Commemoration of Saints Protus and Hyacinth, Martyrs

    The liturgy reminds us today of the great commandment of charity towards God and our neighbor. "The precept is twofold," declares St. Augustine, "but charity is one." We love God above all and our neighbor for His sake. The unity of our faith, like the unity of the Persons of the Most Holy Trinity is the message of the Epistle and the Gospel imposes on us the duty of being united in the bonds of charity.

    There is also a commemoration of Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth, brothers who were cruelly scourged and then beheaded during the persecutions of the Third Century under the cruel Roman emperors Valerian and Gallian. They were commemorated by Pope Damasus with the following inscription:

"The kingdom of heaven holds thee, O Protus, and thither dost thou follow him, O valiant Hyacinth, robed in the purple of thy blood. They were brothers and were unconquered in spirit. Protus first won his crown, but Hyacinth equally deserved the palm."
We want to thank the Friends of Our Lady of Fatima for expediting these resources of the Propers. Sources: Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal , 1945

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INTROIT:   Psalm 118: 137, 124

Justus es, Dómine, et rectum judícium tuum: fac cum servo secúndum misericórdiam tuam. (Ps. 118: 1) Beáti immaculáti in via: qui ámbulant in lege Dómini. v. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Repeat Justus es, Dómine...		Thou art just, O Lord, and Thy judgment is right: deal with Thy servant according to Thy mercy. (Ps. 118: 1) Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the Lord. v. 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. Repeat Thou art just, O Lord...

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COLLECT

Dominus vobiscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo. Oremus. Da, quaesumus, Dómine, pópulo tuo diabólica vitáre contágia: et te solum Deum pura mente sectári. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. Commemoration Collect of Sts. Protus and Hyacinth Beatórum Mártyrum tuórum Proti et Hyacínthi nos, Dómine, fóveat pretiósa conféssio: et pia júgiter intercéssio tueátur. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum: Qui vivit et regnat Tecum in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. Collect for the Intercession of the Saints Orémus. A cunctis nos quæsumus Dómine mentis et córporis defénde perículis: et intercedénte beáta et gloriósa semper Vírgine Dei Genitrice María, cum beáto Joseph, beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis, salútem nobis tríbue benígnus et pacem; ut destrúctis adversitátibus et erróribus univérsis, Ecclésia tua secúra tibi sérviat libertáte. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. Collect for God's Holy Church Orémus. Ecclésiæ tuæ, quæ-sumus, Dómine, preces placátus admítte: ut, destrúctis adversitát-ibus et erróribus univérsis, secura tibi sérviat libertáte. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.		The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that Thy people may shun all the wiles of the devil: and with pure mind follow Thee, the only God. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. R.Amen. Commemoration Collect of Sts. Protus and Hyacinth May the confession of Thy blessed martyrs, Protus and Hyacinth, comfort us, O Lord, and their kind intercession constantly protect us. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. R.Amen. Collect for the Intercession of the Saints Let us pray. Defend us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, from all dangers of mind and body: and through the intercession of the blessed and glorious Mary, ever Virgin, mother of God, of St Joseph, of Thy holy apostles, Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy loving-kindness grant us safety and peace; that, all adversities and errors being overcome, Thy Church may serve Thee in security and freedom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. R.Amen. Collect for God's Holy Church Let us pray. Graciously hear, O Lord, the prayers of Thy Church that, having overcome all adversity and every error, she may serve Thee in security and freedom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. R.Amen.

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EPISTLE:   Ephesíans 4:1-6

Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstolii ad Ephésios. Fratres, Obsecro vos, ego vinctus in Dómino, ut digne ambulétis vocatióne, qua vocáti estis, cum omni humilitáte, et mansuetúdine, cum patiéntia, supporténtes ínvicem in caritáte, sollíciti serváre unitátem spíritus in vínculo pacis. Unum corpus, et unus spíritus, sicut vocáti estis innuna spe vocatiónis vestrae. Unus Dóminus, una fides, unum baptisms. Unus Deus et pater ómnium, qui est super omnes, et per omnia, et in ómnibus nobis. Qui est benedíctus in saecula saesculórum. Amen. Deo Gratias.		Lesson from the Epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians. Brethren, I, a prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called. With all humility and mildness, with patience, sup-porting one another in charity, careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. One body and one spirit, as you are called in one hope of your calling, One Lord, one faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, and through all, and in us all, who is blessed for ever and ever. Amen. Thanks be to God.

