§ Mass shall be said as above [Mass 18, For a Virgin Martyr] for one Virgin Martyr except the Prayers which shall be said as follows: and the Epistle which shall be that appointed in Mass 20, Vultum tuum, below, Concerning Virgins, I have no commandments.

COLLECT

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord our God, that we may at all times so devoutly honor the triumph of blessed N. and N., thy holy Virgins and Martyrs: that, although we be unworthy to shew forth their praises, yet we may reverence them in all lowliness of spirit.  Through.
 

THE LESSON from Mass 20

I Corinthians 7.25  – 34

Brethren: Concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.   I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.   Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.   But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.   But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;   And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;   And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.   But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:   But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.   There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: in Jesus Christ our Lord.
 
 

SECRET

O Lord, we beseech thee, look down upon these gifts, which we offer on thine altar on this festival of blessed N. and N., thy holy Virgins and Martyrs: and, as thou dost in these mysteries increase their glory, so likewise of thy bounty bestow upon us the pardon of thy mercy.  Through.
 
 

POSTCOMMUNION

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that at the intercession of blessed N. and N., thy holy Virgins and Martyrs; we, who with our outward lips have partaken of this holy Sacrament, may inwardly receive the same in purity of heart.  Through.
 
 

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