Saint Bona of Pisa, Virgin
Patrona Peregrinorum — Patroness of Pilgrims and Travel Guides I. Identity and Foundation Saint Bona of Pisa (c. 1156–1207) stands
The Rain of the Spirit and the Rising of the Paralytic
A Reflection for Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum Pentecostes ~ Dies Octavæ I. classis Joel 2:23–24, 26–27 — St. Luke 5:17–26
Tridentine Mass Propers May 29, 2026: Feria Sexta Quattuor temporum Pentecostes ~ Dies Octavæ I. classis
Ante Missam Top Next IntroitusPs 70:8 70:23Repleátur os meum laude tua, allelúia: ut possim cantáre, allelúia: gaudébunt lábia mea, dum cantávero
Blessed Maria Bartholomaea Bagnesi, Virgin
Beata Maria Bartholomaea Bagnesi, Virgo Feast Day: 28 May (the day of her holy death in 1577) Memoria ad libitum
Die Quinta infra Octavam Pentecostes
Of the Apostolic Mission and the Power of the Spirit Descending A Reflection upon Acts 8:5-8 and Luke 9:1-6 Within
Tridentine Mass Propers May 28, 2026:Octavæ I. classis
Die Quinta infra octavam Pentecostes ~ Dies Octavæ I. classis Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusSap 1:7Spíritus Dómini replévit orbem terrárum, allelúia: et hoc
“Christ our Pasch is sacrificed. Therefore let us feast, not with the old leaven… but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
The sacred liturgy of Dominica Resurrectionis—Resurrection Sunday, I classis—places before us a mystery at once triumphant and deeply purifying: Christ,
Tridentine Mass Propers April 5, 2026: Easter
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 138:18; 138:5-6.Resurréxi, et adhuc tecum sum, allelúia: posuísti super me manum tuam, allelúia: mirábilis facta est sciéntia tua,
Saint Isidore of Seville
Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 – April 4, 636), one of the great Doctors of the Church, stands as
Sabbato Sancto: Hidden Glory and the Silence Before Dawn
A reflection on Colossians 3:1–4 and Matthew 28:1–7 in the spirit of Holy Saturday (I classis) Holy Saturday stands in
Tridentine Mass Propers April 4, 2026: Sabbato Sancto ~ I.
Ante Missam Top NextBenedictio ignisHora competenti tobaleis cooperiuntur altaria, sed candelæ exstinctæ manent usque ad principium Missæ. Interim excutitur ignis de lapide,
Pope Saint Sixtus
Pope Saint Sixtus I (also spelled Xystus I) is one of the early successors of St. Peter, venerated as a
“Come, let us return to the Lord” — A Good Friday Meditation
On this most solemn day, Feria Sexta in Passione et Morte Domini, the Church strips herself of all outward splendor
Tridentine Mass Propers: Good Friday
Ante Missam Top NextSolemnis Actio liturgica celebranda est horis postmeridianis, et quidem circa horam tertiam; si vero ratio pastoralis id suadeat, inchoari
Saint Francis of Paola
Saint Francis of Paola (1416–1507), founder of the Order of Minims, stands among the great ascetics of the Church—remarkable for
“He Loved Them Unto the End”: A Holy Thursday Reflection on the Eucharist and Humility”
Holy Thursday stands at the threshold of the Sacred Triduum, where love is no longer spoken merely in parables, but