Blesseds John Francis Burté,Severin Girault and Companions
0902 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
Lord God, grant us to pursue with fitting devotion the faith of Blesseds John Francis, Severin and their companion martyrs. They served your Church faithfully till the end and merited to receive the palm of martyrdom. 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, you gave Blesseds John Francis, Severin and companions the fulfillment of their faith in the vision of your glory. May the gifts we bring to honor their memory gain us pardon and peace. We ask this in the name of Jesus the 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
Lord, may this food of heaven bring us a share in the grace you have given the Martyrs John Francis, Severin and companions. From their bitter sufferings may we learn to become strong, and by patient endurance earn the victory of rejoicing in your holiness. Grant this through Christ our Lord.
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
Lord God, grant us to pursue with fitting devotion the faith of Blesseds John Francis, Severin and their companion martyrs. They served your Church faithfully till the end and merited to receive the palm of martyrdom. 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, you gave Blesseds John Francis, Severin and companions the fulfillment of their faith in the vision of your glory. May the gifts we bring to honor their memory gain us pardon and peace. We ask this in the name of Jesus the 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
Lord, may this food of heaven bring us a share in the grace you have given the Martyrs John Francis, Severin and companions. From their bitter sufferings may we learn to become strong, and by patient endurance earn the victory of rejoicing in your holiness. Grant this through Christ our Lord.