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GRADUAL:  Psalm 32: 12, 16

Beáta gens, cujus est Dóminus Deus eórum: pópulus, quem elégit Dóminus in haereditátem sibi. V. Verbo Dómini caeli firmáti sunt: et spíritu oris ejus omnis virtus eórum. Allelúja, allelúja. V. (Ps. 101: 2) Dómíne, exáudi oratiónem meam: et clamor meus ad te pervéniat. Allelúja.		Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom He hath chosen for His inheritance. V. By the word of the Lord the heavens were established and all the power of them by the spirit of His mouth. Alleluia, alleluia. V. (Ps. 101: 2) O Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come to Thee. Alleluia.

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GOSPEL:    Matthew 22: 34-36

Dominus vobiscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo. Sequentia sancti Evangelii secundum Matthaeum. R.Gloria tibi, Domine In illo témpore: Accésserunt ad Jesum Pharisaei, et interrogávit eum unus ex eis legis doctor, tentans eum: 'Magíster, quod est mandátum magnum in lege?' Ait illi Jesus: "Díliges Dóminum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et in tota ánima tua, et in tota mente tua. Hoc est máximum, et primum mandátum. Secúndum autem simile est huic: Díliges próximum tuum sicut teípsum. In his duóbus mandátis univérsa lex pendet, et prophétae." Congregátis autem Pharisaeis, interrogávit eos Jesus, dicens: "Quid vobis vidétur de Christo? Cujus fílius est?" Dicunt ei: 'David.' Alt illis: "Qumóodo ergo David in spíritu vocat eum Dóminum, dicens: Dixit Dóminus Dómino meo: Sede a dextris meis, donec ponam inimícos tuos scabéllum pedum tuorum? si ergo David vocat eum Dóminum, quómodo fílius ejus est?" Et nemo póterat ei respondére verbum: neque ausus fuit quisquam ex iila die eum ámplius interrogáre. Laus tibi Christe.		The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. The continuation of the holy Gospel according to Matthew. R. Glory to Thee, O Lord At that time the Pharisees came to Jesus, and one of them, a doctor of the law, asked Him, tempting Him: 'Master, which is the great commandment of the law?' Jesus said to him: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets:" And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying: "What think you of Christ, whose son is He?" They say to Him: 'David's.' He saith to them: "How then doth David, in spirit, call Him Lord, saying: The Lord said to My Lord: Sit on my right hand until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool? If David then call Him Lord, how is He his son?" And no man was able to answer Him a word neither durst any man, from that day forth, ask Him any more questions. Praise be to Christ


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OFFERTORY:    Daniel 9: 17, 18, 19

Dominus vobiscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo. Orémus. Orávi Deum meum ego Daniel, dicens: Exáudi, Dómine, preces servi tui: illúmina fáciem tuam super sanctuárium tuum: et propítius inténde pópulum istum, super quem invocátum est nomen tuum, Deus.		The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. I, Daniel, prayed to my God, saying: Hear, O Lord, the prayers of Thy servant; show Thy face upon Thy sanctuary, and favorably look down upon this people upon whom Thy Name is invoked, O God.

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SECRET

Majestátem tuam, Dómine, supplíciter deprecámur: ut haec sancta, quae gérimus, et a praetéritis nos delíctis éxuant, et futúris. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. Commemoration Secret of Sts. Protus and Hyacinth Pro sanctórum Mártyrum tuórurn Proti et Hyacínthi commemoratióne, múnera tibi, Dómine, quae debémus, exsólvimus: praesta, qua sumus; ut remédium nobis perpétuae salútis operéntur Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Tecum in unitate ejusdem Spiritus Sancti. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. Secret for the Intercession of Saints Oremus. Exaudi nos Deus salutáris noster: ut per hujus sacraménti virtútem, a cunctis nos mentis et córporis hóstibus tueáris, grátiam tríbuens in præsénti, et glóriam in futuro. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. Secret for God's Holy Church Oremus. Prótege nos, Dómine, tuis mystériis serviéntes: ut divínis rebus inhæréntes, et córpore tibi famulémur et mente. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.		We humbly entreat Thy Majesty, O Lord, that these holy Mysteries which we celebrate may set us free both from past and future sins. 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. R.Amen. Commemoration Secret of Sts. Protus and Hyacinth In commemoration of Thy holy martyrs Protus and Hyacinth we pay to Thee, O Lord, the offerings which we owe Thee; grant, we beseech Thee, that they may procure for us the remedy of eternal salvation. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. R.Amen. Secret for the Intercession of the Saints Graciously hear us, O God our Saviour, and, by virtue of this Sacrament, defend us from all enemies of soul and body, bestowing upon us Thy grace here and Thy glory hereafter. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. R.Amen. Secret for God's Holy Church Protect us, O Lord, who assist at Thy mysteries, that, cleaving to things divine, we may serve Thee both in body and in mind. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. R.Amen.

