light: grant, we beseech
Thee, that we, who have known the mysteries of His light on earth, may enjoy also His happiness in heaven: Who
with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
EPISTLE
DEARLY BELOVED: For the grace of God our Savior hath appeared to all men; Instructing us, that, denying
ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly in this world, Looking for the
blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ, Who gave himself for us, that
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.
These things speak, and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. (Tit. 2:11-15)
GOSPEL
AND IT CAME TO PASS, that when they were there, her days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her firstborn Son and wrapped Him up in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger:
Because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds watching and
keeping the night watches over their flock. And behold an Angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of
God shone round about them, and they feared with a great fear. And the Angel said to them: Fear not; for behold I
bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people: for this day is born to you a Savior, Who is Christ
the Lord, in the city of David. And this shall be a sign unto you: you shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling
clothes, and laid in a manger. And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising
God and saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will. And it came to pass, after the
angels departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us go over to Bethlehem, and let us
see this word that is come to pass, which the Lord hath showed to us. And they came with haste; and they found
Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken
to them concerning this child. And all that heard, wondered; and at those things that were told them by the
shepherds. But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and
praising God, for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. (Lk. 2:6-20)
SECRET
SANCTIFY, O Lord, the gifts offered to Thee by the new birth of Thine Only-begotten Son; and cleanse us from
the stain of our sins. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give
thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: for through the Mystery of the Word made flesh, new
radiance from Thy glory hath so shone on the eye of the soul that the recognition of our God made visible draweth
us to love what is invisible. And therefore with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominations, and with
the hosts of the heavenly army we sing a hymn to Thy glory, evermore saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts.
The heavens and the earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of
the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
ANTIPHON AT THE MIGNIFICAT
THIS DAY Christ is born: this day the Savior hath appeared: this day the Angels sing on earth, and the Archangels
rejoice: this day the just exult, saying: Glory to God in the highest, alleluia. (Lk. 2:14)

9. LA MORT DE L’HOMME-DIEU EST LA
SOURCE DE LA VIE ÉTERNELLE.
THE DEATH OF THE GOD-MAN IS
THE SPRING OF EVERLASTING LIFE.

10. PALM SUNDAY
Feast Day: The Sunday before Easter Sunday.
Of the weeks in the Church’s year Holy Week is truly singular for the fullness, majesty, and devotion of the
ceremonies. From apostolic times special care had been taken to celebrate the central mysteries of our Redemption,
and in the course of time three days – Friday, Saturday, Sunday – came to be set apart for the liturgical memory of
Christ crucified, Christ buried, Christ risen. A little later was added a fourth day, of solemn ritual remembrance of the
institution of the most Holy Eucharist. A further addition was made on the previous Sunday, to celebrate the
triumphant entry into His holy city of Christ our Lord, Messiah and King.
INTROIT
O LORD, keep not Thy help for from me; look to my defense: deliver me from the lion’s mouth, and my lowness
from the horns of the unicorns. (Psalm) O God, my God, look upon me: why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my
salvation are the words of my sins. [From Passion Sunday – i.e. the Sunday preceding Palm Sunday – to Easter, the
Glory Be is surpressed because it evokes sentiments of joy] (Ps. 21:20,22,2)
COLLECT
O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who didst cause our Savior to take upon Him our flesh and to undergo the
cross, for an example of humility to be imitated by mankind: mercifully grant that we may deserve to possess not
only the lesson of His patience, but also the fellowship of His Resurrection. Through the same our Lord Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
EPISTLE
BRETHREN, let this mind be in you which was also in Jesus Christ: Who being in the form of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God; but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of
men, and in habit found as a man. He humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
For which cause God also hath exalted Him, and hath given Him a name which is above all names (here all
genuflect) that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the
earth; and that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. (Phil. 2:5-
11)
GRADUAL
THOU HAST HELD me by my right hand; and by Thy will Thou hast conducted me, and with Thy glory Thou hast
received me. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart! But my feet were almost moved, my steps
had wellnigh slipped, because I was jealous of the wicked, seeking the prosperity of sinners. (Ps. 72:24,1-3)
GOSPEL
AT THAT TIME, when Jesus drew nigh to Jerusalem, and was come to Bethphage, unto Mount Olivet, then He
sent two disciples, saying to them: Go ye into the village that is over against you and immediately you shall find an
ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them and bring them to Me. And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye that
the Lord hath need of them, and forthwith he will let them go. Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by the prophet, saying: Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and sitting
upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of her that is used to the yoke. And the disciples going did as Jesus
commanded them. And they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their garments upon them, and made Him sit
thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way, and others cut boughs from the trees, and
strewed them in the way, and the multitudes that went before and that followed cried, saying: Hosanna the Son of
David: Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. (Mt. 21:1-9)
SECRET
GRANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that the gifts offered in the sight of Thy Majesty, may procure us the grace of
devotion and the reward of a blessed eternity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give
thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: Who didst establish the salvation of mankind on the tree
of the cross: that whence death rose, thence also life might rise again, and that he who overcame by a tree, by a tree
also might be overcome: through Christ our Lord. Through Whom Angels praise Thy Majesty, Dominations
worship, Powers stand in awe. The heavens and the hosts of heaven with blessed Seraphim unite, exult, and
celebrate. And we entreat that Thou wouldst bid our voices also to be heard with theirs, singing with lowly praise:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. The heavens and the earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
ANTIPHON AT THE MIGNIFICAT
FOR IT IS WRITTEN: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed; but after I shall be
risen again, I will go before you into Galilee: there you shall see Me, saith the Lord, alleluia. (Mt. 26:31-32)

11. VOICI LE BOIS DE LA CROIX AUQUEL LE
SALUT DU MONDE A ÉTÉ ATTACHÉ.
BEHOLD THE WOOD OF THE CROSS, ON
WHICH HUNG THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.

