Martyrs
SIMPLE / PURPLE
INTROIT Ps. 25:11-12
Redeem me, O Lord, and have pity on me, for my foot stands on the right path. In the assemblies I will bless the Lord.
Ps. 25:1. Do me justice, O Lord, for I have walked in innocence, and in the Lord I trust without wavering.
V. Glory be . . .
COLLECT
O Almighty God, while Your servants
mortify their bodies by fasting, may they also follow after
righteousness and avoid sin. Through Our Lord . . .
Vivia Perpetua, a young wife and mother of noble birth, and Felicitas, a slave girl who was with child, were among the Christians arrested in Carthage (Africa) during the year 203. Felicitas gave birth to a daughter in prison, and the baby was adopted by a fellow Christian. Three days later the martyrs were exposed to wild beasts in the arena. The people soon tired of seeing the young mothers tortured and demanded that they should be slain by the sword. Greater devotion no human beings can have than to prefer Christ to the children of their love.
O Lord Our God, grant that we may always honor the victories of Your blessed martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas. Although we are unable to pay them the honor that is due, may we at least offer them our humble tribute. Through Our Lord . . .
LESSON Dan. 9:15-19
In those days, Daniel prayed to the
Lord, saying, "O Lord, our God, who hast brought forth thy people out of
the land of Egypt, with a strong hand, and hast made thee a name as at
this day: we have sinned, we have committed iniquity, O Lord, against
all thy justice: let thy wrath and thy indignation be turned away, I
beseech thee, from thy city, Jerusalem, and from thy holy mountain. For
by reason of our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem, and
thy people, are a reproach to all that are round about us.
"Now, therefore, O our God, hear the
supplication of thy servant, and his prayers: and shew thy face upon thy
sanctuary, which is desolate, for thy own sake. Incline, O my God, thy
ear, and hear: open thy eyes, and see our desolation, and the city upon
which thy name is called: for it is not for our justifications that we
present our prayers before thy face, but for the multitude of thy tender
mercies. O Lord, hear: O Lord, be appeased: hearken, and do: delay not,
for thy own sake, O my God: because thy name is invocated upon thy
city, and upon thy people."
GRADUAL Ps. 69:6, 3
Help me and deliver me, O Lord, make no delay! V. Let my enemies who seek my life be put to shame and confounded.
TRACT Ps. 102:10; 78:8-9
O Lord, repay us not according to the
sins we have committed, nor according to our iniquities. V. O Lord,
remember not our iniquities of the past; let Your mercy come quickly to
us, for we are being brought very low. (All kneel.) V. Help us, O God
our Savior, and for the glory of Your name. O Lord, deliver us; and
pardon us our sins for Your name's sake.
GOSPEL John 8:21-29
At that time, Jesus said to them: "I go: and you shall seek me. And you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come." The Jews therefore said: "Will he kill himself, because he said: Whither I go you cannot come?"
And he said to them: "You
are from beneath: I am from above. You are of this world: I am not of
this world. Therefore I said to you that you shall die in your sins. For
if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sin." They said therefore to him: "Who art thou?" Jesus said to them: "The
beginning, who also speak unto you. Many things I have to speak and to
judge of you. But he that sent me, is true: and the things I have heard
of him, these same I speak in the world." And they understood not that he called God his Father.
Jesus therefore said to them: "When
you shall have lifted up, the Son of man, then shall you know that I am
he and that I do nothing of myself. But as the Father hath taught me,
these things I speak. And he that sent me is with me: and he hath not
left me alone. For I do always the things that please him."
OFFERTORY Ps. 15:7, 8
I bless the Lord, who has given me
understanding. I set the Lord ever before me; with Him at my right hand I
shall not be disturbed.
SECRET
O Lord, protect us through this sacrifice which we offer to atone for our sins and to give glory to You. Through Our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps. 8:2
O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is Your name over all the earth!
POSTCOMMUNION
O Lord, may this Communion cleanse us from sin, and bestow upon us spiritual health from heaven. Through Our Lord . . .
We have been filled with spiritual gifts and joy, O Lord. May we always profit spiritually from the service we perform here on earth, through the intercession of Your holy martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas. Through Our Lord . . .
PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE
Hear our petitions, O Almighty God. Your love has given us hope; let Your unfailing mercy protect us. Through our Lord . . .
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