Universalis
Saturday 17 October 2026    (other days)
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr 
 on Saturday of week 28 in Ordinary Time

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Office of Readings

If you have already recited the Invitatory Psalm today, you should use the alternative opening.
Based on the liturgy for the Common of One Male Martyr.
Dómine, lábia mea apéries.
  Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
Lord, open our lips.
  And we shall praise your name.
Ps 23:1-10

“Christo apertæ sunt portæ cæli propter carnalem eius assumptionem” (S. Irenæus).

Regem mártyrum Dóminum, veníte, adorémus.
(repeat antiphon*)
1Dómini est terra et plenitúdo eius,*
  orbis terrárum et qui hábitant in eo.
2Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum*
  et super flúmina firmávit eum.
  (repeat antiphon*)
3Quis ascéndet in montem Dómini,*
  aut quis stabit in loco sancto eius?
4Innocens mánibus et mundo corde,†
  qui non levávit ad vana ánimam suam,*
  nec iurávit in dolum.
5Hic accípiet benedictiónem a Dómino*
  et iustificatiónem a Deo salutári suo.
6Hæc est generátio quæréntium eum,*
  quæréntium fáciem Dei Iacob.
  (repeat antiphon*)
7Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra,†
  et elevámini, portæ æternáles,*
  et introíbit rex glóriæ.
8Quis est iste rex glóriæ?*
  Dóminus fortis et potens, Dóminus potens in prœ́lio.
  (repeat antiphon*)
9Attóllite, portæ, cápita vestra,†
  et elevámini, portæ æternáles,*
  et introíbit rex glóriæ.
10Quis est iste rex glóriæ?*
  Dóminus virtútum ipse est rex glóriæ.
  (repeat antiphon*)
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
(repeat antiphon*)
Invitatory PsalmPsalm 23 (24)
The Lord is the king of martyrs: come, let us adore him.
(repeat antiphon*)
The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
  the world and all who live in it.
He himself founded it upon the seas
  and set it firm over the waters.
  (repeat antiphon*)
Who will climb the mountain of the Lord?
  Who will stand in his holy place?
The one who is innocent of wrongdoing and pure of heart,
  who has not given himself to vanities or sworn falsely.
He will receive the blessing of the Lord
  and be justified by God his saviour.
This is the way of those who seek him,
  seek the face of the God of Jacob.
  (repeat antiphon*)
Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors,
  and let the king of glory enter.
Who is the king of glory?
The Lord of might and power.
  The Lord, strong in battle.
  (repeat antiphon*)
Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors,
  and let the king of glory enter.
Who is the king of glory?
The Lord of hosts
  – he is the king of glory.
  (repeat antiphon*)
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
(repeat antiphon*)

* If you are reciting this on your own, you can choose to say the antiphon once only at the start of the psalm and not repeat it.

Hymnus
Beáte (Beáta) martyr, próspera
diem triumphálem tuum,
quo sánguinis merces tibi
coróna vincénti datur.
Hic te ex ténebris sǽculi,
tortóre victo et iúdice,
evéxit ad cælum dies
Christóque ovántem réddidit.
Nunc angelórum párticeps
collúces insígni stola,
quam testis indomábilis
rivis cruóris láveras.
Adésto nunc et óbsecra,
placátus ut Christus suis
inclínet aurem prósperam,
noxas nec omnes ímputet.
Paulísper huc illábere
Christi favórem déferens,
sensus graváti ut séntiant
levámen indulgéntiæ.
Honor Patri cum Fílio
et Spíritu Paráclito,
qui te coróna pérpeti
cingunt in aula glóriæ. Amen.
Hymn
The martyrs living now with Christ
In suffering were tried,
Their anguish overcome by love
When on his cross they died.
Across the centuries they come,
In constancy unmoved,
Their loving hearts make no complaint,
In silence they are proved.
No man has ever measured love,
Or weighed it in his hand,
But God who knows the inmost heart
Gives them the promised land.
Praise Father, Son and Spirit blest,
Who guides us through the night
In ways that reach beyond the stars
To everlasting light.
Francis E. Mostyn (1860-1939)

Ps 49:1-6
Vera in Dominum pietas

“Non veni solvere legem, sed adimplere” (Cf. Mt 5, 17).

