Graciously hear us, O God our salvation: and grant that we, who are gladdened by the festival by the festival of blessed Praxedes Thy Virgin, may therefrom learn loving devotion towards Thee. Through our Lord etc.
Ant. Come, Spouse of Christ, receive the crown, which the Lord hath prepared for thee for all eternity.
V. With thy comeliness and thy beauty.
R. Set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.
(Roman Breviary)
Praxedes, a Roman virgin, sister of the virgin Prudentiana, when the emperor Marcus Antoninus was persecuting the Christians, bestowed upon them wealth, labors, consolation, and every work of charity. For some she concealed in her house; others, she encouraged to firmness of faith; she buried the bodies of others; and for those who were shut up in prison, or who were put to forced labor she saw to it that there was nothing lacking.
When she could no longer endure so great a slaughter of the Christians, she prayed God, that, if it were expedient for her to die, he would take her away from such great evils. Accordingly, on the twelfth of the Calends of August (July 21st) she was called to heaven, to receive the reward of her charity. Her body was buried by the priest Pastor, in the tomb of her father and her sister Pudentiana, which was in the cemetery of Priscilla, on the Salarian way.
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