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 I (also spelled Xystus I) is one of the early successors of St. Peter, venerated as a

On this most solemn day, Feria Sexta in Passione et Morte Domini, the Church strips herself of all outward splendor

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Saint Francis of Paola (1416–1507), founder of the Order of Minims, stands among the great ascetics of the Church—remarkable for

Holy Thursday stands at the threshold of the Sacred Triduum, where love is no longer spoken merely in parables, but

INTROIT (Ga. 6:14)But it is fitting that we should glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is

Saint Mary of Egypt stands as one of the most striking witnesses to repentance and divine mercy in the tradition

In the stillness of Feria Quarta Hebdomadæ Sanctæ—the solemn Wednesday of Holy Week—the Church gathers the threads of prophecy and

Ante Missam Top  NextIntroitusPhil 2:10, 8 et 11In nómine Iesu omne genu flectátur, cœléstium, terréstrium et infernórum: quia Dóminus factus est obœ́diens