When you are old Peter, + you will stretch out your arms, and a stranger will bind you fast,
and carry you where you have no wish to go.
God, who made Peter + an apostle to the Jews,
also made Paul and apostle to the Gentiles.
Paul is my chosen instrument + to bring my name before the nations,
and before the people of Israel.
I have run the great race, + I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;
now the prize awaits me, the garland of righteousness.
INVITATORY
Antiphon: Christ the cornerstone has built his church on the foundation of apostles and prophets; Come let us adore him.
Venite (Psalm 95:1-7)
Come let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, *
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it, *
and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
Antiphon: Christ the cornerstone has built his church on the foundation of apostles and prophets; Come let us adore him.
HYMN
Let heav'n with acclamations ring,
And earth with joy responsive sing:
The Apostles' deeds and high estate
This festal-tide we celebrate.
O ye who, thron'd in glory dread,
Shall judge the living and the dead,
True lights, the world illúmining,
Regard the suppliant pray'r we bring.
The gates of heav'n, at your command,
To all or clos'd or open stand:
May we, at your august decree,
Be loos'd from our iniquity.
That Christ the unerring Judge of doom,
When he at time's last end shall come,
May grant us for his mercy's sake,
Of joys eternal to partake.
All honour, laud, and glory be,
O Jesus, Virgin-Born, to thee;
Whom with the Father we adore,
And Holy Ghost, for evermore. Amen.
Or:
Apostolorum passio diem sacravit sæculi, Petri triumphum nobilem, Pauli coronam pæferens. Coniunxit æquales viros Primus Petrus apostolus; Verso crucis vestigio Hinc Roma celsum verticem Huc ire quis mundum putet, Horum, Redemptor, quæsumus, |
Blest day by suff'ring sanctified: Christ's chosen high apostles died. Today St. Peter wins renown. Today St. Paul accepts the crown. Together, equally, they bled: St. Peter holds the highest place, St. Peter, downward crucified— On such foundations Rome may claim Let all the world, then, run to Rome. O Lord, we ask that we may be |
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
First Reading
Ezekiel 2:1-7
He said to me: O son of man, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you. And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me. He said to me, son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day. The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD." Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.
And you, O son of man, do not be afraid of them, and do not be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words, and do not be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
You shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear; for they are a rebellious house.
CANTICLE Te Deum Laudamus
English:
You are God: we praise you; You, Christ, are the king of glory, |
Latin:
Te deum laudamus |
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those that trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Closing Prayer:
O God, you have given us this holy day so that we may have the joy of venerating the apostles Peter and Paul.
Grant that your Church may follow their example in all things,
for it was from them that her life began.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.
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