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The Roman Missal: Common of Saints, Confessors to the Dedication of a Church (English) 5

1[Another Mass for a Confessor not a Bishop.]
2Introit. Ps. xci. The just shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus: planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Ps. It is good to give praise to the Lord; and to sing to thy name, O Most High. Glory, &c.
3Prayer. Adesto Domine. Attend, O Lord, to our supplications, which we offer on the solemn festival of blessed N. thy confessor that we, who have no confidence in our own justice, may be helped by the prayers of him who was pleasing to thee. Through our Lord, &c.
4Epistle. 1 Cor. iv. 9—14. Brethren, we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ: we are weak, but you are strong: you are honourable, but we without honour. Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode, and we labour working with our own hands. We are reviled, and we bless: we are persecuted, and we suffer it: we are blasphemed, and we entreat: we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all, even until now. I write not these things to confound you, but I admonish you as my dearest children: in Christ Jesus our Lord.
5Gradual. The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom, and his tongue shall speak judgment.—The law of his God is in his heart: and his steps shall not be supplanted. Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he delights exceedingly in his commandments. 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 feareth the Lord: he delights exceedingly in his commandments. Alleluia.—The just shall spring as the lily: and flourish for ever before the Lord. Alleluia.
10Gospel. St Luke xii. 32—34. At that time, Jesus said to his disciples, Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom. Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not; where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
11Offertory. In thy strength, O Lord, the just shall joy, and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly: thou hast given him his heart's desire.
12Secret. Grant us, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that the oblation of our lowliness may be pleasing to thee in honour of thy saints, and purify us in body and mind. Through our Lord, &c.
13Communion. Amen I say to you, that you who have left all things and followed me, shall receive a hundred fold, and possess life everlasting.
14Postcom. Quæsumus. We beseech thee, Almighty God, that we who have received heavenly food, may, through the intercession of blessed N. thy confessor be defended by the same from all adversity. Through our Lord, &c.