Traditional Catholic Feast Days

Upcoming Feasts

Saint Patrick

[from the “The Liturgical Year” by Dom Prosper Guéranger] The Saint we have to honour today is the Apostle of that faithful people, whose martyrdom has lasted three hundred years: it is the great Saint Patrick, he that gave Erin the Faith. There shone most brightly in this saint that gift of the Apostolate, which…

Feast of Saint Joseph

(from the writings of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, and Doctor of the Church) All virtues and perfections were then reflected absolutely in Saint Joseph, so that it almost seemed as if he were as perfect and possessed all virtues in as high a degree as the glorious Virgin Mary. Certainly, Saint Joseph is most…

Palm Sunday

(Sermon of Saint Vincent Ferrer,O.P.) Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord,” (Saint Matthew 21:9). This text is taken as the basis of our sermon. It is a short and very devout song composed by the Holy Ghost, and today sung with devotion to Christ, when He solemnly entered the city…

Easter Sunday

(Sermon of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, Father and Doctor of the Church) This great solemnity of the Sunday of the Resurrection gives us a fitting occasion for speaking to you: for it would indeed be unfitting that the tongue of our body should be silent in the praises that are clue this day; that…

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Feast of Good Friday

[Saint Augustine, Bishop, Father, Doctor of the Church] I. What We Behold on The Cross As they were looking on, so we too gaze on His Wounds as He hangs. We see His Blood as He dies. We see the price offered by the Redeemer, touch the scars of His Resurrection. He bows His Head,…

Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (December 25)

1 First Mass of Christmas: [Pope Saint Gregory the Great] “By God’s generosity, we shall be celebrating three Masses today, and so we cannot speak at length on the Gospel reading. But the Birthday of our Redeemer demands that we say something, however briefly. Why is it that when our Lord was to be born…

The month of November all masses are dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory, especially those whose names have been placed on the altar. Send names to be placed on the altar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Boston Kentucky to: marcosandolini333@yahoo.com ourladyofmtcarmelusa@gmail.com On the first of November, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints,…

Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (January 1)

Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (January 1) [Saint Augustine, Bishop, Doctor and Father of the Church] And so the Child is circumcised. Who is this Child but He of Whom it was said, “A Child is born to us, a Son is given us”? He became as one under the Law…

[From a sermon of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church] Our Lord comes to the Temple today to be offered to God His Father, subjecting Himself to the observance of the Law which He had formerly given to Moses, written on stone tablets [Exodus 24:12; 34:1; 2 Cor. 3:7]. In this…

The Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel (May 8)

(“The Liturgical Year”, by the Right Rev. Dom Prosper Gueranger) David foretold that the Emmanuel’s coming into this world would be greeted by the Angels, and that they would humbly adore him on his first appearing among us. We saw this prophecy fulfilled on the Night ever blessed, when Mary brought forth the Fruit of…

[Sermon of Pope Saint Leo The Great, Father and Doctor of the Church] I. Peter’s confession shown to lead up to the TransfigurationThe Gospel lesson, dearly-beloved, which has reached the inner hearing of our minds through our bodily ears, calls us to the understanding of a great mystery, to which we shall by the help…

Traditional Catholic Feast Days

Upcoming Feasts

Saint Patrick

Feast of Saint Joseph

Palm Sunday

Easter Sunday

Feast of Good Friday

Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (December 25)

November Month Of All Souls, Feast Of All Souls Day (Nov. 2)

Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (January 1)

Palm Sunday

Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (February 2)

The Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel (May 8)

Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ (August 6)