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
Tridentine Mass Propers December 6, 2025:
S. Nicolai Episcopi et Confessoris ~ III. classisCommemoratio: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam I Adventus Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 20:2-3In virtúte tua, Dómine, lætábitur iustus:
St. Sabbas the Sanctified
Feast Day: December 5Born: 439 A.D., Moutalaske (near Caesarea, Cappadocia, in modern-day Turkey)Died: December 5, 532 A.D., Holy LandTitles: Abbot,
“Awake, for the Day is at Hand” – A Meditation for Friday in the First Week of Advent
Liturgical Context: Feria VI infra Hebdomadam I Adventus ~ III. classisCommemoration: Sancti Sabbæ Abbatis As we move through the sacred
Tridentine Mass Propers December 5, 2025:
Feria VI infra Hebdomadam I Adventus ~ III. classisCommemoratio : S. Sabbæ Abbatis Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 24:1-3Ad te levávi ánimam meam: Deus
St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Title: Doctor of Homilies; “Golden-Worded”Patronage: Preachers, HomilistsDied: c. 450 A.D. “He who wants to laugh with the devil cannot rejoice
Reflection on 2 Timothy 4:1–8 and Matthew 5:13–19
In the Spirit of St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the ChurchCommemoration: Thursday in the First Week of
Tridentine Mass Propers December 4, 2025:
S. Petri Chrysologi Episcopi Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ III. classisCommemoratio: Feria V infra Hebdomadam I Adventus Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusEccli 15:5In médio
St. Francis Xavier
Feast: December 3Patron of: Missions, missionaries, navigators, and the propagation of the FaithTitle: Apostle to the Indies Early Life and
“Go Ye into the Whole World” – A Reflection on Romans 10:10–18 and Mark 16:15–18 in the Spirit of St. Francis Xavier, Confessor
Commemoration: Wednesday in the First Week of Advent – III Classis “For with the heart, we believe unto justice; but,
Tridentine Mass Propers December 3, 2025:
S. Francisci Xaverii Confessoris ~ III. classisCommemoratio: Feria IV infra Hebdomadam I Adventus Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 118:46-47Loquébar de testimóniis tuis in conspéctu