Saint Anthony the Abbot
Feast Day: January 17Patronage: Monks, hermits, farmers, animals, and gravediggersTitles: Father of Monasticism, Anthony the Great, Abba Anthony Early Life
Reflection on Ecclesiasticus 45:1-6 and Luke 12:35-40
In the Spirit of Saint Anthony the Abbot – III Classis “Beloved of God and men, whose memory is in
Tridentine Mass Propers January 17, 2026: S. Antonii Abbatis ~ III. classis
Ante Missam Top Next IntroitusPs 36:30-31Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam, et lingua eius loquétur iudícium: lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus.Ps 36:1Noli
Saint Marcellus I, Pope and Martyr (Sanctus Marcellus Papa et Martyr)
Feast: January 16Place in the Roman Martyrology: January 16Liturgical Rank (Traditional Calendar): Simple Feast (pre-1955), Commemoration (in some later Traditional
Upon This Rock: A Reflection on Shepherding, Suffering, and Sovereignty
In Honor of St. Marcellus I, Pope and Martyr(Feast: January 16, III Classis) Readings:1 Peter 5:1–4, 10–11Matthew 16:13–19 “And when
Tridentine Mass Propers January 16, 2026: S. Marcelli Papæ et Martyris ~ III. classis
Ante Missam Top Next IntroitusIoann 21:15-17Si díligis me, Simon Petre, pasce agnos meos, pasce oves meas.Ps 29:2Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti
Blessed Jacopone da Todi (c. 1230–1306)
Franciscan Penitent, Mystic Poet, and Herald of Holy Folly Early Life and Conversion Blessed Jacopone da Todi, born Iacopo dei
Lux in Tenebris: A Christmas Night Reflection
Titus 2:11–15 · Luke 2:1–14In Nativitate Domini in nocte – I classis On the most sacred of nights, when the
Tridentine Mass Readings December 25, 2025: In Nativitate Domini in nocte ~ I. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIncipitSacerdos paratus cum ingreditur ad Altare, facta illi debita reverentia, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus, et