12. GOOD FRIDAY
Feast Day: The Friday preceding Easter Sunday.
Let the faithful be led to understand today’s special liturgical act, in which the Passion of our Lord is solemnly
chanted: prayers offered for the needs of the whole Church and the human race: the holy Cross, monument of our
Redemption, is adored most devoutly by clergy and faithful, the whole family of Christ: finally, as for hundreds of
years was the practice, all who wish and are duly prepared go forward to receive Communion with this as their chief
intention, that by devoutly receiving the Body of the Lord (which He delivered this day for all men) they may enjoy
richer fruits of that Redemption. Let the priests urge the faithful to make this sacred day one of loving recollection,
neither should they forget the law of abstinence and fasting.
THE LORD Jesus Christ humbled Himself unto death, even the death of the cross; wherefore God also exalted Him
and hath given Him a name which is above every name. (Phil. 2:8-9)
O LORD Jesus Christ, Who didst shed Thy precious Blood to wash away our sins: we humbly beseech Thee, that
on the judgment day, at Thy right hand, we may be found worthy to hear from Thee those words: Come, ye blessed:
Who with the same God the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, God, world without end. Amen.
INTROIT
O GOD Who, by the Passion of Thy Christ, our Lord, hast loosened the bonds of death, that heritage of the first sin
to which all men of later times did succeed: make us so conformed to Him that, as we must needs have borne the
likeness of earthly nature, so we may by sanctification bear the likeness of heavenly grace. Through the same our
Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without
end. Amen.
COLLECT
O GOD, from Whom Judas received the punishment of his guilt, and the thief the reward of his confession: grant
unto us the full fruit of Thy clemency; that even as in His Passion our Lord Jesus Christ gave to each retribution
according to his merits, so having cleared away our former guilt, He may bestow on us the grace of His
Resurrection: Who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
TRACT
DELIVER ME, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man. Who have devised iniquities in their
hearts: all the day long they designed battles. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps
is under their lips. Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have
proposed to supplant my steps. The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare:
they have laid for me a stumbling block by the wayside. I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the
voice of my supplication. O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: overshadow my head in the day of battle.
Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me. Do not Thou forsake me, lest
at any time they should triumph. The head of them compassing me about: the labor of their lips shall overwhelm
them. But the just shall give glory to Thy name: and the upright shall dwell with Thy countenance. (Ps. 139:2-
10,14)
GOSPEL
See V. THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Jn. 18:1-40; 19:1-42).
THE GREAT INTERCESSIONS
LET US PRAY, dearly beloved, for the holy Church of God: that our Lord and God may deign to give it peace,
keep it in unity, and guard it throughout the world, subjecting to it principalities and powers: and may grant unto us
that, leading a peaceful and quiet life we may glorify God, the Father almighty.
LET US PRAY also for our most holy Father Pope N.: that our Lord and God, Who chose him to be Bishop, may
keep him in health and safety for His holy Church, to govern the holy people of God.
LET US PRAY also for all Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Subdeacons, Acolytes, Exorcists, Lectors, Porters,
Confessors, Virgins, Widows, and for all the holy people of God.
LET US PRAY too for all engaged in affairs of state and for all their ministries and powers: that our God and Lord
may guide according to His will their minds and hearts, to our lesting peace.
LET US PRAY also for our Catechumens: that our Lord and God would open the ears of their hearts and the gate
of His mercy; that receiving in the laver of regeneration remission of all their sins, they too may be found in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
LET US PRAY, dearly beloved, to God the Father almighty, that He would cleanse the world of all errors, take
away diseases, drive awy famine, open prisons, release from chains, grant a secure return to travellers, health to the
sick, and a safe haven to those at sea.
LET US PRAY ALSO for heretics and schismatics: that our Lord God would rescue them from all their errors, and
recall them to their holy Mother, the Catholic and Apostolic Church.
LET US PRAY also for Jews: that our God and Lord would remove the veil from their hearts: that they also may
acknowledge our Lord Jesus Christ.
LET US PRAY ALSO for pagans: that almighty God would remove iniquity from their hearts: that, putting aside
their idols, they may be converted to the true and living God and His only Son, Jesus Christ our God and Lord.
ADORATION OF THE CROSS
BEHOLD THE WOOD OF THE CROSS, on which hung the Savior of the world. Come, let us adore.

