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
Reflection on 1 Peter 5:1–11 and Luke 22:24–30
In the spirit of St. Apollinaris, Bishop and MartyrCommemoration of St. Liborius, Bishop and Confessor (Lauds only) Today’s lessons from
Tridentine Mass July 23, 2025:
Apollinaris Episcopi et Martyris ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Liborii Episcopi et Confessoris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 63:11Lætábitur iustus in Dómino,
Saint Mary Magdalene
Feast: July 22Titles: Penitent, Apostle to the Apostles, Companion of Christ, Myrrh-BearerPatroness of: Penitent sinners, contemplatives, converts, women, perfumers, hairdressers
Love Stronger Than Death: A Reflection for the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, Penitent
Tempora: Tuesday in the Sixth Week after the Octave of PentecostIII Classis – Missa “Me expectaverunt” Scripture Texts:📖 Canticle of
Tridentine Mass July 22, 2025:
S. Mariæ Magdalenæ Pœnitentis ~ III. classisTempora: Feria tertia infra Hebdomadam VI post Octavam Pentecostes Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 118:95-96Me exspectavérunt peccatóres, ut
St. Lawrence of Brindisi
Feast Day: July 21Doctor of the ChurchCapuchin Franciscan Priest and Preacher (1559–1619)Patron Saint of Brindisi Early Life and Vocation St.
Title: “Preach the Word, Be the Salt”: A Meditation on 2 Timothy 4:1–8 and Matthew 5:13–19 in the Spirit of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Doctor of the Church
Feast of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Confessor and Doctor of the Church (III Classis)Commemoration at Lauds only: St. Praxedes, Virgin
Tridentine Mass Readings July 21, 2025:
S. Laurentii a Brundusio Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Praxedis Virginis Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusEccli 15:5In médio
Saint Jerome Emiliani
Feast: July 20 (Traditional Calendar) | February 8 (Modern Calendar)Born: 1486, Venice, ItalyDied: February 8, 1537, Somasca, ItalyCanonized: 1767 by
Reflection on 2 Timothy 4:1–8 and Mark 8:1–9 in the Spirit of the Sixth Sunday After Pentecost (Dominica VI Post Pentecosten)
“I charge thee, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead…” (2