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
“The Crown of the Flock and the Keys of the Kingdom”
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Damasus, Pope and Confessor – III Class Readings:✠ 1 Peter 5:1–4; 5:10–11✠ Matthew
Tridentine Mass Propers December 11, 2025: Feria IV infra Hebdomadam II Adventus ~ III. classis
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
Saint John Roberts, O.S.B.
Feast Day: December 10Birth: circa 1577, Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, WalesMartyrdom: December 10, 1610, Tyburn, LondonCanonized: October 25, 1970 by Pope Paul
“The Root of Jesse and the Gentle Precursor”: A Reflection on Romans 15:4–13 and Matthew 11:2–10
Feria IV infra Hebdomadam II Adventus ~ III. classisCommemoratio: S. Melchiadis Papæ et Martyris In the quiet expectancy of the
Tridentine Mass Propers December 10, 2025:
Feria IV infra Hebdomadam II Adventus ~ III. classisCommemoratio : S. Melchiadis Papæ et Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIs 30:30Pópulus Sion, ecce, Dóminus
Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
Feast Day: December 9Title: ConfessorCanonized: July 31, 2002, by Pope John Paul IILived: 1474 – May 30, 1548Place of Birth:
Reflection for Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent (Feria III infra Hebdomadam II Adventus – III. classis)Scripture: Romans 15:4–13 | Matthew 11:2–10
“What things soever were written, were written for our learning; that, through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we
Tridentine Mass Propers December 9, 2025: Feria III infra Hebdomadam II Adventus ~ III. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIs 30:30Pópulus Sion, ecce, Dóminus véniet ad salvándas gentes: et audítam fáciet Dóminus glóriam vocis suæ in lætítia cordis
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Feast: December 8Liturgical Rank: First Class Feast / Solemnity (with external solemnity on the following Sunday where permitted)Patronage: United States
The Eternal Wisdom and the Immaculate Conception
In the Spirit of the Solemnity of the Immaculate ConceptionCommemoration: Monday in the Second Week of Advent Scripture: On this