Our Lady of Aparecida (Nossa Senhora Aparecida)
Feast: October 12Title: Queen and Patroness of BrazilApparition and Devotion: 1717, Paraíba River, São Paulo Province, Brazil I. The Miraculous
“Sustained by Grace, Healed by Mercy: A Reflection for the XVIII Sunday After Pentecost”
Readings: As Holy Mother Church leads us through the season of spiritual maturity following Pentecost, the XVIII Sunday after Pentecost
Tridentine Mass Propers October 12, 2025: Dominica XVIII Post Pentecosten II. Octobris ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusEccli 36:18Da pacem, Dómine, sustinéntibus te, ut prophétæ tui fidéles inveniántur: exáudi preces servi tui et plebis tuæ IsraëlPs
Feast of the Divine Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
October 11Double of the Second Class “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.”— Luke
Mater Dei, Mater Sapientiæ: Mary as the Living Seat of Wisdom
Reflections on Sirach 24:23–31 and Luke 2:43–51Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – October 1stSabbato infra Hebdomadam
Tridentine Mass Propers October 11, 2025:
Maternitatis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ II. classisTempora: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam XVII post Octavam Pentecostes I. Octobris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIsa 7:14Ecce Virgo concípiet,
St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr
Feast: August 26 (in the traditional Roman Martyrology)Pontificate: c. A.D. 198–217 St. Zephyrinus succeeded St. Victor I as Bishop of
Reflection on the Epistle and Gospel
Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam XI post Octavam Pentecostes (IV Augusti)Commemoration of St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Marty Epistle: 1 Corinthians 15:1–10
Tridentine Mass Propers August 26, 2025:
Feria tertia infra Hebdomadam XI post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Augusti ~ IV. classisCommemoratio : S. Zephyrini Papæ et Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs
St. Louis IX, King of France, Confessor
Feast: August 25 St. Louis IX, the holy King of France, was born in 1214, son of King Louis VIII
Reflection on Wisdom 10:10–14 and Luke 19:12–26
In the spirit of St. Louis IX, King of France, ConfessorFeria Secunda, XI week after Pentecost Octave, 4 August Today’s
Tridentine Mass Propers August 25, 2025:
S. Ludovici Regis Franciæ Confessoris ~ III. classisTempora: Feria secunda infra Hebdomadam XI post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Augusti Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 36:30-31Os
St. Bartholomew the Apostle
Feast: August 24th (Roman Rite, Traditional Calendar) St. Bartholomew, one of the Twelve Apostles of Our Lord, is generally identified
Reflection for the XI Sunday after Pentecost
On 1 Corinthians 15:1–10 and Mark 7:31–37 (Commemoration of St. Bartholomew the Apostle) Today’s Epistle and Gospel set before us
Tridentine Mass Propers August 24, 2025: Dominica XI Post Pentecosten IV. Augusti
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 67:6-7; 67:36Deus in loco sancto suo: Deus qui inhabitáre facit unánimes in domo: ipse dabit virtútem et fortitúdinem
St. Philip Benizi, Confessor (1233–1285)
Feast: August 23 (Traditional Calendar) St. Philip Benizi was born in Florence in the year 1233, of the noble family