September 26
Feast
of the North American Martyrs
Sts. Isaac Jogues, Anthony Daniel, John de Brebeuf,
Charles Garnier, Noel Chabanel, Gabriel Lalemant, Priests and Martyrs, and Sts.
Rene Goupil and John de Lalande, religious lay brothers and Martyrs
Commemoration of
Sts. Cyprian and Justina
Martyrs
Double
Second Class
Red
Missa
“Hi sunt qui venérunt”
The eight North American Martyrs (1642-1649) were six priests and two
lay brothers. They were heroic members of the Society of Jesus who were martyred
in North America to bring the Faith that is necessary for salvation to the
Huron, the Iroquois and the Mohawk Indians. Five of the eight North American
martyrs were put to death in what is now Canada, and three of them in New York
State. There is a shrine to the United States’ martyrs at Auriesville in New
York. There is a shrine to the Canadian martyrs at Fort Saint Mary near
Midland, Ontario. They are Saint Rene Goupil, a lay brother martyred in 1642 in
New York State; Saint Isaac Jogues, a priest, and Saint John de Lalande, a lay
brother, martyred in 1646 in New York State; Saint Anthony Daniel, a priest,
martyred in Canada in 1648; Saint John de Brebeuf, Saint Charles Garnier, Saint
Noel Chabanel and Saint Gabriel Lalemant, all priests, and all martyred in
Canada in 1649.
Saint Isaac Jogues, after thirteen months’ imprisonment by the Mohawks,
had several fingers cut off his hand. He went back to Europe, but returned
again to North America and was killed by tomahawk blows at Ossernenon, now
called Auriesville, in New York State. Saint John de Brebeuf declared before he
died, “I have a strong desire to suffer for Jesus Christ.” He was tortured
terribly, and a burning torch was put into his mouth, which strangled him.
Saint René Goupil said, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!” as he died.
This is also the feast of Saints Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs and there
is a commemoration at Holy Mass for these holy martyrs. St. Cyprian was
converted to the Christian Faith by the holy virgin St. Justina, and with her
suffered martyrdom. They were both beheaded in the year 304 at Nicomedia, the
residence of Emperor Diocletian. Devotion to Sts. Cyprian and Justina, was
introduced into Rome during the Middle Ages, when tradition asserted that their
relics were preserved near the Lateran Basilica.
INTROITUS
Hi sunt qui venérunt de tribulatióne magna, et lavérunt stolas suas, et
dealbavérunt eas in sánguine Agni. Ps. 11: 1 Laudáte Dóminum, omnes gentes; laudáte
eum omnes pópuli. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancti sicut erat in
principio et nunc, et semper, et saecula saeculorum. Amen.
Hi sunt qui venérunt…
INTROIT: Apocalypse 7: 14
These are they who are come out of great tribulation, and have washed
their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Ps. 11: 1 O praise the Lord, all ye
nations; praise Him, all ye people. Glory be to the Father and
to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever
shall be, world without end. Amen.
These are they who are come out…
COLLECT
O God, Who didst consecrate the first-fruits of the faith in the
northern regions of America by the preaching and blood of Thy blessed Martyrs
Isaac, John, and their Companions: vouchsafe unto us, we beseech Thee, that
through their intercession the fruitful harvest of Christians may everywhere
daily receive an increase. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who livest
and reignest with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God.
Collect for Sts. Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs
Let us pray. May the continual protection of the blessed martyrs,
Cyprian and Justina, comfort us, O Lord; for Thou dost not cease to behold with
favor those whom Thou hast granted the grace of such assistance. Through the
same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity
of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. Amen.
EPISTLE: 2 Corinthians 12: 11-15
Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians.
Brethren; I ought to have been commended by you: for I have no way come short
of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing. Yet the signs
of my apostleship have been wrought on you, in all patience, in signs, in
wonders, and mighty deeds. For what is there that you have had less than the other
churches, but that I myself was not burdensome to you? Pardon me this injury.
Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be
burdensome, unto you. For I seek not the things that are yours, but you. For
neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the
children. But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls;
although loving you more, I be loved less.
GRADUAL: Psalm 123: 7, 8
Our soul hath been delivered, as a sparrow, out of the snare of the
fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered: our help is in the
name of the Lord, Who made Heaven and earth.
ALLELUIA
Alleluia, alleluia. As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so
also by Christ doth our comfort abound. Alleluia.
GOSPEL: Luke 6: 17-23
At that time, Jesus
coming down from the mountain stood in a plain place, and the company of His
disciples, and a very great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem,
and the seacoast both of Tyre and Sidon, who were come to hear Him, and to be
healed of their diseases. And they that were troubled with unclean spirits were
cured. And all the multitude sought to touch Him, for virtue went out from Him,
and healed all. And He, lifting up his eyes on His disciples, said, “Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are ye that hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that
weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you,
and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach you, and cast out your
name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake: be glad in that day and rejoice, for
behold, your reward is great in Heaven.”
OFFERTORY: Wisdom 3: 6
As gold in the furnace He hath proved them, and as a victim of a
holocaust He hath received them.
SECRET
O Lord, grant that we may offer to Thee with pure minds the immaculate
Host which a spotless purity of life and continual desire for mortification
rendered to Thy blessed Martyrs a most delightful banquet. Through our Lord
Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, one God.
Secret Prayer for Sts. Cyprian and Justina
We offer Thee, O Lord, the gifts of our devotion; may they, through Thy
mercy, be rendered both pleasing unto Thee, for the honor of Thy just ones, and
profitable for our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord,
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God.
COMMON PREFACE
It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation that we should at
all times and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father
almighty, everlasting God: through Christ our Lord. Through Whom the Angels
praise Thy Majesty, the Dominations worship it, the Powers stand in awe. The
Heavens and the Heavenly hosts together with the blessed Seraphim in triumphant
chorus unite to celebrate it. Together with them we entreat Thee, that Thou
mayest bid our voices also to be admitted, while we say in lowly praise:
Sanctus
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et
terra gloria Tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Hosanna in excelsis.
COMMUNION: Philippians 1: 20-21
Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death:
for to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
POSTCOMMUNION
Refreshed by the Bread of the strong, grant unto us, O almighty God,
that as Thy blessed martyrs Isaac, John, and their Companions, strengthened by
it, did not hesitate to give their lives for their brethren; so may we also,
bearing one another’s burdens, love our neighbors in deed and in truth. Through
our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity
of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever.
Postcommunion for Sts. Cyprian and Justina
Grant us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the intercession of Thy holy
martyrs, Cyprian and Justina that what we touch with our lips we may receive
with a pure heart. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and
reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God.
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