Introit: Psalms viii. 6

    Thou hast made him a little less than the angels: Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor. Ps. Praise ye the Lord, all His angels: praise ye Him, all His hosts. ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    O God, who, in distributing Thy heavenly gifts, didst in the angelic youth Aloysius, unite wonderful innocence of life with an equal spirit of penance : grant through his merits and prayers, that we who have not followed him in his innocence, may imitate him in his penance. Through.

Commemoration of the Octave:

Collect

    O God, who in the Heart of Thy Son, wounded by our sins, dost mercifully vouchsafe to bestow upon us the infinite wealth of Thy love; grant, we beseech Thee, that revering it with meet devotion, we may fulfill our duty of worthy reparation. Through the same our Lord.

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus xxxi. 8-11

    Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus. Blessed is the man that is found without blemish, and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures. Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life. Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting: he that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them: therefore are his goods established in the Lord.

Gradual: Psalms lxx 5-6; xl. 13

    My hope, O Lord, from my youth: by Thee have I been confirmed from the womb; from my mother's womb Thou art my protector. ℣. But Thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence, and hast established me in Thy sight for ever.

Alleluia: Psalms lxiv. 5

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Blessed is he whom Thou hast chosen and taken to Thee; he shall dwell in Thy courts. Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew xxii. 29-40

    + Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. At that time, Jesus answering, said to the sadducees: You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married; but shall be as the angels of God in heaven. And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. And the multitudes hearing it, were in admiration at His doctrine. But the pharisees, hearing that He had silenced the sadducees, came together, and one of them, a doctor of the law, asked Him, tempting Him: Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord Thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.

Offertory: Psalms xxiii. 3-4

    Who shall ascend unto the mountain of the Lord, or who shall stand in His holy place ? the innocent in hands, and clean of heart.

Secret

    Grant, O Lord, that we may sit at the heavenly banquet clothed in the nuptial garment, which bya devout preparation and continual tears, blessed Aloysius adorned with priceless pearls. Through our Lord.

Commemoration of the Octave:

Secret

    Look, we beseech Thee, O Lord, upon the ineffable love of the Heart of Thy beloved Son, that our offering may be acceptable unto Thee and atone for all our sins. Through the same our Lord.

Communion: Psalms lxxvii. 24-25

    He gave them the bread of heaven: man ate the bread of angels.

Postcommunion

    Grant, O Lord, that we who have been fed with the food of angels, may also live the lives of angels; and after the example of him whom we honor this day, always continue to give thanks unto Thee. Through.

Commemoration of the Octave:

Postcommunion

    May Thy holy mysteries, O Lord Jesus, produce in us a divine fervor, whereby, having tasted the sweetness of Thy most dear Heart, we may learn to despise earthly things and love those of heaven. Who livest.

+ Taken from St. Andrew Daily Missal, by Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, O.S.B., Imprimi Potest 11-18-1945 P. Joannes Delacroix, O.S.B., Imprimatur 11-22-1945 Joseph Van Der Meersch