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
St. Louis IX, King of France, Confessor
Feast: August 25 St. Louis IX, the holy King of France, was born in 1214, son of King Louis VIII
Reflection on Wisdom 10:10–14 and Luke 19:12–26
In the spirit of St. Louis IX, King of France, ConfessorFeria Secunda, XI week after Pentecost Octave, 4 August Today’s
Tridentine Mass Propers August 25, 2025:
S. Ludovici Regis Franciæ Confessoris ~ III. classisTempora: Feria secunda infra Hebdomadam XI post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Augusti Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 36:30-31Os
St. Bartholomew the Apostle
Feast: August 24th (Roman Rite, Traditional Calendar) St. Bartholomew, one of the Twelve Apostles of Our Lord, is generally identified
Reflection for the XI Sunday after Pentecost
On 1 Corinthians 15:1–10 and Mark 7:31–37 (Commemoration of St. Bartholomew the Apostle) Today’s Epistle and Gospel set before us
Tridentine Mass Propers August 24, 2025: Dominica XI Post Pentecosten IV. Augusti
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 67:6-7; 67:36Deus in loco sancto suo: Deus qui inhabitáre facit unánimes in domo: ipse dabit virtútem et fortitúdinem
St. Philip Benizi, Confessor (1233–1285)
Feast: August 23 (Traditional Calendar) St. Philip Benizi was born in Florence in the year 1233, of the noble family
“Spectacle to the World” and the “Little Flock”
A reflection on 1 Corinthians 4:9–14 and Luke 12:32–34 in the spirit of St. Philip Benizi, Confessor Today’s liturgy places
Tridentine Mass Propers August 23, 2025:
S. Philippi Benitii Confessoris ~ III. classisTempora: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam X post Octavam Pentecostes III. Augusti Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 91:13-14Iustus ut palma
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary is both a theological truth and a theme richly present in Catholic hagiography—that