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
All the Holy Ancestors of Christ
(According to Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition) “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the
In Vigilia Nativitatis Domini
A Patristic Reflection on Romans 1:1–6 and Matthew 1:18–21 On the holy Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord, the
Tridentine Mass Propers December 24, 2025: In Vigilia Nativitatis Domini ~ I. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusExod 16:6; 16:7Hódie sciétis, quia véniet Dóminus et salvábit nos: et mane vidébitis glóriam eius.Ps 23:1Dómini est terra, et
Saint Marguerite d’Youville (1701–1771)
Widow, Foundress of the Grey Nuns of Montreal Feast Day: October 16Title: Mother of Universal Charity Early Life: Poverty and
“Stewards of the Mysteries and the Handmaid of the Lord”
Feria III infra Hebdomadam IV Adventus ~ II. classis As we draw closer to the great Solemnity of the Nativity,
Tridentine Mass Propers December 23, 2025: Feria III infra Hebdomadam IV Adventus ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIsa 45:8Roráte, cœli, désuper, et nubes pluant iustum: aperiátur terra, et gérminet SalvatóremPs 18:2Cœli enárrant glóriam Dei: et ópera
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Feast Day: November 13 (Traditional Calendar)Patroness: Immigrants, Hospital Administrators, MissionariesCanonized: July 7, 1946, by Pope Pius XIIProclaimed First American Saint:
“Stewards of the Mysteries: Preparing the Way of the Lord”
Reflections on 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 and Luke 3:1-6Feria II in the Fourth Week of Advent – II Classis As we
Tridentine Mass Propers December 22, 2025: Feria II infra Hebdomadam IV Adventus ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIsa 45:8Roráte, cœli, désuper, et nubes pluant iustum: aperiátur terra, et gérminet SalvatóremPs 18:2Cœli enárrant glóriam Dei: et ópera
Saint Peter Canisius
Feast Day: December 21 (modern)Doctor of the Church – The Second Apostle of GermanyJesuit Priest, Confessor, Theologian, Educator, Writer Early