[Rank]
S. Luciae Virginis et Martyris;;Duplex;;3;;ex C6b

[Rule]
vide C6b;
Gloria

[Introitus]
!Ps 44:8
v. You love justice and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed~
you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
!Ps 44:2
My heart overflows with a goodly theme; as I sing my ode to the King.
&Gloria
v. You love justice and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed~
you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

[Oratio]
Hear us, O God our Saviour, that, as we rejoice on the feast of blessed Lucy,~
Your Virgin and Martyr, so we may grow in love and devotion.
$Per Dominum

[Commemoratio Oratio]
!For the Octave of the Immaculate Conception.
@Sancti/12-08:Oratio

[Lectio]
Lesson from the second letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
!2 Cor. 10:17-18; 11:1-2
Brethren: He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord. For he is not approved who commends himself, but he whom the Lord commends. Would to God that you could bear with a little of my foolishness! Nay, do bear with me! For I am jealous for you with a divine jealousy. For I betrothed you to one spouse, that I might present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

[Graduale]
!Ps4 4:8
You love justice and hate wickedness.
V. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with oil of gladness. Alleluia,~
alleluia.
!Ps 44:3
Grace is poured out upon your lips; thus God has blessed you forever. Alleluia.

[Evangelium]
Continuation ++ of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
!Matt 13:44-52
At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to His disciples: The kingdom of heaven~
is like a treasure hidden in a field; he who finds it hides it, and in his joy~
goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven~
is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. When he finds a single pearl of~
great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it. Again, the kingdom~
of heaven is like a net cast into the sea that gathered in fish of every kind.~
When it was filled, they hauled it out, and sitting down on the beach, they~
gathered the good fish into vessels, but threw away the bad. So will it be at~
the end of the world. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from among~
the just, and will cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be the~
weeping, and the gnashing of teeth. Have you understood all these things? They~
said to Him, Yes. And He said to them, So then, every Scribe instructed in the~
kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings forth from his storeroom~
things new and old.

[Offertorium]
!Ps 44:15-16
Behind her the virgins of her train are brought to the King. They are borne in~
to You with gladness and joy; they enter the palace of the Lord, the King.

[Secreta]
Graciously accept the offering of Your holy people O Lord, in honor of Your~
Saints, through whose merits we have received help in time of trial.
$Per Dominum

[Commemoratio Secreta]
!For the Octave of the Immaculate Conception.
@Sancti/12-08:Secreta

[Communio]
!Ps 118:161-162
Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word. I~
rejoice at Your promise, as one who has found rich spoil.

[Postcommunio]
O Lord, O You have filled Your household with sacred gifts; always comfort us,~
we beseech You, by the intercession of her whose feast we are celebrating.
$Per Dominum

[Commemoratio Postcommunio]
!For the Octave of the Immaculate Conception.
@Sancti/12-08:Postcommunio