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
“Let Him Who Glories, Glory in the Lord”
Reflection for the Feast of St. Clare, Virgin Today’s Epistle and Gospel are wedded in their theme: the total consecration
Tridentine Mass Propers August 12, 2025:
S. Claræ Virginis ~ III. classisTempora: Feria tertia infra Hebdomadam IX post Octavam Pentecostes II. Augusti Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 44:8Dilexísti iustítiam, et
To Stand in the Day of Trial
A Reflection on 1 Corinthians 10:6–13 and Luke 19:41–47 in the Spirit of the Traditional Liturgy The Epistle and Gospel
Saints Tiburtius and Susanna, Virgin and Martyr
Feast: 11 August (traditional Roman calendar) Saint Tiburtius Tiburtius is commemorated as a noble Roman youth, son of a
Tridentine Mass Propers August 11, 2025:
Feria secunda infra Hebdomadam IX post Octavam Pentecostes II. Augusti ~ IV. classisCommemoratio : Ss. Tiburtii et Susannæ Virginis, Martyrum Ante Missam
Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
Feast: August 10Date of Martyrdom: A.D. 258Patronage: Rome, cooks, the poor, comedians, and archivists Early Life Saint Lawrence (Latin: Laurentius)
Dominica IX Post Pentecosten II. Augusti — Reflection
Commemoratio: S. Laurentii Martyris Today’s readings confront us with a grave and searching theme: the judgment of God upon those
Tridentine Mass Propers August 10, 2025:
Dominica IX Post Pentecosten II. Augusti ~ II. classisCommemoratio: S. Laurentii Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 53:6-7Ecce, Deus adiuvat me, et Dóminus suscéptor
St. Romanus, Martyr
St. Romanus was a deacon of the Church of Caesarea in Palestine during the fierce persecution of Christians under the
“In Me is All Grace of the Way and of the Truth”
Reflection for Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato ~ IV. classisCommemoratio: S. Romani Martyris On this gentle Saturday dedicated to the Mother of