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
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary is both a theological truth and a theme richly present in Catholic hagiography—that
“Mother of Fair Love, and of Holy Hope”
A Reflection for the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary(Sirach 24:23–31; John 19:25–27) On this feast of the Immaculate
Tridentine Mass Propers August 22, 2025:
Immaculati Cordis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ II. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: Ss. Timothei, Hippolyti et Symphoriani Martyres Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusHebr 4:16Adeámus cum