Category: Martyrology

December 2

The commemoration of Saint Habakkuk, the prophet, who in the face of wickedness and violence announced the Lord’s judgment of men, but also his mercy, saying, “But the just one shall live by his faith.”

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May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede to the Lord for us, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord

R. Is the death of his holy ones.

V. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.  And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in pace.

R. Amen

[To learn about praying this and other Martyrology entries, see this page.]

December 1

The commemoration of Saint Nahum, the prophet, who preached God as one who governs the course of history and judges the peoples in justice.

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May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede to the Lord for us, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord

R. Is the death of his holy ones.

V. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.  And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in pace.

R. Amen

[To learn about praying this and other Martyrology entries, see this page.]

November 30

The feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, who, born in Bethsaida, and being Simon Peter’s brother and with him a fisherman, and being the first of John the Baptist’s disciples to be called by the Lord Jesus alongside the Jordan River, followed him and also led his brother to him; after Pentecost he is said to have preached the Gospel in Achaia and to have been crucified in Patras.  The Church in Constantinople most especially venerates him as its patron.

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May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede to the Lord for us, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord

R. Is the death of his holy ones.

V. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.  And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in pace.

R. Amen

[To learn about praying this and other Martyrology entries, see this page.]

November 22

The commemoration of Saint Philemon the Colossian, whose love for Christ Jesus caused blessed Paul the Apostle to rejoice and who is venerated together with his wife, saint Apphia.

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May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede to the Lord for us, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord

R. Is the death of his holy ones.

V. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.  And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in pace.

R. Amen

[To learn about praying this and other Martyrology entries, see this page.]

November 21

The commemoration of Saint Rufus, whom blessed Paul the Apostle, writing to the Romans, says was chosen by the Lord.

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May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede to the Lord for us, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord

R. Is the death of his holy ones.

V. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.  And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in pace.

R. Amen

[To learn about praying this and other Martyrology entries, see this page.]

November 19

The commemoration of Saint Obadiah the prophet, who after the people of Israel’s exile announced the Lord’s anger against the hostile nations.

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May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede to the Lord for us, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord

R. Is the death of his holy ones.

V. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.  And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in pace.

R. Amen

[To learn about praying this and other Martyrology entries, see this page.]

October 28

The feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles, the first of whom was also called the Cananean or “the Zelot”; the other, also called Thaddeus, the son of Jacob, asked the Lord during the Last Supper about his manifestation, and the Lord replied:  “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word and my Father will love him and we will come to him and we will make our abode with him.”

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May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede to the Lord for us, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord

R. Is the death of his holy ones.

V. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.  And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in pace.

R. Amen

[To learn about praying this and other Martyrology entries, see this page.]

October 20

The commemoration of Saint Cornelius the centurion, whom the Apostle Peter baptized at Caesarea in Palestine, the first fruits of the Church from the gentiles.

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May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede to the Lord for us, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord

R. Is the death of his holy ones.

V. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.  And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in pace.

R. Amen

[To learn about praying this and other Martyrology entries, see this page.]

October 19

The commemoration of Saint Joel the prophet, who announced the great day of the Lord and the mystery of the outpouring of his Spirit on all flesh, which the divine majesty deigned to carry out in a marvelous manner in Christ on the day of Pentecost.

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May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede to the Lord for us, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord

R. Is the death of his holy ones.

V. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.  And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in pace.

R. Amen

[To learn about praying this and other Martyrology entries, see this page.]

October 18

The commemoration of Saint Luke, the Evangelist, who, it is said, born in Antioch to a pagan family and being a doctor by profession, and having been converted to the faith of Christ and made a most beloved companion of blessed Paul the Apostle, as a scribe of the meekness of Christ diligently put in order all that Jesus did and taught in his book of the Gospel, and also narrated the beginnings of the life of the Church up to Paul’s first stay in the City in the Acts of the Apostles.

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May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede to the Lord for us, that we may merit to be helped and saved by him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

V. Precious in the sight of the Lord

R. Is the death of his holy ones.

V. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.  And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in pace.

R. Amen

[To learn about praying this and other Martyrology entries, see this page.]