SAINT ISIDORE THE FARM LABORER (1130 A.D.); SAINTS CHRYSANTHUS AND DARIA, Martyrs; Sts. Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs

 

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SAINT ISIDORE THE FARM LABORER

 

   
[Commemoration]
SAINTS CHRYSANTHUS AND DARIA
Martyrs

Martyrdom of Sts Chrysanthus & Daria (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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INTROIT PS. 91: 13-14

The just shall flourish like the palm
tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of
Libanus: planted in the house of the
Lord, in the courts of the house of our
God. (Ps. 91: 2) It is good to give
praise to the Lord: and to sing to Thy
Name, O Most High. Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen. The just shall
flourish like the palm tree: he shall
grow up like the cedar of Libanus:
planted in the house of the Lord, in the
courts of the house of our God.

 

GLORIA

 

COLLECT

Hearken, O Lord, unto our
supplications, which we present to
Thee on the feast of blessed Isidore,
Thy Confessor: that we, who put not
our trust in our own righteousness,
may be aided by the prayers of him
who was well-pleasing to Thee.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy
Son, Who lives and reigns with Thee
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,
forever and ever.
 

Commemoration of SAINTS CHRYSANTHUS AND DARIA

May the prayers of Thy blessed
martyrs, Chryanthus and Daria, be
with us, O Lord, that we may
continually experience the loving
assistance of those to whom we pay
homage of veneration. Through our
Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who lives
and reigns with Thee in the unity of
the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.

 

EPISTLE JAMES 5: 7-8, 11, 16-18

Brethren: Be ye patient until the

coming of the Lord. Behold the
husbandman waiteth for the precious
fruit of the ear: patiently bearing till ye
receive the early and latter rain. Be ye
therefore also patient and strengthen
your heart: for the coming of the Lord
is at hand. Behold we account him
blessed who have endured. You have
heard of the patience of Job, and you
have seen the end of the Lord, that
the Lord is merciful and
compassionate. Confess your sins
one to another, and pray for one
another, that you may be saved. For
the continual prayer of a just man
availeth much. Elias was a man
passible like unto us: and with prayer
he prayed that it might not rain upon
the earth, and it rained not for three
years and six months: and he prayer
again and the heaven gave rain, and
the earth brought forth her fruit.
 

GRADUAL Psalms 36: 30-31

The mouth of the just shall meditate
wisdom, and his tongue shall speak
judgment. The law of his God is in his
heart: and his steps shall not be
supplanted.
Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed is the man
that feareth the Lord: he shall delight
exceedingly in His commandments.
Alleluia.
 

GOSPEL John 15: 1-7

At that time, Jesus said to His
disciples: I am the true Vine; and My
Father is the husbandman. Every
branch in Me, that beareth not fruit, He
will take away: and every one that
beareth fruit, He will purge it, that it
may bring forth more fruit. Now you
are clean by reason of the word, which
I have spoken to you. Abide in Me,
and I in you. As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the
vine, so neither can you, unless you

abide in Me. I am the Vine: you the
branches: he that abideth in Me, and I
in him, the same beareth much fruit:
for without Me you can do nothing. If
any one abide not in Me, he shall be
cast forth as a branch, and shall
wither, and they shall gather him up,
and case him into the fire, and be
burneth. If you abide in Me, and my
words abide in you, you shall ask
whatever you will, and it shall be done
unto you.
 

OFFERTORY Psalms 20: 2-3

In Thy strength, O Lord, the just man
shall joy, and in Thy salvation he shall
rejoice exceedingly: Thou hast given
him his heart's desire.
 

SECRET

Be propitious to our supplications, O
Lord, and graciously accept these
offerings of Thy people, that through
the intercession of blessed Isidore,
Thy Confessor, what we ask in faith
we may effectually obtain. Through
our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who
lives and reigns with Thee in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and
ever.

 

Commemoration of SAINTS CHRYSANTHUS AND DARIA 

May the offering of Thy people, we
beseech Thee, O Lord, be pleasing to
Thee; which is solemnly sacrificed on
the natal feast of Thy holy martyrs
Chrysanthus and Daria. Through our
Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who lives
and reigns with Thee in the unity of
the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.

 

COMMUNION Matthew 19: 28-29

Amen I say to you, that you, who have
left all things and followed Me, shall
receive a hundredfold, and shall

possess life everlasting.

 

POSTCOMMUNION

Let Thy heavenly mystery, O Lord,
avail to the restoration of mind and
body: and grant that, by the
intercession of Saint lsidore, Thy
Confessor, we may feel the effect of
the worship which we are performing.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy
Son, Who lives and reigns with Thee
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,
forever and ever.
 

Commemoration of SAINTS CHRYSANTHUS AND DARIA 

We have been filled, O Lord, with
mystic desires and joys; grant, we
beseech Thee, that, by the
intercession of Thy holy martyrs,
Chrysanthus and Daria, we may in
spirit attain those things which in time
we celebrate. Through our Lord Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, Who lives and reigns
with Thee in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, God, forever and ever.

 

 

  

Sts. Crispin and Crispinian

[Historical]

Martyrs of the Early Church who were beheaded during the reign of Diocletian; the date of their execution is given as 25 October, 285 or 286. It is stated that they were brothers, but the fact has not been positively proved. The legend relates that they were Romans of distinguished descent who went as missionaries of the Christian Faith to Gaul and chose Soissons as their field of labour. In imitation of St. Paul they worked with their hands, making shoes, and earned enough by their trade to support themselves and also to aid the poor. During the Diocletian persecution they were brought before Maximianus Herculius whom Diocletian had appointed co-emperor. At first Maximianus sought to turn them from their faith by alternate promises and threats. But they replied: "Thy threats do not terrify us, for Christ is our life, and death is our gain. Thy rank and possessions are nought to us, for we have long before this sacrificed the like for the sake of Christ and rejoice in what we have done. If thou shouldst acknowledge and love Christ thou wouldst give not only all the treasures of this life, but even the glory of thy crown itself in order through the exercise of compassion to win eternal life." When Maximianus saw that his efforts were of no avail, he gave Crispin and Crispinian into the hands of the governor Rictiovarus (Rictius Varus), a most cruel persecutor of the Christians. Under the order of Rictiovarus they were stretched on the rack, thongs were cut from their flesh, and awls were driven under their finger-nails. A millstone was then fastened about the neck of each, and they were thrown into the Aisne, but they were able to swim to the opposite bank of the river. In the same manner they suffered no harm from a great fire in which Rictiovarus, in despair, sought death himself. Afterwards the two saints were beheaded at the command of Maximianus.
This is the story of the legend which the Bollandists have incorporated in their great collection; the same account is found in various breviaries. The narrative says that a large church was built over the graves of the two saints, consequently the legend could not have arisen until a later age; it contains, moreover, many details that have little probability or historical worth and seems to have been compiled from various fabulous sources. In the sixth century a stately basilica was erected at Soissons over the graves of these saints, and St. Eligius, a famous goldsmith, made a costly shrine for the head of St. Crispinian. Some of the relicsof Crispin and Crispinian were carried to Rome and placed in the church of San Lorenzo in Panisperna. Other relics of the saintswere given by Charlemagne to the cathedral, dedicated to Crispin and Crispinian, which he founded at Osnabrück. Crispin and Crispinian are the patron saints of shoemakers, saddlers, and tanners. Their feast falls on 25 October.

(From Lives of the Saints, XII, 628; BUTLER)