Dóminus advocávit cælum et terram, ut discérnat pópulum suum.
1Deus deórum Dóminus locútus est*
  et vocávit terram a solis ortu usque ad occásum.
2Ex Sion speciósa decóre Deus illúxit,*
  3Deus noster véniet et non silébit:
ignis consúmens est in conspéctu eius*
  et in circúitu eius tempéstas válida.
4Advocábit cælum desúrsum*
  et terram discérnere pópulum suum:
«5Congregáte mihi sanctos meos,*
  qui disposuérunt testaméntum meum in sacrifício».
6Et annuntiábunt cæli iustítiam eius,*
  quóniam Deus iudex est.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Dóminus advocávit cælum et terram, ut discérnat pópulum suum.

Psalm 49 (50)
True reverence for the Lord

The Lord has summoned heaven and earth to witness his judgement of his people.
The Lord, the God of gods has spoken:
  he has summoned the whole earth, from east to west.
God has shone forth from Zion in her great beauty.
  Our God will come, and he will not be silent.
Before him, a devouring fire;
  around him, a tempest rages.
He will call upon the heavens above, and on the earth, to judge his people.
“Bring together before me my chosen ones, who have sealed my covenant with sacrifice.”
The heavens will proclaim his justice; for God is the true judge.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
The Lord has summoned heaven and earth to witness his judgement of his people.

How to listen

Ps 49:7-15

Invoca me in die tribulatiónis et éruam te.
«7Audi, pópulus meus, et loquar;†
  Israel, et testificábor advérsum te:*
  Deus, Deus tuus ego sum.
8Non in sacrifíciis tuis árguam te;*
  holocáusta enim tua in conspéctu meo sunt semper.
9Non accípiam de domo tua vítulos,*
  neque de grégibus tuis hircos.
10Quóniam meæ sunt omnes feræ silvárum,*
  iumentórum mille in móntibus.
11Cognóvi ómnia volatília cæli,*
  et, quod movétur in agro, meum est.
12Si esuríero non dicam tibi;*
  meus est enim orbis terræ et plenitúdo eius.
13Numquid manducábo carnes taurórum*
  aut sánguinem hircórum potábo?
14Immola Deo sacrifícium laudis*
  et redde Altíssimo vota tua;
15et ínvoca me in die tribulatiónis:*
  éruam te, et honorificábis me».
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Invoca me in die tribulatiónis et éruam te.

Psalm 49 (50)

Call on me in the day of trouble, and I will come to free you.
Listen, my people, and I will speak;
  Israel, I will testify against you.
I am God, your God.
I will not reproach you with your sacrifices,
  for your burnt offerings are always before me.
But I will not accept calves from your houses,
  nor goats from your flocks.
For all the beasts of the forests are mine,
  and in the hills, a thousand animals.
All the birds of the air – I know them.
  Whatever moves in the fields – it is mine.
If I am hungry, I will not tell you;
  for the whole world is mine, and all that is in it.
Am I to eat the flesh of bulls,
  or drink the blood of goats?
Offer a sacrifice to God – a sacrifice of praise;
  to the Most High, fulfil your vows.
Then you may call upon me in the time of trouble:
  I will rescue you, and you will honour me.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
Call on me in the day of trouble, and I will come to free you.

