WE SECRET. E bring thee, O Lord, the offerings of our devotion; and may they be acceptable to thee in honour of thy faints, and, by thy mercy, available to our falvation. Thro'. COMMUNION. But I fay to you, my friends: be not terrified at thofe, who perfecute you. G Dico autem vobis amicis meis: ne terreami ni ab his, qui vos perfequuntur. POSTCOMMUNION. Præfta nobis, Rant, we beseech thee, O Lord, by the interceffion of thy holy Martyrs N. and N. that what we have taken with our mouths, we may receive with a pure foul. Thro'. Another MASS of the fame. INTROIT. Pf. xxxvi. HE falvation of the Trighteous is from the Lord and he is their protector in the time of diftrefs. Pf. Be not emulous of evildoers: nor envy them that work iniquity. V. Glory. SAL Alus autem juftorum à Domino: & protector eorum eft in tempore tribulationis. Pf. Noli æmulari in malignantibus: neque zelaveris facientes iniquitatem. V. Gloria. COLLECT. Deus, qui nos annuâ. Martyrs N. and N. comforteft us thy people; mercifully grant, that, as we rejoice at their merits, we may likewise be encouraged by their example. Thro'. EPISTLE. Heb. x. 32, 38. BRethren: Call to mind the former days, where in, after you were enlightened, you endured a great conflict of fufferings on one hand indeed: by reproaches and tribulations, being made a gazing-stock and on the other being companions of them, that were used in that fort. For you both had compaffion on them, that were in bands, and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better, and more lafting fubftance. Do not therefore lofe your confidence, which hath a great reward. For patience is neceffary for you, that doing the will of God, you may receive the promise. For yet a little while; and he that is to come, will come, and will not delay. But my righteous man liveth by faith. GRADUAL. The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard them, and deliver'd them from all their tribulations. V. The Lord is at hand to those who are afflicted in fpirit: and he will fave the humble of heart. P. xxxiii. Clamaverunt jufti, & Dominus exaudivit eos: & ex omnibus tribulationibus eorum liberavit ́eos. V. Juxta eft Dominus his, qui tribulato funt corde: & humiles fpiritu falvabit. TRACT. Pf. cxxv. They who fow, p. xciv. T At that time: As Fefus was fitting on mount Olivet, the difciples came to him privately, faying: Tell us, when fhall these things be? And what fhall be the fign of thy coming, and of the confummation of the world? And Jesus answering, faid to them: Take heed that no man feduce you. For many will come in my name, faying: I am the Chrift: and they will feduce many. And you fhall hear of wars, and rumours of wars. See that you be not troubled. For these things must come to pafs; but the end is not yet. For nation fhall rife against nation, and kingdom againft kingdom: and there fhall be peftilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places: now all these things are the be name. ginnings of forrows. Then fhall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and fhall put you to death and you fhall be hated by all nations on account of my And then fhall many be fcandalized, and fhall betray one another, and fhall hate one another. And many false prophets fhall arife, and shall feduce many. And becaufe iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many fhall grow cold. But he that fhall perfevere to the end, fhall be faved. OFFERTORY. Wifd. iii. The fouls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and the torments of wickedness fhall not touch them. To the eyes of the foolish they feemed to die; but they are in peace. Juftorum animæ in manu Dei funt, & non tanget illos tormentum malitiæ. Vifi funt oculis infipientium mori; illi autem funt in pace. SECRET. E appeafed, O Lord, we beseech thee, by the offerings we have made; and defend us from all dangers by the interceffion of thy holy Martyrs. N. and N. Thro'. COMMUNION. Matt. x. What I fay to you in the dark, fpeak you in the light, faith the Lord: and what is whifpered you in the ear, preach you on the house-tops. Quod dico vobis in tenebris, dicite in lumine, dicit Dominus: & quod in aure auditis, prædicate fuper tecta. POSTCOMMUNION. MAX Hæc nos communio.. "AY this communion, O Lord, purify usfrom fin, and, by the interceffion of thy holy Martyrs N. and N. make us partakers of the joys of heaven. Thro'. Other EPISTLES and GOSPELS for MANY MARTYRS. EPISTLE. Heb. xi. 33, 39. BRethren: The faints thro' faith fubdued king doms, practifed righteoufness, obtained the promifes, ftopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the fword, recovered ftrength from weakness, became valiant in war, put to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised again to life. But others were racked, not accepting deliverance, that they may might find a better refurrection. And others had trials of mockeries and ftripes, moreover alfo of bands and prifons. They were ftoned, they were cut afunder, they were tempted, they were put to death by the fword, they wandered about in sheepfkins, in goat-skins, being in want, distressed, afflicted of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deferts, on mountains, and in dens, and in caves of the earth. And all thefe were found approved by the testimony of faith, in Christ Jefus our Lord. A GOSPEL. Matt. xi. 25, 30. T that time Jesus answered and faid: I give thanks to thee, O Father Lord of heaven and earth, because thou haft hid these things from the wife and prudent, and haft revealed them to the little ones. Yea, Father; for fo it hath feemed good in thy fight. All things are delivered up to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son fhall be willing to reveal him. Come to me, all you that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you fhall find reft to your fouls: for my yoke is sweet, and my burden is light. The COMMON of a CONFESSOR and BISHOP. INSTRUCTION. IN the five or fix firft ages of the Church, thofe were call'd Confeffors, who confeffed Jesus Christ before the Pagans; particularly if tortures accompanied this their Confeffion, as was generally the cafe. In after times the name of Confeffor was given to fuch as confeffed Jefus Christ by the purity and fanctity of their lives. There are different degrees of Confeffors: fome of them were Bishops, fome Priefts, and Doctors of the Church; and by their interceffion we ought to beg of God paftors full of his fpirit, and capable of teaching the truths intrufted to them. Others were Monks or Solitaries; and it is thro' their interceffion we ought to beg of God the fpirit of retirement and pennance. Others lived in the world in different states and conditions. But they all lived without any attachment to the things of this world; and defpifed whatever is tranfitory, to give themfelves up to God and his truths; and mortifying their bodies by pennance, they underwent a fort of martyrdom in the perpetual mortification of their paffions, and denial of their own will. It is to the imitation of these virtues that their fealts ought to animate us; and, on them, we ought to have recourfe to God, that, thro' their interceffion, we may obtain his enabling grace to follow their steps. I. VESPERS. The PSALMS, as on Sunday, p. xli. Except the laft, which is: Laudate Dominum omnes, p. lxviii. Anth. B Prelate, who in his days pleafed God, Anth. There was none found like him, in keep. ing the law of the moft high. E Cce Sacerdos magnus, qui in diebus fuis placuit Deo, & inventus eft juf tus. Ant. Non eft inventus fimilis illi, qui confervaret legem excelfi. |