13. ILS FURENT REMPLIS DU SAINT-ESPRIT, ET
ILS PUBLIÈRENT LES MERVEILLES DE DIEU.
THEY WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST,
SPEAKING THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD.

14. PENTECOST (WHITSUNDAY)
Feast Day: 50 days after Easter.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, being seated on the right hand of God, sent, as He had promised, the Holy Ghost upon the
Apostles, who, after His Ascension into Heaven, continued in prayer at Jerusalem, in company with the Blessed
Virgin Mary, awaiting the fulfillment of His promise.
Let us pray in like manner with the Church: “Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in them
the fire of Thy love.”
INTROIT
THE SPIRIT of the Lord hath filled the whole world, alleluia; and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice,
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. (Psalm) Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and let them that hate Him flee from before
His face. 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. (Wis. 1:7; Ps. 67:2)
COLLECT
O GOD, Who this day hast taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Ghost, grant that by the gift of the same Spirit
we may be always truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation, Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.
EPISTLE
AND WHEN the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were all together in one place: And suddenly there came a
sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to
them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them: And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they
began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak. Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem,
Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were
confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue. And they were all amazed, and wondered,
saying: Behold, are not all these, that speak, Galileans? And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were
born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia,
and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews also, and proselytes, Cretes, and
Arabians: we have heard them speak in our own tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all astonished, and
wondered, saying one to another: What meaneth this? But others mocking, said: These men are full of new wine. But Peter
standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this
known to you, and with your ears receive my words. For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the
day: But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord,) I will
pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams. And upon my servants indeed, and upon my handmaids will I pour out in those days of my
spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will shew wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood and fire,
and vapour of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the
Lord come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.[Joel 2:28-32] Ye men of
Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you, by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God
did by him, in the midst of you, as you also know: This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge
of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain. Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell,
as it was impossible that he should be holden by it. For David saith concerning him: I foresaw the Lord before my face: because
he is at my right hand, that I may not be moved. For this my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my
flesh also shall rest in hope. Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast
made known to me the ways of life: thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.[Ps. 15:8-11] Ye men, brethren, let me freely
speak to you of the patriarch David; that he died, and was buried; and his sepulchre is with us to this present day. Whereas
therefore he was a prophet, and knew that God hath sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon
his throne. Foreseeing this, he spoke of the resurrection of Christ. For neither was he left in hell, neither did his flesh see
corruption. This Jesus hath God raised again, whereof all we are witnesses. Being exalted therefore by the right hand of God,
and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath poured forth this which you see and hear. For David
ascended not into heaven; but he himself said: The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy
footstool.[Ps. 109:1] Therefore let all the house of Israel know most certainly, that God hath made both Lord and Christ, this same
Jesus, whom you have crucified. (Acts 2:1-36)
GOSPEL
AT THAT TIME Jesus said to His disciples: If any one love Me, he will keep My word, and my Father will love him, and We
will come to him and will make Our abode in him: he that loveth Me not, keepeth not My words. And the word which you have
heard is not Mine, but the Father’s Who sent Me. These things have I spoken to you, abiding with you. But the Paraclete, the
Holy Ghost, Whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever
I shall have said to you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not
your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. You have heard that I said to you: I go away, and I come unto you. If you loved Me,
you would indeed be glad, because I go to the Father: for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to
pass that when it shall come to pass you may believe. I will not now speak many things with you. For the prince of this world
cometh, and in Me he hath not anything. But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father hath given Me
commandment, so do I. (Jn. 14:23-31)
SECRET
SANCTIFY, O Lord, we beseech Thee, the gifts we offer Thee, and cleanse our hearts by the light of the Holy Ghost. Through
our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to Thee,
holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: through Christ our Lord. Who ascending above all the ehavens and sitting at Thy right
hand, this day poured out the promised Holy Ghost upon the children of adoption. Wherefore the whole world doth rejoice with
overflowing joy; and heavenly Hosts also and angelic Powers sing together a hymn to Thy glory, evermore saying: Holy, holy,
holy, Lord God of hosts. The heavens and the earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He Who cometh in
the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
ANTIPHON AT THE MIGNIFICAT
TODAY were the days of Pentecost accomplished, alleluia; today the Holy Ghost appeared to the disciples in the for a fire, and
gave them the gifts of His graces: He sent them throughout the whole world to preach and testify: that he that shall believe and
be baptized, shall be saved, alleluia. (Mk. 16:16)

15. PAIN VIVANT, QUI DONNEZ LA VIE À L’HOMME,
FAITES QUE MON ÂME VIVE DE VOUS.
THE EYES OF ALL HOPE IN THEE, O LORD AND
THOU GIVEST THEM MEAT IN DUE TIME.

