The Roman Missal: Proper of Saints, October (English) 26

1[October 27. Vigil of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles.]

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. Concede. Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that as we anticipate the glorious festival of thy apostles Simon and Jude, they may come before thy majesty in our behalf, to procure thy benefits. Through our Lord, &c.

4[Second prayer of the B. V. Mary, Concede, as page LXXI. and Third for the Church, or for the Pope, as at page 39.]

5[Epistle. 1 Cor. iv. 9—14. We are made a spectacle, &c. as at page XXXVIII.]

6Gradual. Revenge, O Lord, the blood of thy saints, which hath been shed.—They have given the dead bodies of thy servants, O Lord, to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth.

7[Gospel. St John xv. 1—7. I am the true vine, &c. as at page XIII.]

8Offertory. The saints shall rejoice in glory, they shall be joyful in their beds; the high praises of God shall be in their mouths.

9Secret. O Lord, we anticipate with our offerings the feasts of thy holy apostles Simon and Jude, and we humbly entreat thee, that what are affected by the obstacles of our guilty consciences, may by their merits be rendered pleasing in thy sight. Through, &c.

10[Second and Third Secrets as directed for the Prayers.]

11Communion. They have given the dead bodies of thy servants, O Lord, to be meat for the fowls of the air, the flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth: according to the greatness of thy arm take possession of the children of those who have been punished with death.

12Postcom. Sumpto. Having received thy sacrament, O Lord, we humbly beseech thee, that by the intercession of thy blessed apostles Simon and Jude, what we celebrate temporally, we may receive to life eternal. Through our Lord, &c.

13[Second and Third Postcommunions, as directed above.]