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. 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