Gospel 9-19-24. Matt 24:3-13. St Januarius, Bishop, Martyr, And His Companions, Martyrs.

⁣3 ⁠And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world?
Sedente autem eo super montem Oliveti, accesserunt ad eum discipuli secreto, dicentes : Dic nobis, quando haec erunt? et quod signum adventus tui, et consummationis saeculi?
⁠ 4 ⁠And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce you:
Et respondens Jesus, dixit eis : Videte ne quis vos seducat :
⁠ 5 ⁠For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ: and they will seduce many.
multi enim venient in nomine meo, dicentes : Ego sum Christus : et multos seducent.
⁠ 6 ⁠And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Audituri enim estis praelia, et opiniones praeliorum. Videte ne turbemini : oportet enim haec fieri, sed nondum est finis :
⁠ 7 ⁠For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places:
consurget enim gens in gentem, et regnum in regnum, et erunt pestilentiae, et fames, et terraemotus per loca :
⁠ 8 ⁠Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.
haec autem omnia initia sunt dolorum.
⁠ 9 ⁠Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
Tunc tradent vos in tribulationem, et occident vos : et eritis odio omnibus gentibus propter nomen meum.
⁠ 10 ⁠And then shall many be scandalized: and shall betray one another: and shall hate one another.
Et tunc scandalizabuntur multi, et invicem tradent, et odio habebunt invicem.
⁠ 11 ⁠And many false prophets shall rise, and shall seduce many.
Et multi pseudoprophetae surgent, et seducent multos.
⁠ 12 ⁠And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.
Et quoniam abundavit iniquitas, refrigescet caritas multorum :
⁠ 13 ⁠But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.
qui autem perseveraverit usque in finem, hic salvus erit.


St Januarius, Bishop of Beneventum, was beheaded with his Companions: Acutuis, Eutychius, Desiderius, Festus, Proculus and Socius , at Puteoli, in the persecution of Diocletian A.D. 305. St Januarius is the patron of Naples, where year by year the liquefaction of his blood, preserved in a phial, takes place.