Ps 49:16-23

Sacrifícium laudis honorificábit me.
16Peccatóri autem dixit Deus:†
  «Quare tu enárras præcépta mea*
  et assúmis testaméntum meum in os tuum?
17Tu vero odísti disciplínam*
  et proiecísti sermónes meos retrórsum.
18Si vidébas furem, currébas cum eo;*
  et cum adúlteris erat pórtio tua.
19Os tuum dimittébas ad malítiam,*
  et lingua tua concinnábat dolos.
20Sedens advérsus fratrem tuum loquebáris*
  et advérsus fílium matris tuæ proferébas oppróbrium.
21Hæc fecísti, et tácui.†
  Existimásti quod eram tui símilis.*
  Arguam te et státuam illa contra fáciem tuam.
22Intellégite hæc, qui obliviscímini Deum,*
  nequándo rápiam, et non sit qui erípiat.
23Qui immolábit sacrifícium laudis, honorificábit me,†
  et, qui immaculátus est in via,*
  osténdam illi salutáre Dei».
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Sacrifícium laudis honorificábit me.

Psalm 49 (50)

A sacrifice of thanksgiving will honour me.
To the sinner, God has said this:
Why do you recite my statutes?
  Why do you dare to speak my covenant?
For you hate what I teach you,
  and reject what I tell you.
The moment you saw a thief, you joined him;
  you threw in your lot with adulterers.
You spoke evil with your mouth,
  and your tongue made plans to deceive.
Solemnly seated, you denounced your own brother;
  you poured forth hatred against your own mother’s son.
All this you did, and I was silent;
  so you thought that I was just like you.
But I will reprove you –
  I will confront you with all you have done.
Understand this, you who forget God;
  lest I tear you apart, with no-one there to save you.
Whoever offers up a sacrifice of praise gives me true honour;
  whoever follows a sinless path in life will be shown the salvation of God.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
A sacrifice of thanksgiving will honour me.
℣. Tribulátio et angústia invenérunt me.
℟. Mandáta tua meditátio mea est.
℣. Anguish and distress have taken hold of me.
℟. Yet will I delight in your commands.
Lectio prior
De libro Malachíæ prophétæ 3, 1-24

