The Roman Missal: Proper of Saints, August (English) 1

The Masses of the saints' days for August in the English of the Rev. F. C. Husenbeth's Missal for the use of the Laity (London, 1853), in the form used from the Council of Trent until the liturgical reform of the 1950s: St Peter's Chains, St Dominic, the Transfiguration, St Laurence with his Octave, the Vigil and Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary with its Octave, St Bartholomew, St Augustin and the Beheading of St John Baptist. Many days give only the first words of a Mass in the Common of Saints, with the prayers proper to that saint. This is the English only; the Latin is to be added. The words in square brackets are the Missal's own headings and directions. A liturgy of the Catholic Church, not scripture.

1[Feasts of August. August 1. St Peter's Chains.—Greater Double.]

2[Mass, as on June 29, page 615, except—]

3Prayer. Deus qui beatum. O God, who didst permit the blessed Apostle Peter, loosened from his chains, to go away unhurt, we beseech thee to loosen the bonds of our sins, and mercifully remove from us all evil. Through our Lord, &c.

4[Commemoration of St Paul by the Prayer, Secret, and Postcommunion of the Mass, on June 30, page 618. After which is made a Commemoration of the Holy Machabees, Martyrs.]

5Prayer. Fraterna nos. May the fraternal crown of thy martyrs rejoice us, O Lord, and may it procure for our faith an increase of virtue, and console us with multiplied intercession. Through our Lord, &c.

6Gradual. Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth: they shall remember thy name, O Lord.—Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: therefore shall people praise thee. Alleluia, alleluia.—O Peter, loosen, by the command of God, the chains of the earth: who openest to the blessed the kingdom of heaven. Alleluia.

7Secret. May the sacrifice offered to thee, O Lord, by the intercession of blessed Peter, thy apostle, ever enliven and protect us. Through our Lord, &c.

8[Then of St Paul, as directed above, and of the Holy Machabees, as follows:]

9Secret. May we celebrate thy mysteries with devout minds, O Lord, in honour of thy holy martyrs; by which may our protection and joy be increased. Through our Lord, &c.

10Postcom. Corporis sacri. Replenished with the sacrifice of thy sacred body and precious blood, we beseech thee, O Lord our God, that what we perform with pious devotion, we may receive with assured redemption. Through the same Lord, &c.

11[For St Paul, as above; then for the Holy Machabees.]

12Postcom. Præsta. Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we may improve by following the faith of those, whose memory we celebrate by partaking of thy sacrament. Through our Lord, &c.