The Roman Missal: Common of Saints, Confessors to the Dedication of a Church (English) 4

1[Common of a Confessor, not a Bishop.]

2Introit. Ps. xxxvi. 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 evil doers; nor envy them that work iniquity. Glory, &c.

3Prayer. Deus qui nos. O God, who givest us joy by the annual solemnity of blessed N. thy confessor, mercifully grant that we may imitate the actions of him whose festival we celebrate. Through our Lord, &c.

4Lesson. Ecclus. xxxi. 8—11. Blessed is the man that is found without blemish, and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures. Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life. Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting: he that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed, and could do evil things, and hath not done them: therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms.

5Gradual. The just shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus in the house of the Lord.—To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth in the night. Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life. Alleluia.

6[After Septuagesima, instead of the Alleluia and Verse, the following is said:]

7Tract. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he delights exceedingly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. Glory and wealth shall be in his house: and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.

8[In Paschal time, the Gradual is omitted, and the following said:]

9Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life. Alleluia. The Lord loved him, and adorned him: he clothed him with a robe of glory. Alleluia.

10Gospel. St Luke xii. 35—40. 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 from 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 ye then also ready; for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.

11Offertory. My truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

12Secret. We offer to thee, O Lord, a sacrifice of praise, in commemoration of thy saints, by which we hope to be delivered from present and future evils. Through our Lord, &c.

13Communion. Blessed is the servant, whom when the Lord shall come, he shall find watching: amen I say to you, he shall set him over all his goods.

14Postcom. Refecti cibo. Refreshed with heavenly meat and drink, we humbly beseech thee, our God, that we may be defended by the prayers of him in whose commemoration we have received these blessings. Through our Lord, &c.