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PREFACE   of the Most Holy Trinity

Dominus vobiscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo. Sursum corda. R.Habemus ad Dominum. Gratias agamus Domino Deo nostro. R. Dignum et justum est. Vere dignum et justum est, aequum et salutare, nos tibi semper, et ubique gratias agere: Domine sancta, Pater omnipotens, aeterne Deus. Qui cum unigenito Filio: tuo et Spiritu Sancto, unus es Deus, unus es Dominus: non in uninus singularitate personae, sed in unius Trinitae substantiae. Quo denim de tua Gloria, revelante te, credimus, hoc de Filio tuo, hod de Spiritu Sancto, sine differentia discretionis sentimus. Ut in confessione verare, sempitiernaeque Deitatis, et in personis proprietas, et in essential unitas, et in majestate adoretur aequalitas. Quam laudant Angeli atque Archangeli, Cherubim, quoque ac Seraphim: qui non cessant clamare quotodie, una voce dicentes: SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS...		The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Lift up your hearts. R.We have lifted them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. R. It is meet and just. 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, ever-lasting God: Who, together with Thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, are one God, one Lord: not in the oneness of a single Person, but in the Trinity of one substance. For what we believe by Thy revelation of Thy glory, the same do we believe of Thy Son, the same of the Holy Ghost, without difference or separation. So that in confessing the true and everlasting Godhead, distinction in persons, unity in essence, and equality in majesty may be adored. Which the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim also and Seraphim do praise: who cease not daily to cry out with one voice saying: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY...


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COMMUNION:    Psalm 75: 12, 13

Vovéte, et réddite Dómino Deo vestro omnes, qui in circúito ejus affértis múnera: terríbili et ei, qui aufert spíritum princípum: terríbili apud omnes reges terra.		Vow ye, and pray to the Lord your God, all you that round about Him bring presents: to Him who taketh away the spirit of princes: to the terrible with all the kings of the earth.

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POSTCOMMUNION

Dominus vobiscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo. Oremus. Sanctificatiónibus tuis, omnípotens Deus, et vítia nostra curéntur, et remédia nobis aetérna provéniant. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. Commemoration Postcommunion of Sts. Protus and Hyacinth Ut percépta nos, Dómine, tua sancta puríficent: beatórum Mártyrum tuórum Proti et Hyacínthi, quaesumus, implóret orátio. Per Dominum…in unitate ejusdem Spiritus Sancti. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. Postcommunion for the Intercession of Saints Orémus. Mundet et múniat nos quáesumus Dómine dívini sacraménti munus oblátum: et intercedénte beáta Vírgine Dei Genitríce María, cum beáto Joseph, beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis; a cunctis nos reddat et pervérsitátibus expiátos, et advérsitátibus expedítos. Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fiiium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. Postcommunion for God's Holy Church Orémus. Quæsumus, Dómine Deus noster, ut quos divína tribuis participatióne gaudére, humánis non sinas subjacére perículis. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fiiium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.		The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. By Thy sanctifying gifts, O almighty God, may our vices be healed, and may eternal remedies be available unto us. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God For ever and ever. R. Amen. Commemoration Postcommunion of Sts. Protus and Hyacinth Let the prayer of Thy blessed martyrs, Protus and Hyacinth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, bring it to pass that we may be purified by Thy holy mysteries which we have received. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. R.Amen. Postcommunion for the Intercession of the Saints Let us pray. May the gift of this Divine Sacrament which we have offered, cleanse us and defend us, we beseech Thee, O Lord; and through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God, of St. Joseph, of Thy holy apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, free us from all iniquity and deliver us from all adversity. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. R. Amen. Postcommunion for God's Holy Church Let us pray. O Lord our God, we pray Thee that Thou suffer not to succumb to human hazards those whom Thou hast been pleased to make sharers of divine mysteries. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God Forever and ever. R. Amen.

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