Collect for 02/06/07
Post Vatican II:
Memorial of St. Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs
God our Father, source of strength for all your saints, you led Paul Miki and his companions through the suffering of the cross to the joy of eternal life. May their prayers give us the courage to be loyal until death in professing our faith. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Old Calendar (pre-Vatican II):
St. Titus, confessor and bishop; St. Dorothy, virgin and martyr
Latin:
Deus, qui beatum Titum, Confessorem tuum atque Pontificem, apostolicis virtutibus decorasti: ejus meritis et intercessione concede; ut juste et pie viventes in hoc seaculo, ad caelestem patriam pervenire meramu. Per Dominum nostrum.
English:
O God, Who didst adorn blessed Titus, Thy Confessor and Bishop, with apostolic virtues: grant by his merits and intercession that a life of duty and justice here below may win for us our heavenlyu home. Through our Lord.