The Roman Missal: Proper of Saints, May and June (English) 35

1[June 13. St Anthony of Padua, Confessor.—Double.]

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. Ecclesiam tuam. May the votive solemnity of blessed Anthony, thy confessor, give joy to thy Church, O God; that it may be ever defended by spiritual assistance, and deserve to possess eternal joys. Through our Lord, &c.

4[Epistle.—We are made a spectacle, &c. as in the Mass, Justus ut palma, for a Confessor, page xxxviii.]

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.—The Lord loved him and adorned him: he clothed him with a robe of glory. Alleluia.

6[Gospel.—Let your loins be girt, &c. as in the Mass, Os justi, for a Confessor, page xxxvi.]

7Offertory. My truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name his horn shall be exalted.

8Secret. May this offering, O Lord, be made salutary to thy people, for whom thou didst vouchsafe to immolate thyself a living victim to thy Father. Who with the same God the Father, &c.

9Communion. Blessed is the servant whom when his Lord shall come, he shall find watching: amen I say to you, he shall set him over all his goods.

10Postcom. Divinis. Being filled with divine gifts, we beseech thee, O Lord, that by the merits and intercession of blessed Anthony, thy confessor, we may experience the effect of the salutary sacrifice. Through our Lord, &c.