16. CORPUS CHRISTI
Feast Day: Thursday after Trinity Sunday – Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after
Pentecost.
“May our Lord Jesus Christ in the most Blessed Sacrament be praised, adored, and loved, with grateful affection, at
every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time!
O Sacrament most holy! O Sacrament divine!
All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine! ”
These indulgenced ejaculations express admirably the scope and purpose of the present feast, namely, to glorify
the Blessed Sacrament, and to bring souls to the feet of Jesus the Divine Lover of Souls.
INTROIT
HE FED THEM with the fat of corn, alleluia, and filled them with honey out of the rock, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
(Psalm) Rejoice to God our helper; sing aloud to the God of Jacob. 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. (Ps. 80:17,2)
COLLECT
O GOD, Who under a wonderful Sacrament hast left us a memorial of Thy Passion: grant us, we beseech Thee, so
to venerate the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood that we may ever feel within us the fruit of Thy
Redemption. Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Amen.
EPISTLE
FOR I HAVE RECEIVED of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in
which he was betrayed, took bread. And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which
shall be delivered for you: this do for the commemoration of me. In like manner also the chalice, after he had
supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the
commemoration of me. For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall show the death of
the Lord, until he come. Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall
be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread, and
drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not
discerning the body of the Lord. (I Cor. 11: 23-29)
GOSPEL
AT THAT TIME Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and my Blood is drink indeed.
He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me,
and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, the same also shall live by Me. This is the bread that came down from
heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He that eateth this bread shall live for ever. (Jn. 6:56-59)
SECRET
GRACIOUSLY bestow on Thy Church, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the gifts of unity and peace, which are
mystically shown forth in the offerings now made. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and
reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give
thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God, through Christ our Lord: through Angels praise Thy
Majesty, Dominations worship, Powers stand in awe: the heavens and the hosts of heaven with blessed Seraphim
unite, exult, and celebrate; and we entreat that Thou wouldst bid our voices also to be heard with theirs, singing
with lowly praise: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. The heavens and the earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in
the highest. Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
ANTIPHON AT THE MAGNIFICAT
FIRST VESPERS
HOW SWEET, O Lord, is Thy Spirit, Who, to show Thy tender care for Thy children, dost send them from heaven
Bread most sweet, filling the hungry with good things and sending the rich empty away. (Wis. 16:20-21; Lk. 1:52)
SECOND VESPERS
O SACRED banquet, wherein Christ is received; the memory of His Passion is renewed; the mind is filled with
grace; and a pledge of future glory is given to us, alleluia.

17. LE DOCTEUR DU MONDE ET LE PORTIER DU CIEL
TRIOMPHE PAR LE GLAIVE ET PAR LA CROIX.
THOU SHALT MAKE THEM PRINCES
OVER ALL THE EARTH!

18. SS. PETER AND PAUL −−−− APOSTLES
Feast Day: June 29
The Apostles Peter and Paul are the two princes of the Apostles, the foundations of the Church, on which she is
firmly established as on a rock.
Saul of Tarsus was full of hatred for Jesus and his disciples. He was thus at first a great and bitter persecutor and
made havoc of the infant Church. Miraculously converted, he became an ardent apostle and the irresistible preacher
of the Gospel then began his three great Apostolic Voyages and wrote his Epistles. After a captivity of two years in
Cæsarea, he came to Rome. He was beheaded in A.D. 65.
After the Decent of the Holy Ghost St. Peter preached the Gospel in Judea and was cast into prison by Herod
Agrippa. He was miraculously delivered by an Angel and established his see first at Antioch, and then finally at
Rome, where the first Pope exercised for twenty five years the Supreme Authority vested in him by Christ Himself.
Then he was arrested and like St. Paul suffered martyrdom in A.D. 65.
The following Gospel excerpt highlights Peter’s confession of the Godhead of Christ. He is declared by our Lord to
be the Rock on which the Church rests securely.
INTROIT
NOW I KNOW in very deed, that the Lord hath sent His Angel, and hath delivered me our of the hand of Herod,
and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. (Psalm) Lord, Thou hast proved me, and known me: Thou
hast known me sitting down, and my rising up. 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. (Acts 12:11; Ps. 138:1,2)
EPISTLE
AND AT THE SAME TIME, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church. And he killed
James, the brother of John, with the sword. And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to take up Peter also.
Now it was in the days of the Azymes. And when he had apprehended him, he cast him into prison, delivering him
to four files of soldiers to be kept, intending, after the pasch, to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was
kept in prison. But prayer was made without ceasing by the church unto God for him. And when Herod would have
brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers
before the door kept the prison. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by him: and a light shined in the room: and
he striking Peter on the side, raised him up, saying: Arise quickly. And the chains fell off from his hands. And the
angel said to him: Gird thyself, and put on thy sandals. And he did so. And he said to him: Cast thy garment about
thee, and follow me. And going out, he followed him, and he knew not that it was true which was done by the
angel: but thought he saw a vision. And passing through the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate
that leadeth to the city, which of itself opened to them. And going out, they passed on through one street: and
immediately the angel departed from him. And Peter coming to himself, said: Now I know in very deed, that the
Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people
of the Jews. (Acts 12:1-11)
GOSPEL
AT THAT TIME, Jesus came into the quarters of Cæsarea Philippi, and He asked His disciples saying: Whom do
men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some, John the Baptist, and other some, Elias, and others, Jeremias,
or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered, and said: Thou
art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering, said to them: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because
flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father Who is in heaven: and I say to thee: thou art Peter, and
upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; and to thee I will give the
keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whosoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven; and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. (Mt. 16:13-19)
SECRET
MAY the prayer of the Apostles accompany the sacrifices which we bring to Thee, O Lord, to be consecreted to
Thy name; and through that prayer grant that we may be cleansed and defended. Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, humbly to entreat Thee, Lord, that Thou wilt not
desert Thy flock, eternal Shepherd: but through Thy blessed Apostles wilt keep it under Thy constant protection:
that it may be governed by those same vicars of Thy work whom Thou didst put in charge as its pastors. And
therefore with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominations, and with the hosts of the heavenly army, we
sing a hymn to Thy glory, evermore saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. The heavens and the earth are full
of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
ANTIPHON AT THE MAGNIFICAT
FIRST VESPERS
THOU ART the shepherd of the sheep, O prince of the Apostles, to thee were delivered the keys of the kindom of
heaven.
SECOND VESPERS
THIS DAY Simon Peter ascended the gibbet of the cross, alleluia. This day the keeper of heaven’s keys went on his
way to Christ with joy. This day the Apostle Paul, the light of the world, laying down his head for the name of
Christ, was crowned with martyrdom, alleluia.

