St.
Maris, and his Companions
Martyrs
Maris was
a Persian of high rank, who came to Rome in the reign of the Emperor Claudius, with
his wife Martha, who was equally noble, and their two sons Audifax and Abachum,
to pray at the graves of the Martyrs. Here they comforted the Christians who
were in prison, and whom they relieved by their ministrations and alms, and
buried the bodies of the Saints. For these acts they were all arrested, but no
threats or terrors could move them to sacrifice to idols. They were accordingly mangled
with clubs, and drawn with ropes, after which they were burnt by applying
plates of red-hot metal to their bodies, and their flesh partly torn off with
metal hooks. Lastly their hands were all cut off, and they were fastened
together by the neck, in which state they were driven through the city to the
thirteenth mile-stone on the Cornelian Way, a place now called Santa Ninfa,
where they were to die. Martha addressed a moving exhortation to her husband and
sons to hold out bravely to the last, for the love of Jesus Christ; and was
then herself drowned. The other three martyrs were next be headed in the same
sand-pit. Their bodies were thrown into a fire. The lady Felicity of Rome
collected the half-burnt remains, and caused them to be buried at her own farm.
St. Canutus, King of
Denmark
The Liturgical Year
Dom Guéranger
SAINT
CANUTE, KING AND MARTYR The Magi
Kings, as we have already observed, have been followed to the Crib of Jesus by
Saintly Christian Monarchs; and it was just, that these should be represented
on the Church's Calendar, during the season which is consecrated to the Mystery
of his Birth. The eleventh century is one of the most glorious of the Christian
era, and gave, both to the Church and the various States of Europe, a great
number of saintly Kings. Among them, Canute the Fourth, of Denmark, stands
pre-eminent by reason of the aureol of his martyrdom. He had every quality
which forms a Christian Prince: he was a zealous propagator of the faith of
Christ, he was a brave warrior, he was pious, and he was charitable to the
poor. His zeal for the Church, (and, in those days, her rights were counted as
the rights of the people,) was made the pretext for putting him to death: he
died, in the midst of a sedition, as a victim sacrificed for his people's sake.
His offering to the new-born King was that of his blood; and in exchange for
the perishable crown he lost, he received that which the Church gives to her
Martyrs, and which can never be taken away. The history of Denmark, in the
eleventh century, is scarce known by the rest of the world; but the glory of
that country's having had one of her kings a Martyr, is known throughout the
whole Church, and the Church inhabits the whole earth. This power, possessed by
the Spouse of Christ, of conferring honour on the name and actions of the
servants and friends of God, is one of the grandest spectacles out of heaven;
for when she holds up a name as worthy of honour, that name becomes immortalized,
whether he who bore it were a powerful king, or the poorest peasant.
Commemoration of St Canute, King of Denmark and
Martyr
Simple – Red vestments
Missa
'Justi Epulentur'
INTROIT - Ps 67:4
Justi epuléntur et exsúltent in
conspéctu Dei et delecténtur in lætítia.
Ps 67:2 Exsúrgat Deus, et dissipéntur
inimíci ejus: et fúgiant qui odérunt eum, a fácie ejus. V. Glória Patri.
The just rejoice and exult before
God; they are glad and rejoice. Ps. God arises;
His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee before Him.
V. Glory be to the Father.
COLLECT
O Lord, hear Your people as they
humbly pray in union with the patronal intercession of Your saints, that You
would grant us to enjoy peace during our life on earth and to find help for
life eternal. Through our Lord.
COMMEMORATION - St.
Canute, King and Martyr
O God, Who for the glory of Your
Church, have graciously honored blessed King Canute with the palm of martyrdom
and glorious miracles, mercifully grant that, as he was an imitator of the
Lord’s passion, so may we, walking in his footsteps, be found worthy to enter
into everlasting joys.
EPISTLE - Hebrews 10:
32-38
Lesson from the letter of St.
Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews
Brethren, call to
mind the former days, wherein, being illuminated, you endured a great fight of
afflictions. And on the one hand indeed, by reproaches and tribulations, were
made a gazing-stock; and on the other, became companions of them that were used
in such sort. For you both had compassion on them that were in bands, and took
with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better
and a lasting substance. Do not therefore lose your confidence, which hath a
great reward. For patience is necessary for
you; that, doing the will of God, you may receive the promise. For yet a little
and a very little while, and he that is to come, will come, and will not delay.
But my just man liveth by faith.
GRADUAL – WISDOM 3:1 -
3
The souls of the just are in the
hand of God, and no torment shall touch them.
They seemed, in the view of the
foolish, to be dead: but they are in peace.
ALLELUIA - Ps 67:36
Alleluia, alleluia. Our God is
wonderful in His Saints. Alleluia.
GOSPEL - Matthew 24:
3-13
At that time, as Jesus was
sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying:
Tell us, when are these things to happen, and what will be the sign of Your
coming and of the end of the world? And in answer Jesus said to them, Take care
that no one leads you astray. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the
Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. For you shall hear of wars and rumors
of wars. Take care that you do not be alarmed, for these things must come to
pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom; and there will be pestilences and famines and earthquakes in
various places. But all these things are the beginnings of sorrows. Then they
will deliver you up to tribulation, and will put you to death; and you will be
hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will fall away, and will
betray one another, and will hate one another. And many false prophets will
arise, and will lead many astray. And because iniquity will abound, the charity
of the many will grow cold. But whoever perseveres to the end, he shall be
saved.
OFFERTORY - Psalm 123:
7
We were rescued like a bird from
the fowlers’ snare; broken was the snare, and we were freed.
SECRET
Look with favor, O Lord, upon the
prayers and offerings of Your faithful, that they may be pleasing to You for
the feast of Your saints and may bring us the help of Your mercy.
COMMEMORATION - St.
Canute, Martyr
May our sacrifice, O Lord, be
acceptable in Your sight and may it bring us salvation through the prayers of
him on whose feast it is being offered.
COMMON PREFACE
It is truly meet and just, and
profitable unto salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give
thanks to thee, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God, through Christ, our
Lord. Though whom the angels praise thy majesty, the dominions adore it, the
powers are in awe. Which the heavens and the hosts of heaven together with the
blessed seraphim joyfully do magnify. And do thou command that it be permitted
to us join with them in confessing thee, while we say with lowly praise:
SANCTUS
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
Dóminus, Deus Sábaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra glória tua. Hosánna in
excélsis. Benedíctus, qui venit in nómine Dómini. Hosánna in excélsis.
COMMUNION - Luke 12:4
But I say to you, my friends, do
not be afraid of those who persecute you.
POSTCOMMUNION
Be appeased by the prayers of
Your Saints, O Lord, and grant, we beseech You, that the rites we perform in
this lifetime may avail for our eternal salvation. Through our Lord.
COMMEMORATION - St.
Canute, Martyr
We who have been refreshed by
partaking of the sacred gift, beseech You, O Lord our God, that through the
intercession of blessed Canute, Your Martyr, we may feel the benefit of the
worship we perform.
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