The Roman Missal: Proper of Saints, August (English) 16

1[Sunday within the Octave of the Assumption. St Joachim, Father of the B. V. Mary.—Greater Double.]

2Introit. Ps. cxi. He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever; his horn shall be exalted in glory. Ps. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he delighteth exceedingly in his commandment. Glory, &c.

3Prayer. O God, who before all thy saints wert pleased that blessed Joachim should be the father of her who bore thy Son; grant, we beseech thee, that we may ever experience his patronage, whose festival we venerate. Through the same Lord, &c.

4[Then a Commemoration of the Sunday.]

5[Next of the Assumption, as on the Feast, page 670.]

6[Lastly, of the Octave of St Laurence, if this Feast occurs within that Octave.]

7[Lesson. Ecclus. xxxi. 8—11. Blessed is the man, &c. as in the Mass Os justi, page XXXIII.]

8Gradual. He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever.—His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. Alleluia, alleluia.—O Joachim, holy spouse of Anne, father of the glorious Virgin, assist now thy servants unto salvation. Alleluia.

9[Gospel.—St Matt. i. 1—16. The book of the generation, &c. as on the 8th of December, page 500. Credo.]

10Offertory. Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: and hast set him over the works of thy hands, O Lord.

11Secret. Receive this sacrifice, O most merciful God, offered to thy majesty in honour of the Holy patriarch Joachim, the father of the virgin Mary; that by his intercession, with that of his spouse, and most blessed offspring, we may deserve to obtain the entire remission of sins, and everlasting glory. Through our Lord, &c.

12[Commemorations as directed above.]

13Communion. A faithful and wise steward, whom his lord set over his family; to give them their measure of wheat in due season.

14Postcom. Quæsumus. We beseech thee, Almighty God, that by these mysteries which we receive, the merits and prayers of blessed Joachim, father of her who bore thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, interceding for us, we may be made worthy to be partakers of thy grace in this life, and of eternal glory in the life to come. Through the same Lord, &c.

15[Commemorations as directed above.]

16[At the end of the Mass, the Gospel of the Sunday is read.]