[Rank]
S. Petri ad Vincula;;Duplex majus;;4;;ex C1

[Rule]
ex C1;
9 lectiones
Psalmi Dominica
Antiphonas horas

[Ant Vespera]
Herod the King proceeded farther * to take Peter also, and when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison intending, after the Passover, to bring him forth to the people.
Peter therefore was kept in prison, * but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him.
The Angel said unto Peter: * Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
The Lord hath sent * His Angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, alleluia.
Thou art Peter * and upon this Rock I will build My Church.;;116

[Hymnus Vespera]
v. In wondrous mode set free, lo, at the Lord's command
The galling iron chain doth fall from Peter's hand,
From Peter, shepherd blest, who doth with gentle sway,
His faithful children lead in virtue's fragrant way,
And e'er with watchful love the tempter drive away.
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Now to the Father be eternal glory done;
Our songs we raise to thee, O everlasting Son;
O Spirit from on high, thy throne we bow before;
To thee be honour, praise, and glory evermore:
The Holy Trinity we worship and adore.
Amen.

[HymnusM Vespera]
@:Hymnus Vespera

[Oratio]
O God, who didst loose the blessed Apostle, Peter, from his chains and didst make~
him go forth unharmed, loose, we pray, the chains of our sins, and in thy mercy~
ward off from us every evil.
$Per Dominum
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[Commemoratio]
!Commemoration of the Holy Machabaean Martyrs
@Commune/C3:Oratio proper
$Oremus
Lord, we pray thee, that the crown of the Brethren thy Martyrs, may be a joy~
unto us, nerving the valour of our Faith, and strengthening us by sevenfold~
intercession.
$Per Dominum

[Lectio1]
From the Acts of the Apostles
!Acts 12:1-5
1 And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict~
some of the church.
2 And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
3 And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to take up Peter also. Now~
it was in the days of the Azymes.
4 And when he had apprehended him, he cast him into prison, delivering him to~
four files of soldiers to be kept, intending, after the pasch, to bring him~
forth to the people.
5 Peter therefore was kept in prison. But prayer was made without ceasing by the~
church unto God for him.

[Lectio2]
!Acts 12:6-8
6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping~
between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door~
kept the prison.
7 And behold an angel of the Lord stood by him: and a light shined in the room:~
and he striking Peter on the side, raised him up, saying: Arise quickly. And the~
chains fell off from his hands.
8 And the angel said to him: Gird thyself, and put on thy sandals. And he did~
so. And he said to him: Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

[Lectio3]
!Acts 12:9-11
9 And going out, he followed him, and he knew not that it was true which was~
done by the angel: but thought he saw a vision.
10 And passing through the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate~
that leadeth to the city, which of itself opened to them. And going out, they~
passed on through one street: and immediately the angel departed from him.
11 And Peter coming to himself, said: Now I know in very deed, that the Lord~
hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from~
all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

[Lectio4]
In (the year of our Lord 439, in) the reign of the Emperor Theodosius the~
younger, his wife went to Jerusalem in fulfilment of a vow, and there was gifted~
with many presents. Among other things, they gave her in especial an iron chain,~
adorned with gold and precious stones, which they affirmed to be the same~
wherewith the Apostle Peter had been bound by King Herod. Eudocia, with godly~
reverence, afterwards sent this chain to Rome, to her daughter Eudoxia, who~
brought it to the Pope, and the Pope in return showed to her another chain~
wherewith the same Apostle had been shackled under the Emperor Nero.

[Lectio5]
When then the Pope put together the Roman chain and that which had been brought~
from Jerusalem, it came to pass that they got so entangled the one with the~
other that they seemed no longer two but one chain. From this wonder these holy~
fetters began to receive such honour, that Eudoxia's Church of St. Peter on the~
Esquiline Mount was dedicated under the name of St. Peter in Chains, and a Feast -~
Day instituted upon the first day of August in memory of it.

[Lectio6]
From that time forth the honour which before had used to be paid to the profane~
festivity of the Gentiles, (held in memory of the dedication of the temple of~
Mars, and of the birth of Claudius,) began to be turned to the Chains of Peter,~
whose very touch healed the sick, and drove out devils. Among other such cases~
there befell in the year of man's Redemption 969, that of a certain Count, a~
servant of the Emperor Otho, who was possessed by an unclean spirit, and tore~
himself with his own teeth. This man the Emperor ordered to be taken to Pope~
John, and as soon as he had touched the Count's neck with the hallowed chains,~
the foul spirit came out of him, and left him free. And thenceforward the~
reverence for these holy chains greatly increased in the City.

