The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church 

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Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12

Hear this word which Yahweh speaks against  you,

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2 Kings 24:8-17

 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he succeeded his father,

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Acts 12:1-11

About that time King Herod

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Isaiah 49:1-6*

Listen to me, O islands, pay attention,

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2 kings 4:8-11, 14-16a

One day Elisha went to Shu­nem,

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2 kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36*

Again Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah with these words,

St. Cyril of Alexandria, bishop & doctor 

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Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19*

Without pity Yahweh has shattered in Jacob every dwelling.

St. Paulinus of Nola, bishop 

Sts. John Fisher & Thomas More, martyrs 

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2 kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18

The army of the king of Asshur subjected the whole of Israel,

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2 Kings 25:1-12

In the ninth year of Zede­kiah’s reign,

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Jeremiah 20:10-13

 I hear many people whispering,