St. Emerentiana, Virgin and Martyr
Feast Day: January 23Era: Early 4th centuryLocation: Rome, Italy ✠ Summary of Her Life: St. Emerentiana was a Roman virgin
“Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish”
A reflection on Sirach 31:8–11 and Luke 12:35–40In the spirit of St. Raymond of Peñafort, Confessor – III Classis “Blessed
Tridentine Mass Propers January 23, 2026: S. Raymundi de Peñafort Confessoris ~ 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
Blessed Martyrs Vincent and Anastasius
Feast Day: January 22Commemorated in the Roman Martyrology Introduction The Church, in her ancient wisdom, commemorates many saints on January
Reflection for the Feast of Saints Vincent and Anastasius, Martyrs (Class III):
Scriptural Readings: Wisdom 3:1–8 & Luke 21:9–19Theme: The Triumph of the Martyrs in the Fire of Tribulation On this day,
Tridentine Mass Propers January 22, 2026: Ss. Vincentii et Anastasii Martyrum ~ III. classis
Ante Missam Top Next IntroitusPs 78:11-12; 78:10Intret in conspéctu tuo, Dómine, gémitus compeditórum: redde vicínis nostris séptuplum in sinu eórum: víndica
Saint Thomas Becket
Archbishop of Canterbury, MartyrFeast Day (Traditional Calendar): December 29Birth: circa 1118, London, EnglandMartyrdom: December 29, 1170, Canterbury CathedralCanonized: 1173 by
Reflection for the Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity (Die V infra Octavam Nativitatis) — Class II Feast
Texts:Titus 3:4–7Luke 2:15–20 “When the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour appeared…”— Titus 3:4 Today, the fifth day within
Tridentine Mass Propers December 29, 2025: Die V infra Octavam Nativitatis ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIsa 9:6Puer natus est nobis, et fílius datus est nobis: cuius impérium super húmerum eius: et vocábitur nomen eius