Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin (1656–1680)
Feast: April 17 (Traditional), Patroness: Native Americans, ecology, environment, exiles, and people ridiculed for their piety Early Life and Baptism
Feast: April 17 (Traditional), Patroness: Native Americans, ecology, environment, exiles, and people ridiculed for their piety Early Life and Baptism
On this most solemn Feria Quinta in Coena Domini, Holy Thursday, the Church turns her gaze to the Upper Room,
Ante Missam IntroitusGal 6:14.Nos autem gloriári opórtet in Cruce Dómini nostri Iesu Christi: in quo est salus, vita et resurréctio nostra:
Virgin and Visionary of LourdesFeast: April 16Patroness of: the sick, shepherds, and Lourdes, France Early Life Saint Bernadette Soubirous was
In Spiritu Feria Quartæ Hebdomadæ Sanctæ As the Church approaches the climactic mysteries of the Holy Triduum, Feria Quarta Hebdomadæ
Ante Missam IntroitusPhil 2:10, 8 et 11In nómine Iesu omne genu flectátur, cœléstium, terréstrium et infernórum: quia Dóminus factus est obœ́diens
For Monday of Holy Week (Feria Secunda Majoris Hebdomadæ) Isaiah 50:5-10 & John 12:1-9 As we enter more deeply into
Ante Missam IntroitusPs 34:1-2.Iúdica, Dómine, nocéntes me, expúgna impugnántes me: apprehénde arma et scutum, et exsúrge in adiutórium meum, Dómine, virtus
Feast Day: April 13Patroness of: The unwanted, disabled persons, the blind, pro-life causesBorn: 1287 in Metola, ItalyDied: April 13, 1320
Dominica II Passionis seu in Palmis—Palm Sunday—ushers us into the mystery of Christ’s Passion with a paradox. The faithful raise
Ante Missam Top NextBenedictio PalmorumHora competenti, in choro post Tertiam, omissa aspersione aquæ, proceditur ad benedicendum ramos palmarum seu olivarum, sive aliarum
🌹 Saint Teresa of the Andes (1900–1920) Carmelite Virgin and MysticFeast Day: April 12Patroness of: Young people, Chile 🌿 Early
The final exhortation of today’s Gospel burns with urgency: “Yet a little while the light is among you. Walk whilst
Ante Missam IntroitusPs 30:10,16, 18Miserére mihi, Dómine, quóniam tríbulor: líbera me, et éripe me de mánibus inimicórum meórum et a persequéntibus
Feast Day: April 11Patroness: of students, pharmacists, and those suffering from back injuries or headachesTitle: Virgin, Mystic, “Daughter of the
Jeremiah 17:13–18 | John 11:47–54 As we enter the final stretch of Lent, the readings appointed for this Friday in