shall not be revealed, nor hid, that shall not be known. That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the house tops. And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body into hell. And are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall to the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows. Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. OFFERT. Ps. xx. Thou hast set on his head, O Lord, a crown of precious stones: he asked life of thee, and thou hast given it to him. Alleluia. SECRET. May our devotion, O Lord, be acceptable in thy sight: and may his intercession, on whose festival we pay it, make it available to to our salvation. Through. COMM. Let him who serveth me, follow me; and where I am, there also shall my minister be. P. COMM. Refecti. Being fed by the participation of thy sacred gifts, we beseech thee, Lord our God, that we may feel the efficacy thereof, by the intercession of blessed N. thy martyr, whose feast we celebrate. Through. MASS V. Protexisti, of a MARTYR in PROTEXISTI me THOU hast protected me, O God, from the assembly of the malignant, Alleluia; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity. Alleluia, Alleluia. Ps. Hear, Ó God, my prayer, when a timore inimici eripe animam meam. V. Glo ria. I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy. V. Glory. For a Martyr and Bishop. COLL. Infirmitatem. Have regard, O almighty God, to our weakness, and as we sink under the weight of our doings, let the glorious intercession of blessed N. thy martyr and bishop, be a protection to us. Through. Another. Deus qui. O God, who by the yearly solemnity of blessed N. thy martyr and bishop, rejoicest the hearts of thy faithful, mercifully grant that we, who celebrate his martyrdom, may enjoy his protection. Through. For a Martyr not a Bishop. COLL. Præsta. Grant, we beseech thee, O almighty God, that we who celebrate the festival of blessed N. thy martyr, may by his intercession, be strengthened in the love of thy name. Through. Another. Præsta quæsumus. Grant, we be seech thee, O almighty God, that by the intercession of blessed N. thy martyr, we may be delivered from all temporal adversities, and our hearts be cleansed from all evil thoughts. Thro'. LESSON. Wisd. v. 1. 5. The just shall stand with great constancy against those that have afflicted them, and taken away their labours. These seeing it shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the suddenness of their unexpected salvation, saying within themselves, repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit: These are they whom we had some time in derision, and for a parable of reproach. We fools esteemed their life madness, and their end without honour. Behold, how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is amongst the saints. Instead of the foregoing Lesson, the Epistle, 2 Tim, ii. page 504, 18 occasionally read. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord, and thy truth also in the church of the saints. Alleluia. V. Thou hast set on his head, O Lord, a crown of precious stones. Alleluia. GOSPEL. John xv. 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 cast him into the fire, and he burneth. If you abide in me, and my word abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done unto you. OFFERT. Ps. Ixxxviii. The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord; and thy truth in the church of the saints. Alleluia, Alleluia. Of a Martyr and Bishop. SECRET. Mercifully receive, O Lord, the offerings dedicated to thee by the merits of blessed N. thy martyr and bishop, and grant they may be a continual support to us. Through. Another. Sanctify, O Lord, the offerings consecrated to thee; and, being appeased thereby, mercifully look upon us by the intercession of blessed N. thy martyr and bishop. Through. Of a Martyr not a Bishop. SECRET. Receive, O Lord, we beseech thee, our offerings and prayers: purify us by those heavenly mysteries, and mercifully hear us. Through. Another. May our devotion, O Lord, be acceptable in thy sight: and may his intercession, on whose festival we pay it, make it available to our salvation. Through. COMM. Ps. lxiii. The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised. Alleluia, Alleluia. For a Martyr and Bishop. P. COMM. Refecti. Being fed by the participation of thy sacred gifts, we beseech thee, O Lord our God, that we may feel the efficacy thereof by the intercession of blessed N. thy martyr and bishop. Through. Another. Hæc nos. May this communion, O Lord, cleanse us from sin, and by the intercession of blessed N. thy martyr and bishop, make us effectually partakers of this heavenly remedy. Through. For a Martyr not a Bishop. P. COMM. Da, ques. Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord our God, that as we rejoice on the feasts of thy saints in this life, so we may enjoy their sight for ever in that which is to come. Through. Another. Refecti. Being fed by the participa tion of thy sacred gifts, we beseech thee, O Lord our God, that we may feel the efficacy thereof, by the intercession of blessed N. thy martyr. Through. MASS VI. Sancti tui, of MANY MARTYRS in PASCHAL TIME. SANCTI tui, Domine, benedicent te; gloriam regni tui dicent, HY saints, O Lord, shall bless thee; and speak of the glory of thy Ps. Alleluia, Alleluia. Exaltabo te, Deus meus Rex; et benedicam nomini tuo in sæculum sæculi. V. Gloria. kingdom. Alleluia, Alleluia. Ps. I will extol thee, O God, my king; and I will bless thy name for ever, yea, for ever and ever. V. Glory. For Martyrs and Bishops. COLL. Beatorum. We beseech thee, O Lord, that the solemnity of thy blessed martyrs and bishops N. and N. may be a protection to us, and their venerable prayers recommend us to thy mercy. Through. For Martyrs only. COLL. Deus, qui. O God, by whose favour we celebrate the festival of thy holy martyrs N. and N., grant we may enjoy their fellowship in eternal bliss. Through. EPISTLE. 1 Peter i. 3. 7. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us into a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that cannot fade, reserved in heaven for you, who by the power of God are kept by faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein you shall greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations; that the trial of your faith, much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire, may be found unto praise, and glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ our Lord. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. Thy saints, O Lord, shall flourish like the lily: and as the sweet perfume of balsam shall they be before thee. Alleluia. V. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Alleluia. GOSPEL. John xv. 5. 11. At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: I am the vine, you the |