[Rank]
S. Gulielmi Abbatis;;Duplex;;3;;vide C4c

[Rule]
vide C4c;
Gloria

[Oratio]
O God, Who made Your Saints an example and a help for our weakness; grant us, as~
we walk the path of salvation, so to venerate the virtues of the blessed Abbot~
William that we may obtain his intercession and follow in his footsteps.
$Per Dominum

[Secreta]
We beseech You, O Lord, may the holy Abbot William, prevail by his prayers, so~
that the offerings placed upon Your sacred altar may be beneficial for our~
salvation.
$Per Dominum

[Postcommunio]
May the pleading of the blessed Abbot William for us, together with the~
partaking of Your sacrament, protect us, O Lord, so that we, mindful of his way~
of life, may obtain the help of his intercession.
$Per Dominum

[Commemoratio Oratio]
!For the Octave of St John Baptist
O God, Who made this a day most worthy of our celebration because of blessed John;~
grant Your people the grace of spiritual joys and direct the minds of all the~
faithful into the path of eternal salvation.
$Per Dominum

[Commemoratio Secreta]
!For the Octave of St John Baptist
We heap Your altar with gifts, O Lord, celebrating the birth of him who~
announced the coming of the Saviour of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,~
and made His presence known.
$Qui tecum

[Commemoratio Postcommunio]
!For the Octave of St John Baptist
May Your Church, O God, rejoice at the birth of blessed John the Baptist,~
through whom she knew the author of her own rebirth, Your Son, our Lord Jesus~
Christ.
$Qui tecum