“24:3. And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to

him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be? And what

shall be the sign of thy coming and of the consummation of the world?

24:4. And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce

you.

24:5. For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ. And they will

seduce many.

24:6. And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be

not troubled. For these things must come to pass: but the end is not

yet.

24:7. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against

kingdom: And there shall be pestilences and famines and earthquakes in

places.

24:8. Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.

24:9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall put you

to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

24:10. And then shall many be scandalized and shall betray one another

and shall hate one another.

24:11. And many false prophets shall rise and shall seduce many.

24:12. And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall

grow cold.

24:13. But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.

St Januarius, Bishop of Beneventum, was beheaded with his Conoanions: Acutius, Eutychius, Desiderius, Festus, Proclus and Socius, Puteoli, in the persecution of Diocletian A.D. 305. St Januarius is the patron of Naples, where year by year the liquefaction of his blood, preserved in a phial, takes place.