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
The Feast of Our Lady of the Snows
The Feast of Our Lady of the Snows, celebrated on August 5, is one of the oldest Marian feasts in
“In Me is All Grace of the Way and of the Truth”
A Reflection for the Feast of Our Lady of the Snows (S. Mariæ ad Nives) — III ClassisTempora: Feria tertia
Tridentine Mass Propers August 5, 2025:
S. Mariæ ad Nives ~ III. classisTempora: Feria tertia infra Hebdomadam VIII post Octavam Pentecostes I. Augusti Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusSeduliusSalve, sancta parens,
Saint Dominic de Guzmán (1170–1221)
Founder of the Order of Preachers (O.P.)Feast: August 4 (Traditional Calendar) “He spoke only to God or of God.” –
“Be Watchful in All Things”: A Reflection on 2 Timothy 4:1–8 and Luke 12:35–40 in the Spirit of St. Dominic, Confessor
Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam VIII post Octavam Pentecostes – I AugustiIII Classis | Tempora On this day, the Church recalls
Tridentine Mass Propers August 4, 2025:
S. Dominici Confessoris ~ III. classisTempora: Feria secunda infra Hebdomadam VIII post Octavam Pentecostes I. Augusti Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 36:30-31Os iusti meditábitur
The Finding of Saint Stephen the First Martyr
Saint Stephen was one of the first seven deacons ordained by the Apostles to assist in the distribution of aid
Reflection on Romans 8:12–17 and Luke 16:1–9In the Spirit of the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
The liturgical texts assigned for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost provide a striking juxtaposition of themes: the dignity of divine
Tridentine Mass Propers August 3, 2025: Dominica VIII Post Pentecosten I. Augusti
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 47:10-11.Suscépimus, Deus, misericórdiam tuam in médio templi tui: secúndum nomen tuum, Deus, ita et laus tua in fines
Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Feast: August 2 (Traditional Calendar)Title: Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer