Blessed Jacopone da Todi (c. 1230–1306)
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Ante Missam Top NextIncipitSacerdos paratus cum ingreditur ad Altare, facta illi debita reverentia, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus, et
All the Holy Ancestors of Christ
(According to Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition) “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the
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Tridentine Mass Propers December 24, 2025: In Vigilia Nativitatis Domini ~ I. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusExod 16:6; 16:7Hódie sciétis, quia véniet Dóminus et salvábit nos: et mane vidébitis glóriam eius.Ps 23:1Dómini est terra, et
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Reflecting on Eph. 3:8-12, 14-19 and John 19:31-37 for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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Tridentine Mass June 7, 2024: Sacred Heart of Jesus
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