Saint Gabriel the Archangel
In the Book of Daniel Saint Gabriel first appears in the Old Testament, sent by God to the prophet Daniel:
Truth in the Lions’ Den: Hidden Fidelity in the Shadow of the Passion
In the deepening shadows of Passiontide, Holy Mother Church draws our attention to the mounting opposition against the Lord and
Tridentine Mass Propers March 24, 2026:
Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam Passionis ~ III. classisCommemoratio : S. Gabrielis Archangeli Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 26:14Exspécta Dóminum, viríliter age: et confortétur cor
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:
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690)
Feast Day: October 17 (Traditional Calendar: October 17 or 18)Religious of the Order of the Visitation of Holy MaryApostle of
“The Unsearchable Riches of Christ and the Meekness of His Heart”
— A Reflection for the Friday within the Eighteenth Week after Pentecost (October 2), in the spirit of St. Margaret
Tridentine Mass Propers October 17, 2025:
S. Margaritæ Mariæ Alaquoque Virginis ~ III. classisTempora: Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XVIII post Octavam Pentecostes II. Octobris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusCant 2:3.Sub