Saint Nicholas Pick, Priest, and Companions
0709 Martrys (First Order)
Entrance Antiphon [ Bar 4:23 ]
With mourning and lament I sent you forth, but God will give you back to me with enduring gladness and joy.
Collect
God our Father, you gave victory to your holy Martyrs Nicholas and companions and adorned them with the crown of eternal life. Imitating their constancy, may we also attain with them to eternal glory. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, accept the gifts we bring to celebrate this 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 [ 2 Cor 4:11 ]
We are given over to death for Jesus that the life of Jesus may be revealed in our dying flesh.
Prayer after Communion
Almighty God, we have been nourished by the Body and Blood of your Son. Inflame us with the same burning love that led your holy Martyrs Nicholas and companions to offer you their lives as a holocaust. Grant this through Christ our Lord.
With mourning and lament I sent you forth, but God will give you back to me with enduring gladness and joy.
Collect
God our Father, you gave victory to your holy Martyrs Nicholas and companions and adorned them with the crown of eternal life. Imitating their constancy, may we also attain with them to eternal glory. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, accept the gifts we bring to celebrate this 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 [ 2 Cor 4:11 ]
We are given over to death for Jesus that the life of Jesus may be revealed in our dying flesh.
Prayer after Communion
Almighty God, we have been nourished by the Body and Blood of your Son. Inflame us with the same burning love that led your holy Martyrs Nicholas and companions to offer you their lives as a holocaust. Grant this through Christ our Lord.