Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Feast: December 8Liturgical Rank: First Class Feast / Solemnity (with external solemnity on the following Sunday where permitted)Patronage: United States
The Eternal Wisdom and the Immaculate Conception
In the Spirit of the Solemnity of the Immaculate ConceptionCommemoration: Monday in the Second Week of Advent Scripture: On this
Tridentine Mass December 8, 2025:
In Conceptione Immaculata Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ I. classisCommemoratio: Feria II infra Hebdomadam II Adventus Ante Missam Top NextIncipitIn nómine Patris, ✠ et Fílii, et
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Feast Day: December 7Title: Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the ChurchPatronage: Milan, beekeepers, learning, students, liturgists, and candle makers Early Life
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent (Dominica II Adventus – I. Classis)Scripture: Romans 15:4–13 | Matthew 11:2–10
As Holy Mother Church brings us deeper into the sacred time of Advent, the liturgy of the Second Sunday turns
Tridentine Mass December 7, 2025: Dominica II Adventus ~ I. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIncipitSacerdos paratus cum ingreditur ad Altare, facta illi debita reverentia, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus, et
St. Lawrence of Brindisi
Feast Day: July 21Doctor of the ChurchCapuchin Franciscan Priest and Preacher (1559–1619)Patron Saint of Brindisi Early Life and Vocation St.
Title: “Preach the Word, Be the Salt”: A Meditation on 2 Timothy 4:1–8 and Matthew 5:13–19 in the Spirit of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Doctor of the Church
Feast of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Confessor and Doctor of the Church (III Classis)Commemoration at Lauds only: St. Praxedes, Virgin
Tridentine Mass Readings July 21, 2025:
S. Laurentii a Brundusio Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Praxedis Virginis Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusEccli 15:5In médio