Dies Domini

Hæc dicit Dóminus Deus: 1«Ecce ego mittam ángelum meum, et præparábit viam ante fáciem meam; et statim véniet ad templum suum Dominátor, quem vos quǽritis, et ángelus testaménti, quem vos vultis. Ecce venit, dicit Dóminus exercítuum; 2et quis póterit sustinére diem advéntus eius, et quis stabit, cum apparébit? Ipse enim quasi ignis conflans et quasi herba fullónum; 3et sedébit conflans et emúndans argéntum et purgábit fílios Levi et colábit eos quasi aurum et quasi argéntum, et erunt Dómino offeréntes sacrifícia in iustítia. 4Et placébit Dómino sacrifícium Iudæ et Ierúsalem sicut diébus prístinis et sicut annis antíquis. 5Et accédam ad vos in iudício; et ero testis velox maléficis et adúlteris et periúris et, qui ópprimunt mercenários, víduas et pupíllos et flectunt ius peregrinórum nec timuérunt me, dicit Dóminus exercítuum.
6Ego enim Dóminus et non mutátus sum;
sed vos, fílii Iacob, nondum ad finem pervenístis.
7A diébus enim patrum vestrórum
recessístis a præcéptis legítimis meis
et non custodístis ea.
Revertímini ad me,
et revértar ad vos,
dicit Dóminus exercítuum.
Et dícitis: “In quo revertémur?”.
8Numquid homo pótest defraudáre Deum?
Sed vos defraudátis me.
Et dícitis: “In quo defraudávimus te?”.
In décimis et in primítiis.
9Maledictióne vos maledícti estis,
quia me vos defraudátis, gens tota.
10Inférte omnem décimam in hórreum,
et sit cibus in domo mea;
et probáte me super hoc,
dicit Dóminus exercítuum:
si non aperúero vobis cataráctas cæli
et effúdero vobis benedictiónem usque ad abundántiam
11et increpábo pro vobis devorántem,
et non corrúmpet fructum terræ,
nec erit stérilis vobis vínea in agro,
dicit Dóminus exercítuum.
12Et beátos vos dicent omnes gentes;
éritis enim vos terra desiderábilis,
dicit Dóminus exercítuum.
13Invaluérunt super me verba vestra, dicit Dóminus; 14et dícitis: “Quid locúti sumus contra te?”. Dícitis: “Vanum est servíre Deo; et, quod emoluméntum, quia custodívimus præcépta eius et quia ambulávimus tristes coram Dómino exercítuum? 15Ergo nunc beátos dícimus arrogántes; síquidem ædificáti sunt faciéntes impietátem et tentavérunt Deum et salvi facti sunt”. 16Tunc locúti sunt timéntes Dóminum, unusquísque cum próximo suo. Et atténdit Dóminus et audívit; et scriptus est liber memorabílium coram eo timéntibus Dóminum et cogitántibus nomen eius. 17Erunt mihi, ait Dóminus exercítuum, in die, qua ego fácio in pecúlium; et parcam eis, sicut parcit vir fílio suo serviénti sibi. 18Rursum vidébitis quid sit inter iustum et ímpium, inter serviéntem Deo et non serviéntem ei.
  19Ecce enim dies véniet succénsa quasi camínus; et erunt omnes supérbi et omnes faciéntes impietátem stípula; et inflammábit eos dies véniens, dicit Dóminus exercítuum, quæ non derelínquet eis radícem et ramum. 20Et oriétur vobis timéntibus nomen meum sol iustítiæ et sánitas in pennis eius; et egrediémini et saliétis sicut vítuli sagináti 21et calcábitis ímpios, cum fúerint cinis sub planta pedum vestrórum in die, quam ego fácio, dicit Dóminus exercítuum.
22Mementóte legis Móysi servi mei,
cui mandávi
in Horeb ad omnem Israel
præcépta et iudícia.
23Ecce ego mittam vobis
Elíam prophétam,
ántequam véniat dies Dómini
magnus et horríbilis;
24et convértet cor patrum ad fílios
et cor filiórum ad patres eórum,
ne véniam et percútiam
terram anathémate».
First ReadingMalachi 3:1-24

