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
Saint Rafqa is one of the great saints of the Maronite Church, renowned for her heroic patience in suffering, her
In the shadowed hush of Passiontide, the Church leads us with grave tenderness through lessons of repentance, resistance, and thirst.
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:
Martyr, Lay Brother, Master Builder of Priests’ Hiding PlacesFeast traditionally kept on 22 March in some calendars; also commemorated among
In the deepening violet of Passiontide, the Church begins to veil her images, to hush the splendor of visible things,
Ante Missam Top NextIncipitIn nómine Patris, ✠ et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen. 1BeginningIn the Name of the Father, and of the Son, ✠ and of
The Feast of the Holy Innocents, also known as the Childermas or Innocents’ Day, is celebrated on December 28 in
On the Saturdays dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary—Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato—the Church invites us to reflect on her pivotal role
Ante Missam IntroitusPs 44:13; 44:15; 44:16Vultum tuum deprecabúntur omnes dívites plebis: adducéntur Regi Vírgines post eam: próximæ eius adducéntur tibi in