Let Us Pray.
O almighty and everlasting God, Who hast granted Thy servants, in the confession of the true faith, to acknowledge the glory of an eternal Trinity, and in the power of majesty to adore a Unity: we beseech Thee that, by the strength of this faith, we may be defended from all adversity. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the union of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Let Us Pray.
Preserve us, O Lord, we beseech Thee, from all dangers of body and soul; and by the intercession of the glorious and blessed Mary, ever virgin. Mother of God, of the blessed apostles Peter [pg 559] and Paul, of St. Joseph, and all the saints, grant us, in Thy mercy, health and peace, that, adversities and errors being removed, Thy Church may serve Thee with a pure and undisturbed devotion. Through, etc.
Epistle.
(Rom. xi. 33-36.)
O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are His judgments, and how unsearchable His ways! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been His counsellor? Or who hath first given to Him, and recompense shall be made him. For of Him, and by Him, and in Him are all things. To Him be glory forever.
R. Deo gratias!
(R. Thanks be to God!)
Gradual.