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
Saint John Chrysostom (c. 347–407)
Feast: September 13 (traditional Roman calendar) Early Life John was born in Antioch, around the year 347. His father, Secundus,
Reflection: Ecclesiasticus 24:14-16 and Luke 11:27-28
In the Spirit of Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato (Saturday of Our Lady) ~ Class IVScripture for the Saturday within the 13th
Tridentine Mass Propers September 13, 2025:
Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato ~ IV. classisScriptura: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam XIII post Octavam Pentecostes I. Septembris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusSeduliusSalve, sancta parens, eníxa puérpera