Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs

31As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.

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47The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:

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50Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.

51Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.

14And king Herod heard, (for his name was made manifest,) and he said: John the Baptist is risen again from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him. 15And others said: It is Elias. But others said: It is a prophet, as one of the prophets. 16Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead. 17For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her. 18For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. 19Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not. 20For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly. 21And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee. 22And when the daughter of the same Herodias had come in, and had danced, and pleased Herod, and them that were at table with him, the king said to the damsel: Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee. 23And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom. 24Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the Baptist. 25And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish, the head of John the Baptist. 26And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her: 27But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish. 28And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish: and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother. 29Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.