Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs, 202

The Collect:

Rite I:
O God, the King of Saints, who didst strengthen thy servants Perpetua, Felicity, and their companions to make a good confession and to encourage one another in the time of trial: Grant that we who cherish their blessed memory may share their pure and steadfast faith, and win with them the palm of victory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Rite II:
O God, the King of Saints, who strengthened your servants Perpetua, Felicity, and their companions to make a good confession and to encourage one another in the time of trial: Grant that we who cherish their blessed memory may share their pure and steadfast faith, and win with them the palm of victory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Hebrews 10:32-39

³² But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, ³³sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and persecution, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. ³⁴For you had compassion for those who were in prison, and you cheerfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves possessed something better and more lasting. ³⁵Do not, therefore, abandon that confidence of yours; it brings a great reward. ³⁶For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. ³⁷For yet ‘in a very little while, the one who is coming will come and will not delay; ³⁸ but my righteous one will live by faith. My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.’ ³⁹But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost, but among those who have faith and so are saved.

Psalm: Psalm 124

¹ If the LORD had not been on our side, *
       let Israel now say;
² If the LORD had not been on our side, *
       when enemies rose up against us;
³ Then would they have swallowed us up alive *
       in their fierce anger toward us;
⁴ Then would the waters have overwhelmed us *
       and the torrent gone over us;
⁵ Then would the raging waters *
       have gone right over us.
⁶ Blessed be the LORD! *
       he has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth.
⁷ We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; *
       the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
⁸ Our help is in the Name of the LORD, *
       the maker of heaven and earth.

Gospel: Matthew 24:9-14

⁹ ‘Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name. ¹⁰Then many will fall away, and they will betray one another and hate one another.¹¹And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. ¹²And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.¹³But anyone who endures to the end will be saved. ¹⁴And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come.

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