Perpetua and her Companions, Carthaginian Martyrs

O God, who didst give a splendid courage to the Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas, when leaving their babes, they went with bright and flashing eyes into the arena, and thus, with their companions, most nobly met their death: Grant that we may be worthy to climb the ladder of their sacrifice, and to be received into the garden of peace; through the same Jesus Christ thy son, who reigneth over the white host of martyrs, with the and thy Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.