30 November 2015 - Saint Andrew the Apostle (Feria II after Advent I)

Double of the Second Class – Red 

INTROIT Ps. 138. 17

THY friends, O God, are made exceedingly honorable; their power is become very great. Ps. 138.1,2. Lord, thou hast proved me and known me: thou hast known my sitting down and my rising up. V.: Glory be.

COLLECT

WE humbly entreat thy majesty, O Lord: that as the blessed Apostle Andrew was once a teacher and ruler of thy Church: so he may be a constant advocate for us before thee. Through.

¶ If Advent has started, the Advent feria is here commemorated by repeating the Collect from the Mass of the preceding Sunday, according to the rubrics. And note that if today is the First Sunday of Advent, then this feast is transferred in accordance with the rubrics to the Monday following.

EPISTLE Romans 10. 10-18

BRETHREN: With the heart, we believe unto justice, but, with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture saith: Whosoever believeth in him, shall not be confounded. For there is no distinction of the Jew and the Greek, for the same is Lord over all, rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they be sent? as it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, of them that bring glad tidings of good things! But all have not obeyed the Gospel. For Isaias saith: Lord, who hath believed our report? Faith, then, cometh by hearing: and hearing by the word of Christ. But I say: Have they not heard? Yea, verily, their sound hath gone into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the whole world.

GRADUAL Ps. 44. 17, 18.

Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth; they shall perpetuate the glory of thy Name, O Lord. V.: Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: therefore shall peoples praise thee.

Alleluia, alleluia. V.: The Lord loved Andrew as an odor of sweetness. Alleluia.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (4. 18-22)

AT that time: Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting their nets into the sea (for they were fishers). And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men. And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him. And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them. And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him. 

The Creed is said.

OFFERTORY Ps. 138. 17

Thy friends, O Lord, are exceedingly honorable; their power is become very great.

SECRET

MAY the holy prayer of the blessed Apostle Andrew, we beseech thee, O Lord, render our sacrifice well-pleasing unto thee: that by his merits it may be made acceptable, in whose honor it is solemnly offered. Through.

¶ If Advent has started, the Advent feria is commemorated.

PREFACE: Of the Apostles

COMMUNION Matt. 4.19,20.

Come ye after me: and I will make you to be fishers of men; and they immediately leaving their nets, followed the Lord.

POSTCOMMUNION

WE have received, O Lord, the Divine Mysteries, rejoicing in the feast of blessed Andrew: and we beseech thee, as thou makest them a source of glory to thy Saints, so thou wouldst make them unto us a source of pardon. Through.