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
Blessed Giulia Valle
Blessed Giulia Valle (also known in religion as Blessed Sister Maria Francesca of Jesus) was a 19th-century religious sister known
“Gaudete in Domino: Joy, Humility, and the Nearness of the Lord”
Texts: Philippians 4:4–7; John 1:19–28Occasion: Thursday in the Third Week of Advent (Feria V infra Hebdomadam III Adventus ~ II.
Tridentine Mass Propers December 18, 2025: Feria V infra Hebdomadam III Adventus ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPhil 4:4-6Gaudéte in Dómino semper: íterum dico, gaudéte. Modéstia vestra nota sit ómnibus homínibus: Dóminus enim prope est. Nihil
The Hagiographic Narrative
According to tradition, on 14 September 1224, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Saint Francis was keeping
Walking by the Spirit, Not by the Flesh
Reflection on Galatians 5:16–24 and Matthew 6:24–33Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam XIV post Octavam PentecostesCommemoratio: Impressionis Stigmatum S. Francisci Today’s Mass
Tridentine Mass Propers September 17, 2025:
Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam XIV post Octavam Pentecostes II. Septembris ~ IV. classisCommemoratio : Impressionis Stigmatum S. Francisci Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 83:10-11Protéctor