Chains of St Peter, Apostle
Greater Double · White
Kept on August 1
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast. As said on Tuesday, August 1, 2028.
At I Vespers · Magnificat
Thou art the shepherd of the sheep, * O chief of the Apostles: unto thee were given the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
Versicle at Vespers and Lauds
℣.Thou art Peter.
℟.And upon this rock I will build my Church.
At Lauds · Benedictus
Whatsoever * thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven: saith the Lord unto Simon Peter.
At II Vespers · Magnificat
Loosen these earthly fetters * at the command of God, O Peter; and let the kingdom of heaven be opened unto the blessed.
Collect
O God, who didst cause the blessed Apostle Peter to be loosed from his chains, and to go forth unhurt: loose, we beseech thee, the chain of our sins, and mercifully shut out from us all evils. Through thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.
℟.Amen.