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
Saint Raymond Nonnatus
Feast: August 31Patron: Expectant mothers, midwives, children, the falsely accused, those wrongly imprisoned Early Life Saint Raymond was born in
Dominica XII Post Pentecosten (V. Augusti) – Reflection on 2 Cor. 3:4–9 and Luke 10:23–37
On this twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Holy Mother Church places before us two readings that, at first glance, seem distinct
Tridentine Mass Propers August 31, 2025: Dominica XII Post Pentecosten V. Augusti
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 69:2-3Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde: Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína: confundántur et revereántur inimíci mei, qui quærunt ánimam
Saint Rose of Lima
Virgin, Tertiary of the Order of St. Dominic, Patroness of the AmericasFeast: August 30 (Traditional Calendar: August 23) Early Life
“That He May Be Found Worthy Before God”: A Reflection on 2 Cor 10:17–18; 11:1–2 and Matt 25:1–13
“He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. For not he who commendeth himself is approved, but he whom
Tridentine Mass Propers August 30, 2025:
S. Rosæ a Sancta Maria Limange Virginis ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: Ss. Felicis et Adaucti Martyrum Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 44:8Dilexísti
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Scriptural Foundation The account of Saint John the Baptist’s martyrdom is found in the Gospels of St. Matthew (14:1–12) and
Tridentine Propers August 29, 2025:
In Decollatione S. Joannis Baptistæ ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Sabinæ Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 118:46-47Loquébar de testimóniis tuis in
Saint Augustine, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Confessor, and illustrious Doctor of the Church, is among the greatest Fathers of the Latin
Reflection on 2 Timothy 4:1–8 and Matthew 5:13–19
In the spirit of St. Augustine, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, with commemoration of St. Hermes the Martyr