The Day of the Lord

Look, I am going to send my messenger to prepare a way before me. And the Lord you are seeking will suddenly enter his Temple; and the angel of the covenant whom you are longing for, yes, he is coming, says the Lord of Hosts. Who will be able to resist the day of his coming? Who will remain standing when he appears? For he is like the refiner’s fire and the fullers’ alkali. He will take his seat as refiner and purifier; he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and then they will make the offering to the Lord as it should be made. The offering of Judah and Jerusalem will then be welcomed by the Lord as in former days, as in the years of old. I mean to visit you for the judgement and I am going to be a ready witness against sorcerer, adulterer and perjurer, against those who oppress the wage-earner, the widow and the orphan, and who rob the settler of his rights – no need for you to be afraid of me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  No; I, the Lord, do not change; and you, sons of Jacob, you are not ruined yet! Since the days of your ancestors you have evaded my statutes and not observed them. Return to me and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts. You ask, ‘How are we to return? Can a man cheat God?’ Yet you are cheating me. You ask, ‘How are we cheating you?’ In the matter of tithes and dues. The curse lies on you because you, yes you the whole nation, are cheating me. Bring the full tithes and dues to the storehouse so that there may be food in my house, and then see if I do not open the floodgates of heaven for you and pour out blessing for you in abundance. For your sake I will lay a strict injunction on the locust not to destroy the fruits of your soil nor to make the vine in your fields barren, says the Lord of Hosts. All the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delights, says the Lord of Hosts.
  You say harsh things about me, says the Lord. You ask, ‘What have we said against you?’ You say, ‘It is useless to serve God; what is the good of keeping his commands or of walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts? Now we have reached the point when we call the arrogant blessed; yes, they prosper, these evil-doers; they try God’s patience and yet go free.’ This is what those who fear the Lord used to say to one another. But the Lord took note and heard them: a book of remembrance was written in his presence recording those who fear him and take refuge in his name. On the day which I am preparing, says the Lord of Hosts, they are going to be my own special possession. I will make allowances for them as a man makes allowances for the son who obeys him. Then once again you will see the difference between an upright man and a wicked one, between the one who serves God and the one who does not serve him. For the day is coming now, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and the evil-doers will be like stubble. The day that is coming is going to burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, leaving them neither root nor stalk. But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will shine out with healing in its rays; you will leap like calves going out to pasture. You will trample on the wicked, who will be like ashes under your feet on the day I am preparing, says the Lord of Hosts.
  Remember the Law of my servant Moses to whom at Horeb I prescribed laws and customs for the whole of Israel. Know that I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before my day comes, that great and terrible day. He shall turn the hearts of fathers towards their children and the hearts of children towards their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a curse.
Responsorium
Mal 3, 1; Lc 1, 76
℟. Ecce ego mittam ángelum meum et præparábit viam ante fáciem meam.* Véniet ad templum suum Dominátor, quem vos quǽritis, et ángelus testaménti, quem vos vultis.
℣. Et tu, puer, prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis, præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini paráre vias eius.* Véniet.
ResponsoryMl 3:1; Lk 1:76
℟. I shall send my messenger to prepare a way before me,* and the Lord you are seeking will enter his temple, the angel of the covenant for whom you long.
℣. As for you, little child, you shall be called a prophet of the Most High. You shall go ahead of the Lord to prepare his way before him,* and the Lord you are seeking will enter his temple, the angel of the covenant for whom you long.
Lectio altera
Ex Epístola sancti Ignátii epíscopi et mártyris ad Romános (Cap. 4, 1-2; 6, 1 — 8, 3: Funk 1, 217-223)

Frumentum Dei sum: dentibus bestiarum molar

Ego ómnibus Ecclésiis scribo omnibúsque mando, quod lubens pro Deo móriar, síquidem vos me non impediátis. Obsecro vos, ne intempestívam mihi benevoléntiam exhibeátis. Sínite me ferárum cibum esse, per quas Deum cónsequi licet. Fruméntum sum Dei et per ferárum dentes molar, ut purus panis Christi invéniar. Christum pro me supplicáte, ut per hæc instruménta Deo hóstia invéniar.
  Nihil mihi próderunt mundi voluptátes neque huius sǽculi regna. Præstat mihi in Christo Iesu mori, quam fínibus terræ imperáre. Illum quæro, qui pro nobis mórtuus est; illum volo, qui propter nos resurréxit. Partus mihi instat. Ignóscite mihi, fratres. Ne me vívere impediátis, ne velítis me mori; me, Dei esse cupiéntem, mundo ne tradátis neque per matériam me seducátis; sínite me purum lumen percípere; ubi illuc advénero, homo ero. Concédite mihi imitatórem esse passiónis Dei mei. Si quis illum in seípso habet, intéllegat quid velim, et commisereátur mei, sciens quæ me coárctent.
  Princeps huius sǽculi rápere me vult meámque erga Deum voluntátem corrúmpere. Nemo ergo vestrum, qui adéstis, illum ádiuvet; mei pótius, id est Dei, efficiámini. Ne loquámini Iesum Christum, dum mundum concupíscitis. Invídia in vobis ne hábitet. Neque si ego præsens vos orárem, credátis mihi; his pótius, quæ vobis scribo, credátis. Vivens enim scribo vobis, mori desíderans. Amor meus crucifíxus est, nec est in me ignis matériæ amans; sed vivens et loquens aqua in me est, mihi intérius dicens: «Veni ad Patrem». Non deléctor aliménto corruptíbili neque voluptátibus huius mundi. Panem Dei volo, qui, est caro Iesu Christi, qui ex sémine David factus est, et potum volo sánguinem ipsíus, qui est cáritas incorruptíbilis.
  Nolo ámplius secúndum hómines vívere. Id autem fiet, si vos voluéritis. Velítis precor, ut et vos benevoléntiam inveniátis. Paucis lítteris peto a vobis: crédite mihi. Iesus Christus vobis hæc patefáciet, quod vera loquor; ipse os verax, in quo Pater vere locútus est. Pétite pro me, ut cónsequar. Non secúndum carnem, sed secúndum mentem Dei vobis scripsi. Si pátiar, bene mihi voluístis; si reíciar, odístis.
Second Reading
From St Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the Romans

