Saint Dominic of Silos (c. 1000 – December 20, 1073)
Feast Day: December 20Patron of captives, prisoners, shepherds, and pregnant women ✠ Early Life and Background Saint Dominic of Silos
Reflection for Sabbato Quattuor Temporum in Adventu (Saturday of Ember Week in Advent
Texts: Isa 19:20-22; Isa 35:1-7; Isa 40:9-11; Isa 45:1-8; Dan 3:47-51; 2 Thess 2:1-8; Luke 3:1-6Theme: The Coming of the
Tridentine Mass Propers December 20, 2025: Sabbato Quattuor Temporum in Adventu ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 79:4; 79:2Veni, et osténde nobis fáciem tuam, Dómine, qui sedes super Chérubim: et salvi érimus.Ps 79:2Qui regis Israël,
Blessed Pope Urban V
(c. 1310 – 19 December 1370)Feast Day: December 19Title: Pope, Confessor, Benedictine MonkBeatified: March 10, 1870 by Pope Pius IX
“Righteousness Shall Be the Girdle of His Loins” — A Meditation for Ember Friday in Advent
Scriptural Readings: Isaiah 11:1-5 & Luke 1:39-47Liturgical Day: Feria VI Quattuor Temporum in Adventu — Ember Friday in Advent (II
Tridentine Mass Propers December 19, 2025: Feria VI Quattuor Temporum in Adventu ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 118:151-152Prope es tu, Dómine, et omnes viæ tuæ véritas: inítio cognóvi de testimóniis tuis, quia in ætérnum tu
Hagiography of St. Giles, Abbot
(Sanctus Ægidius Abbas — Feast: 1 September) Saint Giles, a Greek by birth, lived in the 7th century. From his
Scripture Reflection on 2 Corinthians 3:4–9 and Luke 10:23–37
In the spirit of the Traditional Roman Rite “For the letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth.” (2 Cor. 3:6) As
Tridentine Mass Propers September 1, 2025:
Feria secunda infra Hebdomadam XII post Octavam Pentecostes V. Augusti ~ IV. classisCommemoratio : S. Ægidii Abbatis Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 69:2-3Deus, in