St Bartholomew, Apostle
Double of the 2nd Class · Red
Kept on August 24
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast; texts marked Common are from the Common of Apostles and Evangelists. As said on Tuesday, August 24, 2027.
At I Vespers · Magnificat Common
They will deliver you up * to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Versicle at I Vespers Common
℣.Their sound is gone out into all lands.
℟.And their words into the ends of the world.
At Lauds · Benedictus Common
Ye which have forsaken all * and followed me, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Versicle at Lauds and II Vespers Common
℣.They declared the work of God.
℟.And wisely considered of his doing.
At II Vespers · Magnificat Common
Be ye valiant in warfare, * and contend ye with the old serpent: and ye shall receive an eternal kingdom, alleluia.
Collect
Almighty everlasting God, who hast given unto us the holy and reverend joy of this day on the festival of blessed Bartholomew thine Apostle: grant, we beseech thee, that thy Church may both love what he believed, and preach what he taught. 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.
The whole office: the hours of Tuesday, August 24, 2027