Blessed Pope Urban V
(c. 1310 – 19 December 1370)Feast Day: December 19Title: Pope, Confessor, Benedictine MonkBeatified: March 10, 1870 by Pope Pius IX
“Righteousness Shall Be the Girdle of His Loins” — A Meditation for Ember Friday in Advent
Scriptural Readings: Isaiah 11:1-5 & Luke 1:39-47Liturgical Day: Feria VI Quattuor Temporum in Adventu — Ember Friday in Advent (II
Tridentine Mass Propers December 19, 2025: Feria VI Quattuor Temporum in Adventu ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 118:151-152Prope es tu, Dómine, et omnes viæ tuæ véritas: inítio cognóvi de testimóniis tuis, quia in ætérnum tu
Blessed Giulia Valle
Blessed Giulia Valle (also known in religion as Blessed Sister Maria Francesca of Jesus) was a 19th-century religious sister known
“Gaudete in Domino: Joy, Humility, and the Nearness of the Lord”
Texts: Philippians 4:4–7; John 1:19–28Occasion: Thursday in the Third Week of Advent (Feria V infra Hebdomadam III Adventus ~ II.
Tridentine Mass Propers December 18, 2025: Feria V infra Hebdomadam III Adventus ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPhil 4:4-6Gaudéte in Dómino semper: íterum dico, gaudéte. Modéstia vestra nota sit ómnibus homínibus: Dóminus enim prope est. Nihil
Reflection for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Readings: Galatians 3:16–22; Luke 17:11–19 On this Sunday the Church presents us with two passages that, when taken together, unfold
Tridentine Mass Propers September 7, 2025: Dominica XIII Post Pentecosten I. Septembris ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 73:20; 73:19; 73:23Réspice, Dómine, in testaméntum tuum, et ánimas páuperum tuórum ne derelínquas in finem: exsúrge, Dómine, et
St. Eleutherius, Abbot
Feast: variously kept on September 6 in certain martyrologies. Early Life St. Eleutherius was born in Rome of noble parents,
Reflection for Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato
Sabbato infra Hebdomadam XII post Octavam Pentecostes – V AugustiScriptura: Ecclus 24:14–16; Luke 11:27–28 “He that made me rested in
Tridentine Mass Propers September 6, 2025:
Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato ~ IV. classisScriptura: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam XII post Octavam Pentecostes V. Augusti Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusSeduliusSalve, sancta parens, eníxa puérpera
St. Lawrence Justinian, Bishop and Confessor
Feast: September 5th St. Lawrence Justinian, first Patriarch of Venice, was born in 1381 of the noble Giustiniani family. From
Faithful Stewardship in the Line of the Just
Reflection on Sirach 44:16–27; 45:3–20 and Matthew 25:14–23, in the spirit of St. Laurence Justinian The sacred liturgy of this
Tridentine Mass Propers September 5, 2025:
S. Laurentii Justiniani Episcopi et Confessoris ~ III. classisTempora: Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XII post Octavam Pentecostes V. Augusti Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs
St. Rose of Viterbo, Virgin
Feast day: September 4Patronage: Against bodily ills; people in exile; Viterbo, Italy Early Life St. Rose of Viterbo was born
“The Spirit Gives Life: Mercy and the Ministry of the New Covenant”
Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam XII post Octavam PentecostesV. AugustiReadings:– Epistle: 2 Corinthians 3:4-9– Gospel: Luke 10:23-37 “The letter killeth, but