19. LES APÔTRES OUVRENT LE TOMBEAU
ILS N’Y TROUVENT QUE DES FLEURS.
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, MARY IS TAKEN UP INTO
HEAVEN: THE HOST OF ANGELS REJOICE. ALLELUIA.

20. THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Feast Day: August 15
Mary was cared for by St. John for twelve years after our Lord’s Resurrection. Her life was spent in helping the
Apostles and in praying for the conversion of the world. On the third day after Mary’s death, when the Apostles
gathered around her tomb, they found it empty. The sacred body had been carried up to the celestial paradise. Jesus
Himself came to conduct her thither; the whole court of heaven came to welcome with songs of triumph the Mother of
the Divine Word.
INTROIT
A GREAT SIGN appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head
a crown of twelve stars. (Psalm) Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: because He hath done wonderful things. 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. (Apoc. 12:1; Ps. 97:1)
COLLECT
ALMIGHTY AND EVERLASTING GOD, Who hast taken body and soul into heaven the Immaculate Virgin
Mary, Mother of Thy Son: grant, we beseech Thee, that by steadfastly keeping heaven as our goal we may be
counted worthy to join her in glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in
the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
EPISTLE
THE LORD hath blessed thee by his power, because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nought. And Ozias the
prince of the people of Israel, said to her: Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, above all
women upon the earth. Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting off
the head of the prince of our enemies. Because he hath so magnified thy name this day, that thy praise shall not
depart out of the mouth of men who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord for ever, for that thou hast not spared
thy life, by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people, but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our
God. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honor of our people. (Jud. 11:22-
25;15:10)
GOSPEL
AT THAT TIME: Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. And she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed
are though among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me that the mother of my
Lord should come to me? For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my
womb leaped for joy. And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were
spoken to thee by the Lord. And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my
Savior. Because He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall
call me blessed. Because He that is mighty hath done great things to me: and holy is His name. And His mercy is
from generations to generations to them that fear Him. (Lk. 1:41-50)
SECRET
MAY our offering of due service rise unto Thee, O Lord: and through the prayer of the most blessed Virgin Mary,
assumed by Thee into heaven, may our hearts be set on fire with love and ever yearn for Thee. Through our Lord
Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give
thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: and that we should praise and bless and proclaim Thee in
the Assumption of the blessed Mary ever Virgin: who conceived Thine only-begotten Son by the overshadowing of
the Holy Ghost, and the glory of her virginity still abiding, gave forth to the world the eternal Light, Jesus Christ
our Lord: through Whom Angels praise Thy Majesty, Dominations worship, Powers stand in awe: the Heavens and
the hosts of heaven with blessed Seraphim unite, exult, and celebrate; and we entreat that Thou wouldst bid our
voices also to be heard with theirs, singing with lowly praise: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. The heavens and
the earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
ANTIPHON AT THE MAGNIFICAT
FIRST VESPERS
O VIRGIN most prudent, whither goest thou, bright as the morn? All beautiful and sweet art thou, O daughter of
Sion, fair as the moon, elect as the sun. (Cant. 6:9)
SECOND VESPERS
THIS DAY the Virgin Mary ascendeth into heaven; rejoice, for she reigns with Christ for ever.

21. HEUREUX L’HOMME QUI ENDURE BIEN
L’ÉPREUVE: IL RECEVRA LA COURONNE DE VIE!
O HOW GLORIOUS IS THE KINGDOM IN WHICH
ALL THE SAINTS REJOICE WITH THE CHRIST.

