Ante Missam IntroitusPs 118:95-96Me exspectavérunt peccatóres, ut pérderent me: testimónia tua, Dómine, intelléxi: omnis consummatiónis vidi finem: latum mandátum tuum nimis.Ps

Early Life and Irish Origins Saint Piran is believed to have been born in Ireland, possibly in the 5th or

On Feria Quarta Cinerum—Ash Wednesday—the Church places before us two powerful passages that call us to conversion: Joel 2:12-19 and

Ante Missam Benedictio cinerumAntiphona.Ps 68:17Exáudi nos, Dómine, quóniam benígna est misericórdia tua: secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum réspice nos, Dómine.Ps 68:2Salvum me

Saint Casimir, the patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, and youth, was a prince renowned for his piety, chastity, and deep

In the Office of Lauds, the Commemoratio serves as a solemn remembrance of the saints and the virtues they embody.

Ante Missam IntroitusPs 36:30-31Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam, et lingua eius loquétur iudícium: lex Dei eius in corde ipsíus.Ps 36:1Noli æmulári in

Saint Katharine Drexel (1858–1955)Feast Day: March 3Patronage: Philanthropy, racial justice, Native Americans, African Americans Early Life and CallingSaint Katharine Drexel

As we enter the second day of Quinquagesima Week, the liturgy invites us to meditate on two profound passages: St.

  Ante Missam IntroitusPs 30:3-4Esto mihi in Deum protectórem, et in locum refúgii, ut salvum me fácias: quóniam firmaméntum meum et