Second Intercession
"Nobis quoque peccatoribus, famulis tuis, de multitudine miserationum tuarum sperantibus, partem aliquam et societatem donare digneris, cum tuis sanctis Apostolis et Martyribus: cum Ioanne, Stephano, Matthia, Barnaba, (Ignatio, Alexandro, Marcellino, Petro, Felicitate, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucia, Agnete, Caecilia, Anastasia) et omnibus Sanctis tuis: intra quorum nos consortium, non aestimator meriti, sed veniae, quaesumus, largitor admitte. Per Christum Dominum nostrum." (To us, also, your servants, who, though sinners, hope in your abundant mercies, graciously grant some share and fellowship with your holy Apostles and Martyrs: with John the Baptist, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, (Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia and all your Saints; admit us, we beseech you, into their company, not weighing our merits, but granting us your pardon, through Christ our Lord).
The saints of this Second Intercession are headed by John the Baptist, who is accompanied by seven male and seven female saints, all of them martyrs.
The opening words, "Nobis quoque peccatoribus", are the only ones of the Canon, apart from the "Per omnia saecula saeculorum" that concludes the Canon, that, in the Tridentine form of the Roman Missal, are spoken aloud after the Sanctus. They are to be said in a rather low voice, since the rubric speaks of the priest "raising his voice a little."
At the same words, both before and after 1970, the priest strikes his breast, as do all the priests, if the Mass is concelebrated.
Read more about this topic: Text And Rubrics Of The Roman Canon
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