Decem-21-acem Sogglem Santam

Exsurge Domine, et Liberal Nos A Malo! ("Arise Lord, & Deliver us from evil!")

Arise, O Lord! How long will Thou permit that Sin, Evil & Injustice, be exalted, & allow evildoers to thread down, & supplant, Virtue, Goodness & Justice, to pass off evil as good, & good as evil, lies as truth, & truth as lies, thieveries & robberies as lawfulness, & lawfulness as thieveries & robberies? 

«Ecce enim dies veniet succensa quasi caminus: et erunt omnes superbi et omnes facientes impietatem stipula: et inflammabit eos dies veniens, dicit Dominus exercituum, quae non derelinquet eis radicem et germen. Et orietur vobis timentibus nomen meum sol justitiae, et sanitas in pennis ejus: et egrediemini, et salietis sicut vituli de armento. Et calcabitis impios, cum fuerint cinis sub planta pedum vestrorum, in die qua ego facio, dicit Dominus exercituum.»

(«For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: & all the proud, & all that do wickedly shall be stubble: & the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root , nor branch. But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, & health in His wings: & you shall go forth, & shall leap like calves of the heir. be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts») 

Menology Entry for December 21:

December 21: Our Lady of St. Acheul, Amiens, in Picardy; this settlement is now a suburb of the city of Amiens in Picardy, & is distinct from the town of St. Acheul also in Picardy. The church containing the shrine of Our Lady of Acheul, was located in the  settlement of St. Acheul, near Amiens, & which predated Amiens, being the former core of Amiens. The Church of St. Acheul was once the  cathedral of Amiens, although this is no longer the case, as there is now a larger cathedral church in Amiens. The church stands on the very place where once a Roman temple stood, & tradition tells that St. Firminus was the Apostle of Amiens, arriving there before the close of the third century after Christ. It is said that by the eloquence of his preaching & the number of his miracles, St. Firminus converted many idolaters to the True Faith & baptized three thousand men in forty days. The early church, built around the year 300 A.D., contained the remains of the martyred saint. This church was devastated repeatedly by the invasions of the Normans, and was finally totally destroyed in 1218. The relics of St. Firminus were transferred to the present New Cathedral of Amiens during the Middle Ages. The shrine of the Virgin of St. Acheul is noteworthy for a singular miracle - an apparition which occurred during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The celebrant, after the consecration, saw a hand appear from within a luminous cloud, and the hand of Christ took the Sacred Host and dropped it into the chalice. Some of the faithful present likewise witnessed the same thing; a certain skeptic was brought to his knees in humble acceptance of the fact that the Holy Sacrifice is truly the same as that of Calvary. The armorial bearings of the Abbey of St. Acheul displays a hand in remembrance of this miracle. The present cathedral ofAmiens was not finished until the fifteenth century. After the erection of the new cathedral at Amiens, Saint Acheul was known as the church of Our Lady of Acheul. Miracles took place frequently and pilgrimages continued for many years. The church of St. Acheul was destroyed by a natural phenomenon, in about the year 1751. It was rebuilt, and completed in 1760. A few short years later, during the French Revolution, the church was desecrated as a stable. The abbey buildings are now occupied by a private party, but the church is used as a parish church. 

Another account: An ancient church named Notre Dame des Martyrs, known as the first cathedral of Amiens, was founded in memory of St. Firminus the Martyr. Later it became part of the Abbey of Our Lady of Saint-Acheul. Bishop Rorico of Amiens (1081–85) was confident that it was the oldest Christian building in Amiens and had been built by St. Firminus the Confessor over the tombs of Saints Firminus the Martyr, Acius & Acheolus. St. Firminus the Martyr was an evangelist & first Bishop of Amiens, who was martyred there in 287 A.D. The oldest surviving ''vitae'' of the first bishop-saints of Amiens mentions the church. The life of Firminus the Martyr relates that after he had been executed, the senator Faustinianus took the body and buried it in his personal cemetery in "Abladana." His son St. Firminus the Confessor, later to be known as St. Acheul, built a church over the tomb & was also buried there. St. Salvius, Bishop of Amiens in the 7th century, found the tombs of the two Saint Firmins and the martyrs Acius and Acheolus. He moved the four bodies to the eastern crypt of the cathedral. The crypt under the church contains ancient tombs and bas-reliefs. It was discovered, January 10, 1697 A.D. during construction of a foundation for the main altar in the church. The monks claimed they had found the body of St. Firminus, & said the relics in the Amiens Cathedral were not authentic. After lengthy controversy the relics in the cathedral were opened on January 10, 1715 and the 13th century inscriptions were taken to prove their authenticity. The vault of the 11th century church collapsed in 1751 and all the buildings were completely rebuilt in 1760. During the revolution the church became the parish church for the districts of La Neuville and Boutillerie. Under the Terror it was changed into stables. It was again made a parish church in 1844. The church has a classical sober stone architecture. The interior has a "Jesuit" style with a single span of 43 by 10 m & a vault that reaches 35 m. The facade has a large door surrounded by pilasters with Tuscan-style capitals. Higher up, a bay and niches are arranged between pilasters with Doric capitals that support the triglyphic entablature, on which there is a triangular pediment. Under the choir there is a vault in the place where the body of St. Firminus was miraculously discovered. The church holds several sarcophagi & 15th century bas-reliefs relating to the history of St. Firminus. The church holds a noted statue of Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs (Our Lady of Seven Sorrows).

Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, who preached the Gospel to the Parthians, the Medes, the Persians and Hyrcanians, & having finally penetrated into the Indies, & instructed those nations in the Christian religion, he died transpierced with lances by order of the local king; his remains were first taken to the city of Edessa & then to Ortona; 

Holy Martyrs of Tuscany, Saints John & Festus; 

St. Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, he was cruelly murdered there by the Jews during the reign of Phocas; 

St. Glycerinus, Priest & Martyr, at Nicomedia, under Diocletianus, he was subjected to many torments, & finally  completed his martyrdom by being cast into the flames; 

St. Ernan MacEogan, nephew of St. Columba & sometime missionary to the Picts, died around 640 A.D., he is mentioned in the Martyrology of Tallaght on 1 January, his monastery in Ireland was at Druim-Tomma in the district of Drumhome, County Donegal, he's venerated as the patron saint of Killernan in Scotland & also of the parish of Drumhome, where a school has been dedicated to him, besides which, Kilviceuen ("church of the son of Eogan") in Mull, & of Kilearnadale in Jura, may have been dedicated in his honor; he is commemorated December 21 & 22, in the Scottish kalends; 

St. Peter Canisius de Hondt, Confessor, today is his Dies Natalis or Birthday in the Lord, however, his liturgical feast is set for April 27 (link); 

St. Themistocles, martyr in Lycia, who under the emperor Decius, offered himself in the place of St. Dioscorus, who was sought after to be killed, & being racked, dragged about & beaten with rods, obtained the crown of martyrdom; 

St. Severin, Bishop of Treves, Confessor; 

And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.

V: Omnes vos Angeli et Sancti Dei:

R: Orate pro nobis!