I am God's wheat and shall be ground by the teeth of wild animals

I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way. I plead with you: show me no untimely kindness. Let me be food for the wild beasts, for they are my way to God. I am God’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ’s pure bread. Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
  No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
  The time for my birth is close at hand. Forgive me, my brothers. Do not stand in the way of my birth to real life; do not wish me stillborn. My desire is to belong to God. Do not, then, hand me back to the world. Do not try to tempt me with material things. Let me attain pure light. Only on my arrival there can I be fully a human being. Give me the privilege of imitating the passion of my God. If you have him in your heart, you will understand what I wish. You will sympathise with me because you will know what urges me on.
  The prince of this world is determined to lay hold of me and to undermine my will which is intent on God. Let none of you here help him; instead show yourselves on my side, which is also God’s side. Do not talk about Jesus Christ as long as you love this world. Do not harbour envious thoughts. And supposing I should see you, if then I should beg you to intervene on my behalf, do not believe what I say. Believe instead what I am now writing to you. For though I am alive as I write to you, still my real desire is to die. My love of this life has been crucified, and there is no yearning in me for any earthly thing. Rather within me is the living water which says deep inside me: “Come to the Father.” I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God’s bread, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, formed of the seed of David, and for drink I crave his blood, which is love that cannot perish.
  I am no longer willing to live a merely human life, and you can bring about my wish if you will. Please, then, do me this favour, so that you in turn may meet with equal kindness. Put briefly, this is my request: believe what I am saying to you. Jesus Christ himself will make it clear to you that I am saying the truth. Only truth can come from that mouth by which the Father has truly spoken. Pray for me that I may obtain my desire. I have not written to you as a mere man would, but as one who knows the mind of God. If I am condemned to suffer, I will take it that you wish me well. If my case is postponed, I can only think that you wish me harm.
Responsorium
℟. Nihil vos latet, si perfécte habuéritis in Iesum Christum fidem et caritátem, quæ inítium vitæ et finis sunt.* Princípium quidem fides, finis vero cáritas.
℣. Mansuetúdinem ítaque assuméntes, regeneráte vosmetípsos in fide, quæ est caro Dómini, et in caritáte, quæ est sanguis Iesu Christi.* Princípium.
Responsory
℟. Nothing will be hidden from you, if you are perfect in your faith and love towards Jesus Christ, for these are the beginning and end of life:* faith is the beginning and love is the end.
℣. Arm yourselves with gentleness and renew your faith, which is the flesh of the Lord, and your love, which is the blood of Jesus Christ.* Faith is the beginning and love is the end.
Oremus.
  Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui sanctórum mártyrum confessiónibus Ecclésiæ tuæ sacrum corpus exórnas, concéde, quǽsumus, ut hodiérna glória passiónis, sicut beáto Ignátio magnificéntiam tríbuit sempitérnam, ita nobis perpétuum munímen operétur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Let us pray.
Almighty, ever-living God,
  the sufferings of the martyrs adorn the Church,
  which is the Body of Christ.
As we celebrate the martyrdom of Saint Ignatius of Antioch,
  grant that it may be for us a constant source of strength,
  as it was for him the entry into glory.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.

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