[Responsory6]
@Sancti/06-29:Responsory6

[Lectio7]
From the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
!Matt 16:13-19
At that time Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, and He asked His~
disciples, saying Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am And so on.
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Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop (of Hippo.)
!29th on the Saints
Peter was the only one of the Apostles who was worthy to hear the words Amen, I~
say unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church.~
Worthy indeed must he be, who, when the nations are to be built up into a Temple~
of God, is chosen as the ground-stone whereon the building is to stand the~
pillar whereby it is to be held up, and the key wherethrough entrance is to be~
made into the kingdom. Concerning him the Word of God saith That they brought~
forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the~
least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. (Acts v.~
15.) If the shadow of his body then could give help, how much more shall the~
fulness of his strength give help now If the very air, as he passed by, was~
then profitable to such as besought him, how much more shall his favour profit~
where now he abideth It is with reason that, throughout all the Churches of~
Christ, the iron chains wherewith he was afflicted are reckoned more precious~
than gold.

[Lectio8]
If his shadow as a visitor was so healthful, what is his chain now that he~
bindeth and looseth If his empty image in the air had healing power, how much~
power must have been contracted from his body by those chains, whose iron weight~
sank into his holy limbs during his suffering If, before he testified, he was~
so mighty to aid them that called upon him, how much mightier is he now since~
his victory Blessed were the links, doomed to be changed from fetters and shackles,~
into a crown, which by touching the Apostle, made him a Martyr. Blessed were the~
chains, whose prisoner left them for the Cross of Christ, and which brought him~
thither, not as the instruments of condemnation, but of sanctification.

[Responsory8]
@Sancti/06-29:Responsory8

[Lectio93]
!Commemoratio for the Holy Martyrs
From the Sermons of St. Gregory of Nazianzus (Patriarch of Constantinople)
!Sermon 20th on the Machabees
What were the Machabees For it is under their name that the Festival at which~
you are this day assembled is kept. It is true that many persons do not hold~
them in honour, because they fought before the coming of Christ nevertheless~
they deserve to be venerated by all men, for they bore themselves bravely and~
faithfully in defence of the laws and ordinances of their people. They that~
underwent martyrdom before Christ came, what would not have been their deeds, if~
they had suffered persecution after He came, and had had before them for a~
pattern the Death which He embraced for the sake of man's salvation With no~
example to lead them, their bravery was what it was had they had the example~
before their eyes, would they not have gone down with double nerve to the battle~
There is a mystic and subtle idea, which seemeth very likely to me and to all~
lovers of God, that none of those who were crowned with martyrdom before Christ~
came, could have been so, unless they had had faith in Christ.
&teDeum

[Ant 3]
Thou to whom God hath given the keys * of the kingdom of heaven, loosen the chains~
which bind the sordid souls of the earthly.

[Ant Vespera 3]
Herod the King proceeded farther * to take Peter also. And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison intending, after the Passover, to bring him forth to the people.;;109
Peter therefore was kept in prison, * but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him.;;112
The Angel said unto Peter: * Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.;;115
The Lord hath sent * His Angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, alleluia.;;125
Thou art Peter * and upon this Rock I will build My Church.;;138

[Lectio94]
In the reign of the Emperor Theodosius the younger, his wife Eudocia was gifted in Jerusalem with, among other things, an iron chain, which they affirmed to be the same wherewith the Apostle Peter had been bound by King Herod. Eudocia, with godly reverence, sent this chain to her daughter Eudoxia in Rome, where it was placed by the Pope with another chain wherewith the same blessed Apostle had been shackled under the Emperor Nero. The two chains got so entangled the one with the other that they seemed no longer two but one chain made by a single workman. The very touch of these holy fetters often healed the sick and drave out devils, and so they began to receive such honour, that Eudoxia's Church of St. Peter on the Esquiline Mount was dedicated under the name of St. Peter-in-Chains, and a Feastday in its memory instituted upon the first day of August, replacing the profane festívity of the pagans held on that day.
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