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Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, was Bishop of Constantinople. He was known as an eloquent speaker and for rebuking the abuse of power.
IN the midst of the Church he opened his mouth: and the Lord filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding. Ps. 91.2. It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy Name, O Most High. V.: Glory be.
COLLECT
WE beseech thee, O Lord, let thy heavenly grace give increase to thy Church, which thou wast pleased to adorn with the glorious merits and the teaching of blessed John Chrysostom, thy Confessor and Bishop. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Against the Persecutors of the Church and Of the B.V.M.
(As given after 29 December.)
EPISTLE II Tim. 4. 1-8
DEARLY beloved, I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming, and his kingdom: preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears: and will in-deed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables. But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry. Be sober. For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord, the just Judge, will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming.
GRADUAL Ecclus. 44. 16, 20.
Behold a great priest who in his days pleased God. V.: There was not any found like to him, who kept the law of the Most High.
Alleluia, alleluia. V.: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life. Alleluia.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (5. 13-19)
AT that time, Jesus said to his disciples: You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Fa-ther who is in heaven. Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. The Creed is said.
OFFERTORY Ps. 91. 13.
The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up, like the cedar of Libanus.
SECRET
MAY the holy prayer of Saint John Chrysostom, thy Bishop and Doctor, fail us not, O Lord: may it render our offerings acceptable, and ever obtain for us thy pardon. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Against the Persecutors of the Church and Of the B.V.M.
(As given after 29 December.)
COMMUNION Luke 12. 42.
The faithful and wise servant, whom his lord setteth over his family: to give them their measure of wheat in due season.
POSTCOMMUNION
WE beseech thee, O Lord, that blessed John Chrysostom, thy Bishop and illustrious Doctor, may approach to pray for us, that these thy sacrifices may bring us salvation. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Against the Persecutors of the Church and Of the B.V.M.
(As given after 29 December.)
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