Saint Rafqa (Rebecca) Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, O.L.M.
Saint Rafqa is one of the great saints of the Maronite Church, renowned for her heroic patience in suffering, her
“Arise, and go to Nineveh”
In the shadowed hush of Passiontide, the Church leads us with grave tenderness through lessons of repentance, resistance, and thirst.
Tridentine Mass Propers March 23, 2026: Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam Passionis ~ III. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 55:2Miserére mihi, Dómine, quóniam conculcávit me homo: tota die bellans tribulávit me.Ps 55:3Conculcavérunt me inimíci mei tota die:
Saint Nicholas Owen
Martyr, Lay Brother, Master Builder of Priests’ Hiding PlacesFeast traditionally kept on 22 March in some calendars; also commemorated among
The Hidden Majesty of Christ
In the deepening violet of Passiontide, the Church begins to veil her images, to hush the splendor of visible things,
Tridentine Mass Readings March 22, 2026: Dominica de Passione ~ I. 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. Gregory Nazianzen
Feast Day: January 2 (Western Church) and January 25 (Eastern Church) Title: Doctor of the Church, “The Theologian” (a title
The Grace of God and the Name Above All Names: A Reflection for Die Tertia Januarii
On January 3rd, the Church invites us to celebrate the Most Holy Name of Jesus, a feast laden with theological
Tridentine Mass January 3, 2025: Die Tertia Januarii
Ante Missam IntroitusIsa 9:6Puer natus est nobis, et fílius datus est nobis: cuius impérium super húmerum eius: et vocábitur nomen