The Roman Missal: Proper of Saints, November 29 to January 31 (English) 22

1[January 18. St Peter's Chair at Rome.—Greater Double.]

2Introit. Ecclus. xlv. The Lord made to him a covenant of peace, and made him a prince; that the dignity of priesthood should be to him for ever. Ps. O Lord, remember David and all his meekness. Glory, &c.

3Prayer. Deus qui beato. O God, who, conferring the keys of the kingdom of heaven, didst deliver to thy blessed apostle Peter the sacerdotal power of binding and loosing; grant that by the help of his intercession we may be delivered from the chains of our sins. Who livest, &c.

4[Then a Commemoration of St Paul, before any other, which is always observed on Feasts of St Peter: and in like manner is made a Commemoration of him on Feasts of St Paul.]

5Prayer. Deus qui multitudinem. O God, who didst teach the multitude of the gentiles by the preaching of blessed Paul the apostle, grant us, we beseech thee, to experience his patronage with thee, whose commemoration we celebrate.

6[Then of St Prisca, Virgin and Martyr.]

7Prayer. Da quæsumus. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who celebrate the festival of blessed Prisca, thy virgin and martyr, may rejoice in her annual solemnity, and profit by the example of so great faith. Through our Lord, &c.

8Epistle. 1 St Peter i. 1—7. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ; grace unto you and peace be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that cannot fade, reserved in heaven for you, who by the power of God are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein you shall greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations: that the trial of your faith, much more precious than gold (which is tried by the fire), may be found unto praise, and glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ our Lord.

9Gradual. Let them exalt him in the church of the people; and praise him in the chair of the ancients.—Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him; and his wonderful works to the children of men. Alleluia, alleluia.—Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church. Alleluia.

10[If it be after Septuagesima, instead of the Alleluia and Verse, the following is said:]

11Tract. 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.—Whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven.—And whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.

12Gospel. St Matthew xvi. 13—19. At that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea 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 him, 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, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; and I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever 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.

13[Credo.]

14Offertory. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; and I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.

15Secret. We beseech thee, O Lord, that the prayer of the blessed Apostle Peter may commend to thee the prayers and sacrifice of thy Church; that what we celebrate in his honour may procure for us pardon. Through our Lord, &c.

16[Of St Paul.]

17Secret. Sanctify, O Lord, the offerings of thy people through the prayers of thy Apostle Paul; that what are pleasing to thee by thy institution, may become more pleasing by the patronage of him suppliating for us.

18[Of St Prisca.]

19Secret. May this sacrifice, we beseech thee, O Lord, which we offer in commemoration of the festivals of thy saints, dissolve the bonds of our wickedness, and procure for us the gifts of thy mercy. Through our Lord, &c.

20[Preface of the Apostles, as in the Ordinary, page 22.]

21Communion. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.

22Postcommunion. Lætificet nos. May the sacrifice we have offered give us joy, O Lord: that as we proclaim thee wonderful in thy Apostle Peter, we may receive through him the gift of thy pardon. Through our Lord, &c.

23[Of St Paul.]

24Postcommunion. Sanctificati. Being sanctified, O Lord, by thy saving mysteries, we beseech thee, that his prayer may not fail us, by whose patronage thou hast granted us to be directed.

25[Of St Prisca.]

26Postcommunion. Quæsumus Domine. Replenished with saving mysteries, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we may be helped by her prayers, whose solemnity we celebrate. Through our Lord, &c.