22. PROPER OF THE SAINTS
Feast Day: SS. Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions – September 26
SS. Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues & Gabriel Lalemant [Plate], Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier, Noël Chabanel,
Jesuit priests; Jean de Lalande, an Oblate; and René Goupil, a Jesuit Brother-coadjutor, all natives of France,
labored as missionaries in North America. They suffered much for Christ and in the end were cruelly done to death
by the heathen inhabitants of New France (now Québec, Canada) in 1642, 1646, 1648, and 1649.
In September 1648, Gabriel Lalemant was sent to Wendake as a missionary and assistant to Father Jean de
Brébeuf. He had only been at the mission for six months when he was captured by the Iroquois along with Brébeuf.
He was taken to St. Ignace and tortured before he too was killed on March 17, 1649. His last moments are recorded
as follows: "At the height of these torments, Father Gabriel Lallemant lifted his eyes to Heaven, clasping his hands
from time to time and uttering sighs to God, whom he invoked to his aid. [He] had received a hatchet blow on the left
ear, which they had driven into his brain, which appeared exposed: we saw no part of his body, from the feet even to
the head, which had not been broiled, and in which he had not been burned alive – even the eyes, into which those
impious ones had thrust burning coals.“
The Saints fall into distinct classes: Martyrs, Confessors, Bishops, Confessors not Bishops, Doctors, Virgin
Martyrs, Virgins, Holy Women who are neither Virgins nor Martyrs. Besides feasts in honor of Saints of these
different classes there is the feast which commemorates the anniversary of the Dedication of Churches. All these
feasts, according to their nature, have Masses assigned to them. Other offices are set forth in the Common of Saints
section of the Missal, and are used for the feasts of those Saints who have no special office composed for their feast.
The Proper of Saints contains all the feasts of the Saints indicated in the Roman Calendar and which, in
consequence, are celebrated by the whole Catholic Church; and also some feasts of our Lord which have no place in
the various cycles of the Proper of the Season.
INTROIT
THESE ARE THEY who are come out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and have made them white
in the blood of the Lamb. (Psalm) Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise Him all ye people. 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. (Apoc. 7:14; Ps. 116:1)
COLLECT
O GOD, Who didst sanctify the first-fruits of the faith in the vast regions of North America by the preaching and
blood of Thy blessed Martyrs, Jean, Isaac, and their companions: mercifully grant through their intercession that
the abundant harvest of Christian souls may increase everywhere day by day. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
EPISTLE
I AM BECOME foolish: you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: for I have no way
come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing. Yet the signs of my apostleship have
been wrought on you, in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. For what is there that you have had
less than the other churches, but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury. Behold now the
third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burthensome unto you. For I seek not the things that are
yours, but you. For neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. But I most
gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls; although loving you more, I be loved less. (II Cor. 12:11-15)
TRACT
THEY THAT SOW in tears shall reap in joy. Going they went and wept, casting their seeds. But coming they shall
come with joyfulness, carrying their sheaves. (Ps. 125:5-6)
GOSPEL
AT THAT TIME, Jesus coming down with them stood in a plain place, and the company of His disciples, and a
very great multitude of people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the seacoast both of Tyre and Sidon, who were
come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases. And they that were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.
And all the multitude sought to touch Him: for virtue went out from Him and healed all. And He, lifting up His eyes
on His disciples, said: Blessed are ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for
you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh. Blessed shall you be when men shall hate
you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s
sake. Be glad in that day and rejoice: for behold, your reward is great in heaven. (Lk. 6:17-23)
SECRET
O LORD, grant that we may offer with pure minds the spotless host, which to Thy blessed Martyrs, through their
immaculate life and a continual practice of mortification, became a most sweet baquet for them. Through our Lord
Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give
thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God, through Christ our Lord: through Angels praise Thy
Majesty, Dominations worship, Powers stand in awe: the heavens and the hosts of heaven with blessed Seraphim
unite, exult, and celebrate; and we entreat that Thou wouldst bid our voices also to be heard with theirs, singing
with lowly praise: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. The heavens and the earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in
the highest. Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

23. JE VIS DEVANT LE TRÔNE UNE GRANDE
MULTITUDE QUE PERSONNE N’EUT PU COMPTER.
BE GLAD AND REJOICE FOR YOUR
REWARD IS VERY GREAT IN HEAVEN!

