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Sts. Nazarius, Celcus, Victor I, & Innocent I | pre-1955 Missal | Latin Mass Readings | 7/28/2026 · Vox Liturgica

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  Vox Liturgica: The propers of the day according to the Roman Missal before 1955. The feast of saints Nazarius Celcus Victor the first and Innocent the first, martyrs. July 28 in the year of our Lord 2026.
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  The church honors today several saints who lived at different times and in different countries. Nazarius baptized by Pope St.
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  Linus at Rome, in his turn baptized young Celcus who was born at Semye near Nice. They betook themselves to Milan where they were arrested by the pagans and beheaded about the year '68. In 03/1995, their bodies were discovered and in the tomb of Saint Nazarius was found a vial of his blood as red as if it had been shed that very day. A town in France bears his name. Victor I, born in Africa, succeeded St.
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  Eleutherius on the pontifical throne. He fixed the date of Easter for the whole church according to the rules observed to this day. He decided that one might baptize in cases of necessity with natural water. He was murdered under Septimus Severus in the year of Our Lord 01/1997. Innocent I was born at Albany and was a contemporary of St.
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  Augustine and of St. Jerome. The latter wrote of him, keep the faith of Saint Innocent who fills the apostolic chair and who is the successor and spiritual son of Anastasius of happy memory. Receive no other doctrine, however wise and attractive it may appear. He died in the year of our Lord, 04/2017.
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  In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost. Amen. The introit. Let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee, O Lord. Render to our neighbors sevenfold in their bosom.
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  Revenge the blood of thy saints which hath been shed. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance. They have defiled thy holy temple. They have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit. Glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning is now and will be through all ages of ages.
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  Amen. Let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee, O Lord, render to our neighbors sevenfold in their bosom, revenge the blood of thy saints which hath been shed. The Collect. Let us pray. May the confession of Thy Saints Nazarius Celcus Victor Innocent fortify us, O Lord, and may it, for the sake of their merits, obtain help for our frailty through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God through all ages of ages.
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  Amen. A lesson from the book of wisdom. God restored to men ill used the just reward of their labors and led them out on their miraculous journey affording them shelter by day in starry radiance at night. He made a passage for them through the Red Sea, brought them safely through those leagues of water whose waves drowned their enemies, rescued them from the bottom of the abyss, so enriched by the spoils of the ungodly, they extolled thy holy name, proclaimed with one voice thy sovereign power, O Lord, our God. The gradual.
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  God is glorious in his saints, wonderful in majesty, doing wonders. Thy right hand, O Lord, is glorified in strength. Thy right hand hath broken the enemies. Alleluia. Alleluia.
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  The bodies of thy saints are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation. Alleluia. A continuation of the holy gospel according to Matthew. At that time, Jesus said to his disciples, when you hear of wars and revolts, do not be alarmed by it. Such things must happen first, but the end will not come all at once.
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  Then he told them, nation will rise in arms against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes in this region or that and plagues and famines and sites of terror and great portents from heaven. Before all this, men will be laying hands on you and persecuting you. They will give you up to the synagogues and to prison and drag you into the presence of kings and governors on my account. That will be your opportunity for making the truth known.
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  Resolve then not to prepare your manner of answering beforehand. I will give you such eloquence and such wisdom as all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to compute. You will be given up by parents and brethren and kinsmen and friends, and some of you will be put to death. All the world will be hating you because you bear my name. And yet no hair of your head shall perish.
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  It is by endurance that you will secure possession of your souls. The Offeratory How wonderful is God and his saints! The God of Israel will give his people strength and courage. Blessed be God. The secret.
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  Grant us, O Almighty God, that we may both please thee with the offering and be vilified by the receiving of these gifts, which we bring in honor of thy saints Nazarius Celcus Victor and Innocent through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God through all ages of ages. Amen. The common preface, just it is indeed and fitting, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, everlasting God, through whom the angels praise thy majesty, the dominions worship it, the powers stand in awe, the heavens and the hosts of heaven, together with the blessed Seraphim, joyfully do magnify. We entreat thee that thou command it be permitted us to join with them in confessing thee, while we say with lowly praise. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, The heavens and the earth are full of thy glory.
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  Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. The communion. Men saw only the pains they endured.
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  God all the while did but test them. His gold tried in the crucible, his burnt sacrifice graciously accepted. The Post Communion Let us pray. Being appeased by the intercession of Saints Nazarius Celcus Victor Innocent, grant we beseech Thee, O Lord, that what we celebrate by a temporal service we may receive for our eternal salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God through all ages of ages. Amen.
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  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Saint Nazarius, pray for us. Saint Celsus, pray for us. Saint Victor the first, pray for us.
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  Saint Innocent the first pray for us.