Saint Thomas Becket
Archbishop of Canterbury, MartyrFeast Day (Traditional Calendar): December 29Birth: circa 1118, London, EnglandMartyrdom: December 29, 1170, Canterbury CathedralCanonized: 1173 by
Reflection for the Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity (Die V infra Octavam Nativitatis) — Class II Feast
Texts:Titus 3:4–7Luke 2:15–20 “When the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour appeared…”— Titus 3:4 Today, the fifth day within
Tridentine Mass Propers December 29, 2025: Die V infra Octavam Nativitatis ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIsa 9:6Puer natus est nobis, et fílius datus est nobis: cuius impérium super húmerum eius: et vocábitur nomen eius
The Holy Innocents
Feast Day: December 28Liturgical Rank (Traditional Calendar): Double of the Second ClassVestment Color: Red Introduction The Feast of the Holy
Reflection for the Sunday Within the Octave of the Nativity (Dominica infra Octavam Nativitatis)
Readings: Galatians 4:1–7; Luke 2:33–40In the spirit of the Church’s Traditional LiturgyClass II Sunday “God sent His Son… that we
Tridentine Mass Readings December 28, 2025: Dominica Infra Octavam Nativitatis ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIncipitIn nómine Patris, ✠ et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen. 1BeginningIn the Name of the Father, and of the Son, ✠ and of
St. Philogonius
Feast Day: December 20 Patronage: Defender of Orthodoxy and Exemplar of Pastoral Care Era: Late 3rd – Early 4th Century
Reflection on Isaiah 11:1-5 and Luke 1:39-47
In the spirit of Feria VI Quattuor Temporum in Adventu, the Church turns her heart toward the mystery of the
Tridentine Mass December 20, 2024: Feria VI Quattuor Temporum in Adventu
Ante Missam IntroitusPs 118:151-152Prope es tu, Dómine, et omnes viæ tuæ véritas: inítio cognóvi de testimóniis tuis, quia in ætérnum tu