gogues. And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles: but when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak. For it is not you that speak, but the spirit of your Father that speaketh in you. The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son; and the children shall rise up against the parents, and shall put them to death. And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved. CREDO. OFFERT. Thou shalt make, page 611. SECRET. Sanctify, O Lord, the offerings we have made, and by the intercession of blessed Barnabas, the apostle, cleanse us from the stains of our sins. Through. COMM. Matt. xix. page 611. P. COMM. We humbly beseech thee, O almighty God, that those whom thou refreshest with thy sacraments, may, by the intercession of blessed Barnabas, thy apostle, worthily please thee in their conduct of life. Through. XII. St. JOHN a FACUNDO, c. COLL. O God, the author of peace and lover of charity, who gavest to blessed John, thy confessor, the extraordinary grace of reconciling those who were at variance: grant, by his merits and intercession, that being well grounded in thy charity, we may be by no temptations separated from thee. Through. COLL. Of SS. BASILIDES, &c. mm. Grant, O Lord, that the festival of thy holy martyrs, Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, may be a comfort to us, and that our devotion may bring forth the fruit that has made them blessed for ever. Through. SECRET. Of the same. In veneration of the blood of thy holy martyrs, Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, we solemnly bring these offerings, O Lord, to celebrate thy wonders, by whom so great a victory was obtained. Through. P. COMM. Of the same. Grant, O Lord, that we who always celebrate the festival of thy holy martyrs, Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, may ever be sensible of the effects of their intercession. Through. XIII. St. ANTONY of PADUA, c. COLL. May this solemnity, O God, of blessed Antony, thy confessor, be a comfort to thy church: that thy people may never want the assistance of thy grace, and at length come to the possession of eternal joys. Through. EPISTLE. 1 Cor. iv. and GRAD. to Alleluia, as in page 527. V. The Lord loved him, and adorned him: he clothed him with a robe of glory. Alleluia. SECRET. May this oblation, O Lord, avail to the salvation of thy people, for whom thou wast pleased to offer thyself a living host to thy Father. Who. P. COMM. Being filled, O Lord, with these heavenly gifts, we beseech thee, that by the merits and intercession of blessed Antony, thy confessor, we may be sensible of the effects of thy saving sacrifice. Through. XIV. St. BASIL, c. D. Introit, Epistle, and Comm. as in Mass XII. page 529, Collect Exaudi, with its Secret and P. Comm. the Offert. also, as in Mass XI. page 520. GRAD. The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom, and his tongue shall speak judgment. V. The law of God is in his heart, and his feet shall not be supplanted. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him. Alleluia. GOSPEL. Luke xiv. 26. 35. At that time: Jesus said to the multitude: If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not carry his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it? Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him, saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Or what king about to go and make war against another king, doth not first sit down and think whether he be able, with ten thousand men, to meet him that with twenty thousand cometh against him? Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace. So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possessetli, cannot be my disciple. Salt is good: but if the salt should lose its savour, wherewithal shall it be seasoned? It is neither profitable for the land, nor for the dung-hill, but shall be cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. CREDO. XV. SS. VITUS, MODESTUS, &c. mm. Introit. Ps. xxxiii. MANY are the afflictions of the just, but out of them all will the Lord deliver them. The Lord keepeth all their bones, not one of them shall be broken. Ps. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be always in my mouth. V. Glory. COLL. Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, by the prayers of these thy holy martyrs, that thy church may be free from all pride, and improve daily in humility: that declining all that is evil, she may freely practise that which is just and good. Through. LESSON. Wisdom iii. as in page 511. GRAD. Ps. cxlix. The saints shall rejoice in glory: they shall be joyful in their beds. V. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise be in the church of the saints. Alleluia, Alleluia. Thy saints, O Lord, shall bless thee: they shall publish the glory of thy kingdom. Alleluia. GOSPEL. Luke x. 16, 20. At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: He that heareth you, heareth me: and he that despiseth you, despiseth me: and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: Lord, the devils also are subject to us in thy name. And he said to them: I saw Satan like lightning falling from heaven. Behold, I have given you power to tread upon serpents, and scorpions, and upon all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall hurt you. But yet rejoice not in this, that spirits are subject to you: but rejoice in this, that your names are written in heaven. OFFERT. God is wonderful, page 513. SECRET. As the offerings we have made, O Lord, in honour of thy saints, testify the glory of thy divine power, so may they procure us the effects of thy salvation. Through. COMM.* The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of wickedness shall not touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die; but they are in peace. P. COMM. Being filled, O Lord, with what hath been solemnly blessed, we beseech thee, that, by the intercession of thy blessed martyrs Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, this healing sacrament may be profitable to both our souls and bodies. Through. XVIII. SS. MARK and MARCELLIAN, mm. INTROIT. Salus autem, page 515. COLL. Grant, we beseech thee, O almighty God, that we who celebrate the festival of thy holy martyrs, Mark and Marcellian, may, by their prayers, be delivered from all impending evils. Through. EPISTLE. Rom. v. page 429. GRAD. The souls, &c.,* as above. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. These were true brothers, who could not be overcome in combat: who, shedding their blood, followed the Lord. Alleluia. GOSPEL. Luke xi. 47. 51. At that time: Jesus said to the Scribes and Pharisees: Woe to you, who build the monuments of the prophets: and your fathers killed them. Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres. For this cause also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute: that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who was slain |