Saint Paul Miki and Companions
0206 Martyrs (First and Third Orders)
Entrance Antiphon
The saints are happy in heaven because they followed Christ. They rejoice with him for ever because they shed their blood for love of him.
Collect
O God, strength of all the Saints, who through the Cross were pleased to call the Martyrs Saint Paul Miki and companions to life, grant, we pray, that by their intercession. we may hold with courage even until death to the faith that we profess. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, accept the gifts we bring to celebrate the feast of your martyrs. May this sacrifice free us from sin and make our service pleasing to you. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon [ Jn 15:13 ]
No one has greater love, says the Lord, than the man who lays down his life for his friends.
Prayer after Communion
Lord, we eat the Bread from heaven and become one body in Christ. Never let us be separated from his love. Help us to follow the example of our Martyrs Peter Baptist, Paul, and companions by having the courage to overcome all things for Christ who loved us all, and who lives and reigns with you for ever and ever.
The saints are happy in heaven because they followed Christ. They rejoice with him for ever because they shed their blood for love of him.
Collect
O God, strength of all the Saints, who through the Cross were pleased to call the Martyrs Saint Paul Miki and companions to life, grant, we pray, that by their intercession. we may hold with courage even until death to the faith that we profess. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, accept the gifts we bring to celebrate the feast of your martyrs. May this sacrifice free us from sin and make our service pleasing to you. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon [ Jn 15:13 ]
No one has greater love, says the Lord, than the man who lays down his life for his friends.
Prayer after Communion
Lord, we eat the Bread from heaven and become one body in Christ. Never let us be separated from his love. Help us to follow the example of our Martyrs Peter Baptist, Paul, and companions by having the courage to overcome all things for Christ who loved us all, and who lives and reigns with you for ever and ever.