Saint Titus – Disciple of Saint Paul and Bishop of Crete
Feast Day: January 4 (Traditional Roman Calendar)Patronage: Crete; invoked for strength in preaching and missionary zeal Early Life and Conversion
Feast of St. Titus, Bishop and Confessor ~ III ClassisCommemoration at Lauds Only: St. Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr
Scriptural Reflection: Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 44:16–27; 45:3–20; St. Luke 10:1–9In the Spirit of the Holy Fathers On this day, Holy Church
Tridentine Mass Propers February 6, 2026:
S. Titi Episcopi et Confessoris ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Dorothæ Virginis et Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusEccli 45:30Státuit ei Dóminus
Saint Agatha of Sicily – Virgin and Martyr
Feast: February 5thPatroness of: Nurses, breast cancer patients, rape victims, fire prevention, bell-founders, and the city of Catania ✠ Short
Reflection for the Thursday after Septuagesima: In the Spirit of St. Agatha, Virgin and MartyrReadings: 1 Corinthians 1:26–31; Matthew 19:3–12
Liturgical Context: Feria V infra Hebdomadam Septuagesimæ, III Classis ~ Commemoration of S. Agathæ Virginis et Martyris As the violet
Tridentine Mass Propers February 5, 2026:
S. Agathæ Virginis et Martyris ~ III. classisTempora: Feria V infra Hebdomadam Septuagesimæ Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusGaudeámus omnes in Dómino, diem festum celebrántes
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Feast: September 14 The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross commemorates two great events in Christian history: Though
“In the Light of the Cross: A Meditation on Philippians 2:5-11 and John 12:31-36”
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross ~ II Classis The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Tridentine Mass Propers September 14, 2025: In Exaltatione Sanctæ Crucis ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusGal 6:14Nos autem gloriári opórtet in Cruce Dómini nostri Iesu Christi: in quo est salus, vita et resurréctio nostra: