Sep 27, 2023
O simple and devout layman,
husband and father and clerk,
suddenly you were forced to flee
your homeland and family
with your missionary companions,
but death for the faith
each one of you met
without wavering
upon disembarking in a foreign land –
pray, O blessed martyrs,
our faith shall be strong as your own,
that should we be called
to witness even with our lives
to the faith which gives us life,
we will be ready
to enter eternity
with Christ our Lord and Savior.
If tortures threaten our bodies, too,
intercede for us for grace,
that the face of Jesus alone
we shall look upon that day.