November 30
SAINT ANDREW, APOSTLE [Feast]
Mass prayers and readings.
Born at Bethsaida, he was a disciple of John the Baptist before he became a follower of Christ, to whom he also brought his brother, Peter. With Philip he presented the Gentiles to Christ. Before the miracle in the desert, he pointed out to Christ the boy carrying the loaves and fishes. It is said that St. Andrew preached along the Black Sea and the Dnieper and Volga rivers as far as Kiev and Novgorod. Hence he became a patron saint of Ukraine, Romania and Russia. According to tradition, he founded the See of Byzantium, Constantinople, in AD 38. He was put to death by crucifixion at Achaia.
SEE AS WELL:
FEAST OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE GOSPEL COMMENTARY AND POPE BENEDICT XVI’S REFLECTION HERE.
AND
NOV. 30: ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE. SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS AND ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM’S SERMON HERE.
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Dóminus secus mare Galilææ vidit duos fratres, Petrum et Andréam, et vocávit eos: Veníte post me, fáciam vos fieri piscatóres hóminum.
Beside the Sea of Galilee, the Lord saw two brothers, Peter and Andrew, and he said to them: Come after me and I will make you fishers of men.
[–» Greeting]
The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is said.
COLLECT
We humbly implore your majesty, O Lord, that just as the blessed Apostle Andrew was for your Church a preacher and pastor, so he may be for us a constant intercessor before you. Through our Lord.
Proper Readings
READING I
Rom 10:9–18
Brothers and sisters: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. The Scripture says, ‘No one who believes in him will be put to shame.’ There is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon him. ‘For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
But how can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? And how can people preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news!’ But not everyone has heeded the good news; for Isaiah says, ‘Lord, who has believed what was heard from us?’ Thus faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ. But I ask, did they not hear? Certainly they did; for ‘Their voice has gone forth to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.’
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
R. Their message goes out through all the earth.
or: Alleluia.
In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum.
The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
Day pours out the word to day;
and night to night imparts knowledge.
R. Their message goes out through all the earth.
or: Alleluia.
In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum.
Not a word nor a discourse
whose voice is not heard;
Through all the earth their voice resounds,
and to the ends of the world, their message.
R. Their message goes out through all the earth.
or: Alleluia.
In omnem terram exívit sonus eórum.
ALLELUIA
Veníte post me, dicit Dóminus, et fáciam vos fieri piscatóres hóminum.
Come, follow me, says the Lord, and I will make you fishers of men.
GOSPEL
Mt 4:18–22
As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. He walked along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him.
PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Grant us, almighty God, that through these offerings, which we bring on the feast day of Saint Andrew, we may please you by what we have brought and be given life by what you have accepted. Through Christ our Lord.
[–» Eucharistic Prayer]
[–» Preface of the Apostles]
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Dixit Andréas Simóni fratri suo: Invénimus Messíam, qui dícitur Christus. Et addúxit eum ad Iesum.
Andrew told his brother Simon: We have found the Messiah, the Christ, and he brought him to Jesus.
[–» Communion]
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
May communion in your Sacrament strengthen us, O Lord, so that, by the example of the blessed Apostle Andrew, we who carry in our body the Death of Christ may merit to live with him in glory. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
[–» Concluding Rite]
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