24. ALL SAINTS
Feast Day: November 1
We can pay no greater honor to the Saints than by offering up to God in their name the Blood of Jesus. The efficacy
of their past merits and present prayers is greatly increased when offered to God in close association with the merits
and prayers of our Lord. Therefore the Church commemorates on this day all the Saints in heaven without exception
and thus honors also those who are unknown and who have no public recognition in the Liturgy.
INTROIT
LET US ALL REJOICE in the Lord, celebrating a festival day in honor of all the Saints: at whose solemnity the
Angels rejoice; and give praise to the Son of God. (Psalm) Rejoice in the Lord, ye just: praise becometh the upright.
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. (Ps. 32:1)
COLLECT
ALMIGHTY AND EVERLASTING GOD, Who hast enabled us to honor in one solemn feast the merits of all Thy
Saints: we beseech Thee, that, with so many praying for us, Thou wouldst pour fourth on us the abundance of Thy
mercy for which we long. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity
of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
EPISTLE
AND I SAW another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the sign of the living God; and he cried
with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying: Hurt not the earth,
nor the sea, nor the trees, till we sign the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them
that were signed, an hundred forty-four thousand were signed, of every tribe of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of
Juda, were twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Ruben, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Gad, twelve
thousand signed: Of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Nephthali, twelve thousand signed:
Of the tribe of Manasses, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of
Levi, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Zabulon, twelve
thousand signed: Of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand signed.
After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues,
standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands: And they
cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God, who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb. And all the
angels stood round about the throne, and the ancients, and the four living creatures; and they fell down before the
throne upon their faces, and adored God, Saying: Amen. Benediction, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving,
honor, and power, and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen. (Apoc. 7:2-12)
GOSPEL
AT THAT TIME Jesus seeing the multitudes, went up into a mountain; and when He sat down, His disciples came
unto Him. And opening His mouth, He taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom
of God. Blessed are the meek; for they shall possess the land. Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be
comforted. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. Blessed are the
merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart; for they shall see God. Blessed are the
peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’s
sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak
all that is evil against you, untruly, for My sake: be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. (Mt.
5:1-12)
SECRET
WE OFFER to Thee, O Lord, the Gifts of our devotion: may they be well-pleasing to Thee in honor of all the just,
and through Thy mercy avail us unto salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
PREFACE
IT IS TRULY MEET AND JUST, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give
thanks to Thee, holy Lord, Father almighty, eternal God: and that we should praise and bless and proclain Thee in
the Assumption of the blessed Mary ever Virgin: who conceived Thine only-begotten Son by the overshadowing of
the Holy Ghost, and the glory of her virginity still abiding, gave forth to the world the eternal Light, Jesus Christ
our Lord: through Whom Angels praise Thy Majesty, Dominations worship, Powers stand in awe: the Heavens and
the hosts of heaven with blessed Seraphim unite, exult, and celebrate; and we entreat that Thou wouldst bid our
voices also to be heard with theirs, singing with lowly praise: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. The heavens and
the earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
ANTIPHON AT THE MAGNIFICAT
O HOW glorious is the kingdom in which all the Saints rejoice with Christ, and, clothed in white robes, follow the
Lamb whithersoever He goeth. (Apoc. 7:9; 14:4)

25. PAR LA DOCTRINE ET L’EXEMPLE ILS FURENT
LE SEL DE LA TERRE ET LA LUMIÈRE DU MONDE.
BY THEIR DOCTRINE AND THEIR EXAMPLE THEY WERE
THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

26. FOR THE BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE
The clergy or the Ministers of the Catholic Church differ in dignity, and in authority and function, according to the
extent in which they have received the plenitude of consecration (of the Priesthood) and are invested with
jurisdiction, wholly or in part. By the Sacrament of Holy Order, an indelible mark is imprinted upon the soul. By the
acts and prayers of Ordination, the candidate is invested with the necessary authority and grace to fill his office
properly. Is consists of various Orders. The tonsure is only a preseding ceremony. It leads the young man into the
Sanctuary. The tonsure is a reminder of the crown of thorns of our Lord Jesus Christ and has the symbilic sense of
admission to the ecclesiastical ranks.
The hierarchy or degree of precedence of the bearers of this ecclesiatical power can be divided as follows: 1. The
Pastor (Dean, Archpriest, parish Priest, etc.) placed by the Bishop at the head of a parish; 2. The Bishop rules a
Diocese under the authority of the Pope; 3. The Archbishop, who stands at the head of various dioceses, which
form an ecclesiastical province. The Bishops of this ecclesiastical province are the Suffragans of the Archbishop or
Metropolitan. 4. The Pope, the head of the Church on earth and the Vicar of our Lord Jesus Christ. Furthrmore there
are Priests invested with a particular power of administration which entitles them to special honor and dignity, for
instance the Canons, who form the Chapter of a Cathedral and are the advisers of the Bishop. 5. The Cardinals,
who form the Sacred College, are the Pope’s advisers and helpers.
INTROIT
LET THY PRIESTS,1 O Lord, be clothed with justice, and let Thy Saints rejoice: for Thy servant David’s sake,
turn not away the face of Thine Anointed. (Psalm) O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness. 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. (Ps. 131:9-10)
COLLECT
O GOD, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, graciously look upon Thy Servant N. whom Thou hast been
pleased to appoint pastor over the Church of N.: grant, we beseech Thee, that by both word and example he may
edify those over whom he is set, and together with the flock committed to his care, may attain to eternal life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God,
world without end. Amen.
EPISTLE
BRETHREN: Every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God, that
he may offer up gifts and sacrifices for sins: who can have compassion on them that are ignorant and that err:
because he himself also is compassed with infirmity. And therefore he ought, as for the people, so also for himself,
to offer for sins. Neither doth any man take the honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was. So
Christ also did not glorify Himself, that He might be made high priest: but He that said unto Him: Thou art My Son,
this day have I begotten Thee. As He saith also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order
of Melchisedech.2 Who in the days of His flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to
Him that was able to save Him from death, was heard for His reverence. And whereas indeed He was the Son of
God, He learned obedience by the things which He suffered: and being consummated, He became, to all that obey
Him, the cause of eternal salvation, called by God a high priest according to the order of Melchisedech. Of Whom
we have much to say, and hard to be intelligibly uttered. (Heb. 5:1-11)
GOSPEL
TAKE YE HEED, watch and pray. For ye know not when the time is. Even as a man who going into a far country,
left his house; and gave authority to his servants over every work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye
therefore, (for you know not when the lord of the house cometh: at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or
in the morning,) Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch. (Mk.
13:33-37)
SECRET
O GOD our Savior, mercifully hear us, and by the virtue of this Sacrament, defend us from all enemies of soul and
body, bestowing upon us grace in this present life and glory in the future. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son,
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
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1. Priest: In ancient Israel the priests were required by the Law of Moses to be of direct paternal descendency from Aaron, Moses’ elder brother.
In Hebrew the word "priest" is kohen (singular ‫כהן‬ kohen, plural ‫ִים‬‫נ‬‫כּה‬ kohanim). The ancient Jewish priesthood which functioned at the temple
in Jerusalem offered animal sacrifices at various times throughout the year for a variety of reasons. A catholic priest is one who presides over a
sacrifice and offers that sacrifice and prayers to God on behalf of believers. The most significant liturgical acts reserved to priests in these
traditions are the administration of the Sacraments, including the celebration of the Holy Mass, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, also called
Confession. The sacraments of Anointing of the Sick (Extreme Unction) while Confirmation is ordinarily celebrated by a bishop. Holy Baptism
may be celebrated by anyone and Matrimony may be witnessed by a deacon, but most often these normally are administered by a priest as well.
The only sacrament which may be celebrated only by a bishop is that of Ordination (cheirotonia, ‘Laying-on of Hands’), or Holy Orders. Only
men who meet certain requirements may become priests. In Roman Catholicism the canonical minimum age is twenty-five. Bishops may
dispense with this rule and ordain men up to one year younger. Dispensations of more than a year are reserved to the Holy See. A Catholic priest
must be incardinated by his bishop or his major religious superior in order to engage in public ministry. In the Roman Catholic Church, priests in
the Latin Rite, which covers the vast majority of Roman Catholicism, must be celibate except under special rules for married clergy converting
from certain other Christian confessions.
2. Melchisedech: Also Melchizedek or Malki Tzedek [Hebrew ‫ק‬ ֶ‫ֶד‬‫צ‬‫ִי־‬‫כּ‬ְ‫ל‬ַ‫מ‬ malk-i şédeq – translated as “my king (is) righteous(ness)”] is a king
and priest mentioned during the Abram narrative in the 14th chapter of the Book of Genesis. He is introduced as the king of Salem, and priest of
El Elyon (‘The highest God’). He brings out bread and wine and blesses Abram and El Elyon.

