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
Feast: August 24th (Roman Rite, Traditional Calendar) St. Bartholomew, one of the Twelve Apostles of Our Lord, is generally identified
On 1 Corinthians 15:1–10 and Mark 7:31–37 (Commemoration of St. Bartholomew the Apostle) Today’s Epistle and Gospel set before us
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 67:6-7; 67:36Deus in loco sancto suo: Deus qui inhabitáre facit unánimes in domo: ipse dabit virtútem et fortitúdinem