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
Tridentine Mass Propers November 18, 2025:
In Dedicatione Basilicarum Ss. Apostolorum Petri et Pauli ~ III. classisTempora: Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam XXIII post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Novembris
St. Gregory Thaumaturgus
St. Gregory Thaumaturgus (“the Wonderworker”) is one of the great saints of the early Church, especially venerated in the Eastern
Faith, Memory, and Priesthood: A Reflection for the Feast of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus
Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam XXIII post Octavam PentecostesSirach 44:16–27; 45:3–20 & Mark 11:22–24III. classis – Commemoration of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus,
Tridentine Mass Readings November 17, 2025:
S. Gregorii Thaumaturgi Episcopi et Confessoris ~ III. classisTempora: Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam XXIII post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Novembris Ante Missam
Saint Gertrude the Great, Virgin and Mystic
Feast: November 16 (Traditional Calendar)Born: January 6, 1256 — Died: November 17, 1302Patroness of: the West Indies; invoked for the
Reflection for Dominica XXIII Post Pentecosten (Fourth Sunday of November)Philippians 3:17–21; 4:1–3 | Matthew 9:18–26
Liturgical Context: II Class Sunday – Traditional Roman Rite On this Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, falling on the fourth Sunday
Tridentine Mass Propers November 16, 2025: Dominica XXIII Post Pentecosten IV. Novembris ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIer 29:11; 29:12; 29:14Dicit Dóminus: Ego cógito cogitatiónes pacis, et non afflictiónis: invocábitis me, et ego exáudiam vos: et
Saint Albert the Great
Feast: November 15Title: Bishop, Doctor of the Church, and Universal DoctorPatron of: Scientists, Philosophers, Natural Sciences, Medical Technicians Early Life
Standing Firm in Doctrine and Light: A Reflection on 2 Timothy 4:1-8 and Matthew 5:13-19 in the Spirit of St. Albert the Great
Tempora: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam XXII post Octavam Pentecostes – III NovembrisCommemoration: Sancti Alberti Magni, Episcopi, Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris –
Tridentine Mass Propers November 15, 2025:
S. Alberti Magni Episcopi Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ III. classisTempora: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam XXII post Octavam Pentecostes III. Novembris Ante Missam