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
Strengthened by Grace, Sent in Charity: A Reflection on 2 Timothy 2:1–7 and Luke 10:1–9
In the Spirit of St. Alphonsus Maria de LiguoriCommemoratio: S. Stephani Papæ Martyris “Tu ergo, fili mi, confortare in gratia,
Tridentine Mass Propers August 2, 2025:
S. Alfonsi Mariæ de Ligorio Episc. Conf. et Eccles. Doct. ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Stephani Papæ Martyris Ante Missam
Holy Machabean Martyrs
📜 Historical and Scriptural Context The story of the Machabean Martyrs is found in 2 Maccabees 7, one of the
Reflection: Servants of Justice, Trees of Truth
Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam VII post Octavam Pentecostes — IV ClassisCommemoratio: Ss. Martyrum Machabæorum Today’s liturgical readings, taken from the
Tridentine Mass Propers August 1, 2025:
eria sexta infra Hebdomadam VII post Octavam Pentecostes ~ IV. classisCommemoratio : Ss. Martyrum Machabæorum Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 46:2Omnes gentes, pláudite mánibus:
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556)
Feast Day: July 31Patron of: Retreats, Soldiers, the Society of JesusMotto: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (“To the Greater Glory of
Reflection for the Thursday in the Seventh Week after the Octave of Pentecost
In the Spirit of St. Ignatius the Confessor, III Class Texts for Meditation: On this feria quinta of the seventh
Tridentine Mass Propers for July 31, 2025:
S. Ignatii Confessoris ~ III. classisTempora: Feria quinta infra Hebdomadam VII post Octavam Pentecostes Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPhilipp 2:10-11In nómine Iesu omne genu
Saints Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs
Feast Day: July 30Title: Martyrs of Christ under Emperor Decius ✠ Historical and Spiritual Account: Saints Abdon and Sennen were
Wednesday in the Seventh Week after the Octave of Pentecost ~ IV Reflections on the Epistle (Romans 6:19–23) and the Gospel (Matthew 7:15–21)
“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the