St. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor (1499-1562)
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Tridentine Mass October 19, 2024: Saturday after XXI Sunday after Pentecost
INTROIT Ps 91:13-14The just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow: planted
Saint Luke
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INTROIT Ps 138:17To me, Your friends, O God, are made exceedingly honorable; their principality is exceedingly strengthened.Ps 138:1-2O Lord, You
Saint Angela Merici
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Introit Introitus Ps 44:8Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil
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The Anima Christi: A Timeless Prayer of Eucharistic Devotion
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Tridentine Mass May 30, 2024: Corpus Christi
INTROIT Ps. 80:17.He fed them with the best of wheat, alleluia; and filled them with honey from the rock, alleluia,
St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi, Virgin
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