32. EPISTLE
OF
SAINT PAUL
TO THE
COLOSSIANS · 3:12-25
PUT YE ON THEREFORE, AS THE ELECT OF GOD, HOLY, AND
BELOVED, THE BOWELS OF MERCY, BENIGNITY, HUMILTY, MODESTY,
PATIENCE: BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND FORGIVING ONE
ANOTHER, IF ANY HAVE A COMPLAINT AGAINST ANOTHER: EVEN AS
THE LORD HATH FORGIVEN YOU, SO DO YOU ALSO. BUT ABOVE ALL
THESE THINGS HAVE CHARITY, WHICH IS THE BOND OF PERFECTION:
AND LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST REJOICE IN YOUR HEARTS,
WHEREIN ALSO YOU ARE CALLED IN ONE BODY: AND BE YE
THANKFUL. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU
ABUNDANTLY, IN ALL WISDOM: TEACHING AND ADMONISHING ONE
ANOTHER IN PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL CANTICLES, SINGING
IN GRACE IN YOUR HEARTS TO GOD. ALL WHATSOEVER YOU DO IN
WORD OR IN WORK, DO ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, GIVING THANKS TO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM.
WIVES, BE SUBJECT TO YOUR HUSBANDS, AS IT BEHOVETH IN THE
LORD. HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, AND BE NOT BITTER
TOWARDS THEM. CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN ALL THINGS:
FOR THIS IS WELL PLEASING TO THE LORD. FATHERS, PROVOKE NOT
YOUR CHILDREN TO INDIGNATION, LEST THEY BE DISCOURAGED.
SERVANTS, OBEY IN ALL THINGS YOUR MASTERS ACCORDING TO THE
FLESH, NOT SERVING TO THE EYE, AS PLEASING MEN, BUT IN
SIMPLICITY OF HEART, FEARING GOD. WHATSOEVER YOU DO, DO IT
FROM THE HEART, AS TO THE LORD, AND NOT TO MEN: KNOWING
THAT YOU SHALL RECEIVE OF THE LORD THE REWARD OF
INHERITANCE. SERVE YE THE LORD CHRIST. FOR HE THAT DOTH
WRONG, SHALL RECEIVE FOR THAT WHICH HE HAD DONE
WRONGFULLY AND THERE IS NO RESPECT OF PERSONS WITH GOD.
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HE EXHORTS THEM TO PUT OFF THE OLD MAN,
AND PUT ON THE NEW. THE DUTIES OF WIVES
AND HUSBANDS, CHILDREN AND SERVANTS.
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33. 2017M.R.T.