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
Tridentine Mass Propers December 26, 2025: S. Stephani Protomartyris ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top Next IntroitusPs 118:23; 118:86; 118:23Sedérunt príncipes, et advérsum me loquebántur: et iníqui persecúti sunt me: ádiuva me, Dómine,
Saint Stephen the Protomartyr
Feast: December 26 (II Classis in the Traditional Roman Rite)Title: Protomartyr (First Martyr), Deacon of the Church, Full of Faith
Reflection for the Feast of St. Stephen the Protomartyr (II Classis):
“O ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears…” (Acts 7:51)A Meditation on Acts 6:8–10; 7:54–59 and Matthew 23:34–39 in