The Roman Missal: Proper of Saints, March and April (English) 22

1[April 17. St Anicetus, Pope and Martyr.]

2[Mass.—Protexisti me Deus, for a Martyr in Paschal time, page xii.]

3[Prayer.—Deus qui nos beati.]

4Gospel. St John xvi. 20—22. At that time, Jesus said to his disciples, Amen, amen I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. So also you now indeed have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man shall take from you.