Saint Lucy
Feast Day: December 13Patronage: The blind, eye diseases, writers, martyrs, Sicily, and the city of SyracuseName Meaning: Lucy comes from
“To Glory Only in the Lord”
A Reflection on 2 Cor 10:17–18; 11:1–2 and Matt 13:44–52In the Spirit of S. Luciæ Virginis et Martyris ~ III.
Tridentine Mass Propers December 13, 2025:
S. Luciæ Virginis et Martyris ~ III. classisCommemoratio: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam II Adventus Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 44:8Dilexísti iustítiam, et odísti iniquitátem: proptérea
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Feast: December 12Title: Patroness of the Americas, Empress of the Americas, Our Lady of GuadalupePlace of Apparition: Tepeyac Hill, near
Hope, Endurance, and the Consolation of the Prophets: A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Advent
Readings:✠ Epistle: Romans 15:4–13✠ Gospel: Matthew 11:2–10 “For whatsoever things were written, were written for our instruction; that through patience
Tridentine Mass Propers December 12, 2025: Feria VI infra Hebdomadam II Adventus ~ III. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIs 30:30Pópulus Sion, ecce, Dóminus véniet ad salvándas gentes: et audítam fáciet Dóminus glóriam vocis suæ in lætítia cordis
Tridentine Mass Propers November 27, 2025: Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam XXIV post Octavam Pentecostes V. Novembris ~ IV. classis
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusIer 29:11; 29:12; 29:14Dicit Dóminus: Ego cógito cogitatiónes pacis, et non afflictiónis: invocábitis me, et ego exáudiam vos: et
St. Sylvester Gozzolini, Abbot and Founder
Feast: November 26Born: c. 1177, Osimo, Marches of Ancona, ItalyDied: November 26, 1267, Monte Fano, ItalyTitle: Abbot and Founder of
“Saints and Servants: A Meditation on Ecclesiasticus 45:1–6 and Matthew 19:27–29 in the Spirit of St. Sylvester Abbot”
Liturgical Note: III Class Feast of St. Sylvester the Abbot, with Commemoration at Lauds only of St. Peter of Alexandria,
Tridentine Mass Propers November 26, 2025:
S. Silvestri Abbatis ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Petri Alexandrini Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 36:30-31Os iusti meditábitur sapiéntiam, et lingua
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr
November 25 – III Class Feast Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a noble virgin of great beauty and intellect, lived in
Reflection for Feria Tertia, within the 24th Week after Pentecost – In the Spirit of S. Catharinæ Virginis et Martyris, III Classis
Reflection for Feria Tertia, within the 24th Week after Pentecost – In the Spirit of S. Catharinæ Virginis et Martyris,
Tridentine Mass Propers November 25, 2025:
S. Catharinæ Virginis et Martyris ~ III. classisTempora: Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam XXIV post Octavam Pentecostes V. Novembris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 118:46-47Loquébar
Saint John of the Cross, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
Feast: November 24 (Traditional Calendar) Life and Virtues Saint John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz), was born
“Faithful unto Death: A Flame That Does Not Fade”
Readings: 2 Timothy 4:1-8 & Matthew 5:13-19Feast of St. John of the Cross, Confessor and Doctor of the Church (III
Tridentine Mass Propers November 24, 2025:
S. Joannis a Cruce Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ III. classisCommemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Chrysogoni Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusEccli 15:5In médio