Feast Day: December 11Papacy: A.D. 366–384Patronage: Archaeologists “He who walks before the footsteps of the martyrs shall not go astray,

A Reflection for the Feast of St. Damasus, Pope and Confessor – III Class Readings:✠ 1 Peter 5:1–4; 5:10–11✠ Matthew

Ante Missam Top  NextIntroitusIoann 21:15-17Si díligis me, Simon Petre, pasce agnos meos, pasce oves meas.Ps 29:2Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me, nec

Feast Day: December 10Birth: circa 1577, Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, WalesMartyrdom: December 10, 1610, Tyburn, LondonCanonized: October 25, 1970 by Pope Paul

Feria IV infra Hebdomadam II Adventus ~ III. classisCommemoratio: S. Melchiadis Papæ et Martyris In the quiet expectancy of the

Feria IV infra Hebdomadam II Adventus ~ III. classisCommemoratio : S. Melchiadis Papæ et Martyris Ante Missam Top  NextIntroitusIs 30:30Pópulus Sion, ecce, Dóminus

Feast Day: December 9Title: ConfessorCanonized: July 31, 2002, by Pope John Paul IILived: 1474 – May 30, 1548Place of Birth:

“What things soever were written, were written for our learning; that, through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we

Ante Missam Top  NextIntroitusIs 30:30Pópulus Sion, ecce, Dóminus véniet ad salvándas gentes: et audítam fáciet Dóminus glóriam vocis suæ in lætítia cordis

Feast: December 8Liturgical Rank: First Class Feast / Solemnity (with external solemnity on the following Sunday where permitted)Patronage: United States