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
Feast of the Divine Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
October 11Double of the Second Class “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.”— Luke
Mater Dei, Mater Sapientiæ: Mary as the Living Seat of Wisdom
Reflections on Sirach 24:23–31 and Luke 2:43–51Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – October 1stSabbato infra Hebdomadam
Tridentine Mass Propers October 11, 2025:
Maternitatis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ II. classisTempora: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam XVII post Octavam Pentecostes I. Octobris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIsa 7:14Ecce Virgo concípiet,