My LORD’s BibleThe Roman Missal: Proper of Saints, November 29 to January 31 (English) 24
1[January 20. Saints Fabian and Sebastian, Martyrs.—Double.]
2Introit. Ps. lxxviii. Let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee, O Lord; render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom; revenge the blood of thy saints which hath been shed. Ps. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance; they have defiled thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit. Glory, &c.
3Prayer. Infirmitatem. Have regard to our weakness, O Almighty God; and since the weight of our own deeds is grievous to us, may the glorious intercession of thy blessed martyrs Fabian and Sebastian protect us. Through our Lord, &c.
4Epistle. Heb. xi. 33—39. Brethren, The saints through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, recovered strength from weakness, became valiant in battle, put to flight the armies of foreigners: women received their dead raised to life again: but others were racked, not accepting deliverance, that they might find a better resurrection; and others had trial of mockeries and stripes, moreover also of bands and prisons: they were stoned, they were cut asunder, they were tempted, they were put to death by the sword, they wandered about in sheep skins, and in goat skins, being in want, distressed, afflicted, of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, in mountains, and in dens, and in caves of the earth; And all these were found approved by the testimony of faith, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
6[If it be after Septuagesima, instead of the Alleluia and Verse, the following is said:]
7Tract. They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy.—Going, they went and wept, casting their seeds.—But coming, they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their sheaves.
8[Gospel.—Jesus coming down from the mountain, &c. as in the Mass Sapientiam sanctorum of Many Martyrs, page xxiii.]
9Offertory. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice ye just; and glory all ye right of heart.
10Secret. Graciously receive, O Lord, the offerings devoted to thee by the merits of thy blessed martyrs, Fabian and Sebastian, and grant that they may prove a perpetual support to us. Through our Lord, &c.
11Communion. A multitude of sick, and they that were troubled with unclean spirits, came to him; for virtue went out from him, and healed all.
12Postcom. Refecti. Being fed with the participation of the holy gift, we beseech thee, O Lord our God, that, by the intercession of thy holy martyrs, Fabian and Sebastian, we may experience the effect of what we celebrate. Through our Lord, &c.