St Hermenegild, Martyr

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Vestments: Red (when not surpassed by the Season)

Antiphons:

1. Angelus autem Domini descendit de caelo, at accedens revolvit lapidem, et sedebat super eum, alleluia, alleluia. [For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and rolled back the stone and sat upon it, alleluia, alleluia.]
2. Et ecce terraemotus factus est magnus: Angelus enim Domini descendit de caelo, alleluia. [There was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, alleluia.]
3. Erat autem aspectus eius sicut fulgur, vestimenta autem eius sicut nix, alleluia, alleluia. [And his countenance was as lightning and his raiment as snow, alleluia, alleluia.]
4. Prae timore autem eius exterriti sunt custodes, et facti sunt velut mortui,alleluia. [And for fear of him the guards were struck with terror and became as dead men, alleluia.]
5. Respondens autem Angelus, dixit mulieribus: Nolite timere: scio enim quod Iesum queritis, alleluia. [And the angel answering said to the women: Do not be afraid: for I know that you seek Jesus, alleluia.]

• Ben: Maria stabat ad monumentum plorans, et vidit duos Angelos in albis, sedentes,et sudarium quod fuerat super caput Iesu, alleluia. [Mary stood without at the Sepulchre weeping, and saw two Angels in white, sitting, and the cloth that had been about the Head of Jesus, alleluia.]
• Mag: Tulerunt Dominum meum, et nescio ubi posuerunt eum: si tu sustulisti eum, dicito mihi, alleluia: et ego eum tollam, alleluia. [They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him: if thou have borne Him away, tell me, Alleluia, and I will take Him away, Alleluia.]

Introit: Protexisti me, Deus, a conventu malignantium, alleluia: a multitudine operantium iniquitatem, alleluia, alleluia. PS Exaudi Deus, orationem meam cum deprecor, a timore inimici eripe animam meam. Gloria Patri… [Thou hast protected me, O God, from the assembly of the malignant, alleluia, from the multitude of the workers of iniquity, alleluia. Ps. Hear, O God, my prayers, when I make supplication to Thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy. Glory be to the Father…

Collect: O God, who taught blessed Hermenegild, your martyr, to choose a heavenly kingdom rather than an earthly one, grant us, we beseech You, to despise fleeting things, after his example, and to pursue those that are eternal.  Through our Lord. [indulgence]

Epistle: Ecclesiasticus 5:1-5

Gospel: Luke 14:26-33