Saint Gabriel the Archangel
In the Book of Daniel Saint Gabriel first appears in the Old Testament, sent by God to the prophet Daniel:
Truth in the Lions’ Den: Hidden Fidelity in the Shadow of the Passion
In the deepening shadows of Passiontide, Holy Mother Church draws our attention to the mounting opposition against the Lord and
Tridentine Mass Propers March 24, 2026:
Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam Passionis ~ III. classisCommemoratio : S. Gabrielis Archangeli Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 26:14Exspécta Dóminum, viríliter age: et confortétur cor
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:
St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr
Feast: August 26 (in the traditional Roman Martyrology)Pontificate: c. A.D. 198–217 St. Zephyrinus succeeded St. Victor I as Bishop of
Reflection on the Epistle and Gospel
Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam XI post Octavam Pentecostes (IV Augusti)Commemoration of St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Marty Epistle: 1 Corinthians 15:1–10
Tridentine Mass Propers August 26, 2025:
Feria tertia infra Hebdomadam XI post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Augusti ~ IV. classisCommemoratio : S. Zephyrini Papæ et Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs