Saint Dominic of Silos (c. 1000 – December 20, 1073)
Feast Day: December 20Patron of captives, prisoners, shepherds, and pregnant women ✠ Early Life and Background Saint Dominic of Silos
Reflection for Sabbato Quattuor Temporum in Adventu (Saturday of Ember Week in Advent
Texts: Isa 19:20-22; Isa 35:1-7; Isa 40:9-11; Isa 45:1-8; Dan 3:47-51; 2 Thess 2:1-8; Luke 3:1-6Theme: The Coming of the
Tridentine Mass Propers December 20, 2025: Sabbato Quattuor Temporum in Adventu ~ II. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 79:4; 79:2Veni, et osténde nobis fáciem tuam, Dómine, qui sedes super Chérubim: et salvi érimus.Ps 79:2Qui regis Israël,
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
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
Tridentine Mass Propers August 28, 2025:
S. Augustini Episcopi et Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Hermetis Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusEccli 15:5In médio
St. Joseph Calasanz, Confessor
Life and Works Veneration and Canonization Virtues and Example St. Joseph Calasanz shines as a model of:
Reflection on Wis 10:10–14 and Matt 18:1–5
In the spirit of S. Joseph Calasanctius, ConfessorFeria Quarta infra Hebdomadam XI post Octavam PentecostesIV Augusti – III. classis As
Tridentine Mass Propers August 27, 2025:
S. Josephi Calasanctii Confessoris ~ III. classisTempora: Feria quarta infra Hebdomadam XI post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Augusti Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 33:12Veníte, fílii,
St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr
Feast: August 26 (in the traditional Roman Martyrology)Pontificate: c. A.D. 198–217 St. Zephyrinus succeeded St. Victor I as Bishop of
Reflection on the Epistle and Gospel
Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam XI post Octavam Pentecostes (IV Augusti)Commemoration of St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Marty Epistle: 1 Corinthians 15:1–10
Tridentine Mass Propers August 26, 2025:
Feria tertia infra Hebdomadam XI post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Augusti ~ IV. classisCommemoratio : S. Zephyrini Papæ et Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs