Saint Titus – Disciple of Saint Paul and Bishop of Crete
Feast Day: January 4 (Traditional Roman Calendar)Patronage: Crete; invoked for strength in preaching and missionary zeal Early Life and Conversion
Feast of St. Titus, Bishop and Confessor ~ III ClassisCommemoration at Lauds Only: St. Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr
Scriptural Reflection: Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 44:16–27; 45:3–20; St. Luke 10:1–9In the Spirit of the Holy Fathers On this day, Holy Church
Tridentine Mass Propers February 6, 2026:
S. Titi Episcopi et Confessoris ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Dorothæ Virginis et Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusEccli 45:30Státuit ei Dóminus
Saint Agatha of Sicily – Virgin and Martyr
Feast: February 5thPatroness of: Nurses, breast cancer patients, rape victims, fire prevention, bell-founders, and the city of Catania ✠ Short
Reflection for the Thursday after Septuagesima: In the Spirit of St. Agatha, Virgin and MartyrReadings: 1 Corinthians 1:26–31; Matthew 19:3–12
Liturgical Context: Feria V infra Hebdomadam Septuagesimæ, III Classis ~ Commemoration of S. Agathæ Virginis et Martyris As the violet
Tridentine Mass Propers February 5, 2026:
S. Agathæ Virginis et Martyris ~ III. classisTempora: Feria V infra Hebdomadam Septuagesimæ Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusGaudeámus omnes in Dómino, diem festum celebrántes
St. Philip Benizi, Confessor (1233–1285)
Feast: August 23 (Traditional Calendar) St. Philip Benizi was born in Florence in the year 1233, of the noble family
“Spectacle to the World” and the “Little Flock”
A reflection on 1 Corinthians 4:9–14 and Luke 12:32–34 in the spirit of St. Philip Benizi, Confessor Today’s liturgy places
Tridentine Mass Propers August 23, 2025:
S. Philippi Benitii Confessoris ~ III. classisTempora: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam X post Octavam Pentecostes III. Augusti Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 91:13-14Iustus ut palma