My LORD’s BibleThe Roman Missal: Low Sunday to the Vigil of the Ascension (English) 3
1[Third Sunday after Easter.]
3Prayer. Deus qui errantibus. O God, who dost shew to those that go astray the light of thy truth, that they may return to the way of justice; grant to all who are numbered in the profession of Christianity, to reject those things which are inimical to this name and to pursue those which are becoming. Through our Lord, &c.
4[Second and Third Prayers as after Low Sunday.]
5Epistle. 1 St Peter ii. 11—19. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims to refrain yourselves from carnal desires, which war against the soul; having your conversation good among the gentiles; that whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may, by the good works which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation. Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake; whether it be to the king as excelling, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and for the praise of the good; for so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God. Honour all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honour the king. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thanks-worthy, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
6Alleluia, alleluia.—The Lord hath sent redemption to his people. Alleluia. It behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and so to enter into his glory. Alleluia.
7Gospel. St John xvi. 16—22. At that time, Jesus said to his disciples, A little while, and now you shall not see me; and again a little while, and you shall see me; because I go to the Father. Then some of his disciples said one to another, What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and you shall not see me; and again a little while, and you shall see me; and because I go to the Father? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we know not what he speaketh. And Jesus knew that they had a mind to ask him: and he said to them, Of this do you inquire among yourselves because I said, A little while, and you shall not see me; and again a little while, and you shall see me? Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. So also you now indeed have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man shall take from you.
8[Credo.]
9Offertory. Praise the Lord, O my soul: in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be, alleluia.
10Secret. By these mysteries, O Lord, may the grace be conferred upon us to moderate our earthly desires, and learn to love those that are heavenly. Through our Lord, &c.
11[Second and Third Secrets as after Low Sunday.]
12Communion. A little while and you shall not see me, alleluia: again a little while, and you shall see me, because I go to the Father, alleluia, alleluia.
13Postcom. Sacramenta. May the sacrament we have received, O Lord, both revive us with spiritual food and defend us by bodily succour. Through our Lord, &c.
14[Second and Third Postcommunions, as after Low Sunday.]