St Thecla, Virgin & Martyr
Commemoration · Red
Commemorated on September 23
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
- 2027Thu, Sep 23CommemoratedA feria holds the day
- 2028Sat, Sep 23CommemoratedEmber Saturday in September holds the day
- 2029Sun, Sep 23CommemoratedThe XVII Sunday after Pentecost holds the day
- 2030Mon, Sep 23CommemoratedA feria holds the day
- 2031Tue, Sep 23CommemoratedA feria holds the day
- 2032Thu, Sep 23CommemoratedA feria holds the day
- 2033Fri, Sep 23CommemoratedEmber Friday in September holds the day
- 2034Sat, Sep 23CommemoratedEmber Saturday in September holds the day
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast; texts marked Common are from the Common of Virgins. As said in its commemoration on Thursday, September 23, 2027.
At I Vespers · Antiphon Common
Come, thou Bride of Christ, * receive the crown which the Lord hath prepared for thee for ever.
Versicle at I Vespers Common
℣.In thy grace and in thy beauty.
℟.Go forth, ride prosperously, and reign.
At Lauds · Antiphon Common
The kingdom of heaven * is likened unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls; who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Versicle at Lauds Common
℣.Full of grace are thy lips.
℟.Because God hath blessed thee for ever.
Collect
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that we who honour the birthday of blessed Thecla, thy Virgin and Martyr, may both rejoice in her yearly festival, and profit by the example of so great a faith. 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.