Monday, January 26, 2026

St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr

S. Polycarpi Episcopi et Martyris

Epiphany

2 Esd. 9:27

v. Clamavérunt ad te, Dómine, in témpore afflictiónis suæ, et tu de cœlo exaudísti eos, allelúja, allelúja.

Ps 32:1

Exsultáte, justi, in Dómino: rectos decet collaudátio.

v. Clamavérunt ad te, Dómine, in témpore afflictiónis suæ, et tu de cœlo exaudísti eos, allelúja, allelúja.

v. In the time of their tribulation they cried to You, O Lord, and You heard them from heaven, alleluia, alleluia.

Ps. 32:1

Exult, you just, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting.

v. In the time of their tribulation they cried to You, O Lord, and You heard them from heaven, alleluia, alleluia.

Deus, qui nos ánnua Apostolórum tuórum Philíppi et Jacóbi sollemnitáte lætíficas: præsta, quǽsumus: ut, quorum gaudémus méritis, instruámur exémplis.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

O God, Who gladden us each year by the feast of Your holy Apostles Philip and James, graciously grant that, as we rejoice in their merits, we may be inspired by their example.

Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

Amen.

1 John 3:10-16

Lesson from the first letter of St John the Apostle

Caríssimi: Omnis qui non est justus, non est ex Deo, et qui non díligit fratrem suum: quóniam hæc est annuntiátio, quam audístis ab inítio, ut diligátis altérutrum. Non sicut Cain, qui ex malígno erat, et occídit fratrem suum. Et propter quid occídit eum? Quóniam ópera ejus malígna erant: fratris autem ejus justa.

Nolíte mirári fratres, si odit vos mundus. Nos scimus quóniam transláti sumus de morte ad vitam, quóniam dilígimus fratres. Qui non díligit, manet in morte: omnis qui odit fratrem suum, homicída est.

Et scitis, quóniam omnis homicída non habet vitam ætérnam in semetípso manéntem. In hoc cognóvimus caritátem Dei, quóniam ille ánimam suam pro nobis pósuit: et nos debémus pro frátribus ánimas pónere.

Most dearly beloved, whosoever is not just, is not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother. For this is the declaration, which you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother.

And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, and his brother’s just. Wonder not, brethren, if the world hates you.

We know that we have passed from death to life: because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer.

And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself. In this we have known the charity of God, because He hath laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Ps 8:6-7

Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor.

V. And hast set him over the works of Thy hands, O Lord. Alleluia, alleluia.

V. This is the priest whom the Lord hath crowned. Alleluia.

Ps 111:1-3

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; he delighteth exceedingly in His commandments.

V. His seed shall be mighty upon the earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

V. Glory and wealth shall be in his house, and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.

Matt 10:26-32

Continuation + of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Nothing is covered that shall not be revealed; nor hid, that shall not be known. That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light; and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops. And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing, and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father; but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; better are you than many sparrows. Every one therefore that shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.

Ps 88:21-22

I have found David My servant, with My holy oil I have anointed him; for My hand shall help him, and My arm shall strengthen him.

Múnera, Dómine, quæ pro Apostolórum tuórum Philippi et Jacóbi sollemnitáte deférimus, propítius súscipe: et mala ómnia, quæ merémur avérte.

Graciously accept, O Lord, the offerings we bring for the feast of Your Apostles Philip and James, and ward off all the evils which we deserve.

Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

Amen.

Ps 20:4

Thou hast set on his head, O Lord, a crown of precious stones.

Filled with the sacrament of salvation, we beseech You, O Lord, to help us by the prayers of those whose feast we are celebrating.

Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

Amen.

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