Responsory for Martyrs
R. You buds of roses,
within your blood outpoured
you’re blessed
in joys supreme and fragrant,
distilled of that redemption
that flowed
from th’ inmost heart
of counsel kept before all time
R. in him
who was unfounded
at the source.
V. An honor in your fellowship!
The Church’s instrument you are
as in your wounds, your waves
of blood, you surge:
R. in him
who was unfounded
at the source.