Tuesday, 16 December 2025

16 DECEMBER – SAINT EUSEBIUS OF VERCELLI (Bishop and Martyr)

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Eusebius, a Sardinian, was a Lector in the Church at Rome, and afterwards Bishop of Vercelli. It may well be said that it was God Himself...

16 DECEMBER – TUESDAY IN THE THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT

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Lesson at Matins – Isaias xxx. 18‒28 The Lord waits that He may have mercy on you, and therefore will He be exalted sparing you: beca...
Monday, 15 December 2025

15 DECEMBER – MONDAY IN THE THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT

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Lesson at Matins – Isaias xxviii. 16‒18 Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a ...
Sunday, 14 December 2025

14 DECEMBER – THIRD (GAUDETE – ROSE) SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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Dom Prosper Gu é ranger: Today again the Church is full of joy, and the joy is greater than it was. It is true that her Lord is not come, b...
Saturday, 13 December 2025

13 DECEMBER – SAINT ODILIA (Abbess and Virgin)

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    Odilia, the glory and the protectress of her country, was the eldest child of Adalric, Duke of Alsace, and of Beresind his wife. Be...

13 DECEMBER – SATURDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT

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Lesson at Matins – Isaias xxv. 1‒9 O Lord, you are my God, I will exalt you, and give glory to your name: for you have done wonderful thin...
Friday, 12 December 2025

12 DECEMBER – OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

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  The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a Mexican farmer, Juan Diego, on the 9th of December 1531 at a place called the Hill of Tepeyac, wh...

12 DECEMBER – FRIDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT

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Lesson at Matins – Isaias xxiv. 1‒15 Behold the Lord will lay waste the Earth, and will strip it: and will afflict the face thereof, and...
Thursday, 11 December 2025

11 DECEMBER – SAINT DAMASUS I (Pope and Confessor)

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  Damasus was a Spaniard, a man of highest worth and learned in the Scriptures. He called the first Council of Constantinople in which he...

11 DECEMBER – THURSDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT

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Lesson at Matins – Isaias xix. 1‒2 The burden of Egypt. Behold the Lord will ascend upon a light cloud: and will enter into Egypt: and ...
Wednesday, 10 December 2025

10 DECEMBER – TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY HOUSE OF LORETO

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Landscape with the Sanctuary of Loreto by Ancona/Marche   ( Jakob Philipp Hackert) Dom Prosper Guéranger: This feast is ...

10 DECEMBER – WEDNESDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT

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Lesson at Matins – Isaias xvi. 1 ‒ 5 Send forth, O Lord, the Lamb the ruler of the Earth, from Petra of the desert to the mount of the...