Our Lady of Guadalupe
Feast: December 12Title: Patroness of the Americas, Empress of the Americas, Our Lady of GuadalupePlace of Apparition: Tepeyac Hill, near
Hope, Endurance, and the Consolation of the Prophets: A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Advent
Readings:✠ Epistle: Romans 15:4–13✠ Gospel: Matthew 11:2–10 “For whatsoever things were written, were written for our instruction; that through patience
Tridentine Mass Propers December 12, 2025: Feria VI 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
Pope Saint Damasus I
Feast Day: December 11Papacy: A.D. 366–384Patronage: Archaeologists “He who walks before the footsteps of the martyrs shall not go astray,
“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
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
Tridentine Mass December 8, 2025:
In Conceptione Immaculata Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ I. classisCommemoratio: Feria II infra Hebdomadam II Adventus Ante Missam Top NextIncipitIn nómine Patris, ✠ et Fílii, et
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Feast Day: December 7Title: Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the ChurchPatronage: Milan, beekeepers, learning, students, liturgists, and candle makers Early Life
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent (Dominica II Adventus – I. Classis)Scripture: Romans 15:4–13 | Matthew 11:2–10
As Holy Mother Church brings us deeper into the sacred time of Advent, the liturgy of the Second Sunday turns
Tridentine Mass December 7, 2025: Dominica II Adventus ~ I. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIncipitSacerdos paratus cum ingreditur ad Altare, facta illi debita reverentia, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus, et
St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra
Feast: December 6Title: Confessor, Bishop of Myra in LyciaPatron of: children, sailors, merchants, the poor, Russia, and many towns and
Faithful Stewards and Shepherds: A Reflection for the Feast of St. Nicholas, Bishop and Confessor
Commemoratio: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam I AdventusReadings: Hebrews 13:7–17; Matthew 25:14–23 As the Church celebrates the feast of St. Nicholas, Bishop