Introit: Luke i: 13, 15, 14.

Ne tímeas, Zacharía, exaudita est orátio tua: et Elizabeth uxor tua páriet tibi fílium, et vocábis nomen ejus Joánnem: et erit magnus coram Dómino: et Spíritu replébitur adhuc ex útero matris suæ: et multi in nativitáte ejus gaudébunt. [Ps. xx] Dómine in virtúte tua lætábitur rex: et super salutáre tuum exsultábit veheménter. Glória Patri.... Ne tímeas, Zacharía, exaudita est orátio tua: et Elizabeth uxor tua páriet tibi fílium, et vocábis nomen ejus Joánnem: et erit magnus coram Dómino: et Spíritu replébitur adhuc ex útero matris suæ: et multi in nativitáte ejus gaudébunt.

Fear not Zachary; thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shall call his name John; and he shall be great before the Lord and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from his mother's womb; and many shall rejoice at his birth. [Ps. xx] In Thy strength, O Lord, the king shall find joy, and in Thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly. Glory be.... Fear not Zachary; thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shall call his name John; and he shall be great before the Lord and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from his mother's womb; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Collect:

Adésto, Dómine, supplicatiónibus nostris, quas in beati Elísabeth et Zacharíi solemnitáte deférimus: ut, qui nostræ justítiæ fidúciam non habémus, ejus, quas tibi plácuint, précibus adjuvémur. Per Dóminum.

Attend, O Lord to our supplications, which we offer Thee on the solemnity of Elizabeth and Zachary; that we who trust not in our own justice, may be helped by the prayers of them who pleased Thee. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Isaias xlix 1-3, 5, 6, 7

Léctio Isaíæ Prophétæ.
Audíte insúlæ, et atténdite, pópuli de longe: Dóminus ab útero vocávit me, de ventre matris meæ recordátus est nóminis mei. Et pósuit os meum quasi gládium acútum: in umbra manus suæ protéxit me, et pósuit me sicut sagíttam eléctam: in pháretra sua abscóndit me. Et dixit mihi: «Servus meus es tu, Israël, quia in te gloriábor.» Et nunc dicit Dóminus, formans me ex útero servum sibi: «Ecce dedi te in lucem géntium, ut sis salus mea usque ad extrémum terræ. Reges vidébunt, et consúrgent príncipes, et adorábunt propter Dóminum, et sanctum Israël, qui elégit te. »

A reading from the Prophet Isaias:
Give ear, ye islands, and harken, ye people from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, and from the bowels of my mother He has been mindful of my name. And He has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand He has protected me, and has made me as a chosen arrow; in His quiver He has hidden me. And He has said to me, «You are my servant Israel, for in you will I glory.» And now the Lord who formed me from the womb to be His servant says: «Behold I have given you to be the light of the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth. Kings shall see, and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, and for the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.»

Gradual: Jeremias i: 5, 9

Priusquam te formárem in útero, novi te; et ántequam exíres de ventre, sanctificávi te. v. Misit Dóminus manum suam, et tétigit os meum, et dixit mihi: 

Allelúja, Allelúja. [Lk. i] Tu, puer, prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis: preíbus ante Dóminum paráre vias ejus. Allelúja.

Before I formed thee in the body of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth from the womb, I sanctified thee. The Lord put forth His hand, and touched my mouth, and said to me:
Allelúja, Allelúja. [Lk. i] Thou child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High, for thou shalt go before the Lord to prepare His ways. Allelúja!

Gospel: Luke i 57-68
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Sequéntia sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam:
Elísabeth implétum est tempus pariéndi, et péperit fílium. Et audiérunt vicíni, et cognáti ejus, quia magnificávit Dóminus misericórdiam suam cum illa, et congratulabántur ei. Et factum est in die octávo, venérunt circumcídere púerum, et vocábant eum nómine partis sui Zacharíam. Et respóndens mater ejus dixit: «Nequáquam, sed vocábitur Joánnes.» Et dixérunt ad illam: «Quia nemo est in cognatióne tua, qui vocétur hoc nómine.» Innuébant autem patri ejus, quem vellet vocári eum. Et póstulans pugillárem, scripsit, dicens: «Joánnes est nomen ejus.» Et miráti sunt univérsi. Apértum est autem íllico os ejus, et lingua ejus, et loquebátur benedícens Deum. Et factus est timor super omnes vicínos eórum: et super ómnia montána Judǽæ divulgabántur ómnia verba hæc: et posuérunt omnes, qui audíerunt in corde suo, dicéntes: «Quis. putas, puer iste erit?» Etenim manus Dómini erat cum illo. Et Zacharías pater ejus replétus est Spíritu Sancto, et prophetávit, dicens: «Benedíctus Dóminus Deus Israël, quia visitávit et fecit redemptiónem plebis suæ.»

The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke:
Elizabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she brought forth a son. And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified His mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her. And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him by his father's name, Zachary. And his mother answered and said, «Not so, but he shall be called John.» And they said to her, «There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.» And they kept inquiring by signs of his father what he would have him called. And asking for a writing tablet, he wrote the words, «John is his name.» And they all marvelled. And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed. and he began to speak, blessing God. And fear came upon all their neighbors; and all these things were spoken abroad in all the hill country of Judea. And all who heard them laid them up in their heart saying, «What then will this child be?» For the hand of the Lord was with him. And Zachary, his father, was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, «Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israël, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people.»

Offertory: Ps. cxi 13

Justus ut palma florébit: sicut cedrus, quæ in Libano est, multiplicábitur.

The just shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow up like a cedar of Lebanon.

Secret

Præsta nobis, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut nostræ humilitátis oblátio, et pro tuórum tibi grata sit honóre sanctórum, et nos córpore páriter et mente puríficet. Per Dóminum.

Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that the offering of our humility may be pleasing to Thee in honor of Thy saints, and purify us alike in body and soul. Through our Lord.

Communion: Luke i: 76

Tu, puer, prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis: preíbus ante Dóminum paráre vias ejus.

Thou child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High, for thou shalt go before the Lord to prepare His ways.

Postcommunion

Quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui cæléstia aliménta percépimus, intercédente beati Elizabeth et Zacharie, per haec contra ómnia advérsa muniámur. Per Dóminum nostrum.

We beseech Thee, almighty God, that we who have received heavenly food may, through the intercession of Elizabeth and Zachary, be protected from all harm. Through our Lord.