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,…

(Sermon of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church) Saint Thomas Aquinas calls the mystery of the Incarnation of the Eternal Word, “the miracle of miracles”. What greater prodigy could the world behold, than a woman become the Mother of God, and a God clothed in human flesh. Let us therefore…

Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ (40 Days After Easter)

(Sermon of Pope Saint Leo the Great, Father and Doctor of the Church) I. The events recorded as happening after the Resurrection were intended to convince us of its truth After the blessed and glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, wherein by Divine power He “raised up in three days” the true Temple of…

(Sermon of Pope Saint Leo the Great) I. The Lenten fast an opportunity for restoring our purityIn proposing to preach this most holy and important fast to you, dearly beloved, how shall I begin more fitly than by quoting the words of the Apostle: behold, now is the acceptable time, behold now is the day…

[A Sermon of Saint Bede the Venerable] Today, beloved brethren, we celebrate in one joyful solemnity the Feastday of all the Saints. In their society Heaven exults, in their protection earth rejoices, in their triumphs the Holy Church is crowned. The more endurance they showed in giving witness, the brighter is the glory of that…

(Saint Peter Julian Eymard) I. THE TESTIMONY OF THE CHURCH “Ecce Agnus Dei.” Behold the Lamb of God. (John i. 36.) Saint John the Baptist’s mission on earth was to announce the coming of the promised Savior, point Him out to men, and prepare the way for Him. The Church fulfills the same mission with…

[Pope Benedict XIV] “He hath not done in like manner to every nation.” (Psalm 147:20) “If my duties did not prevent me, I would make a pilgrimage to the New World Shrine, and approach the Holy Virgin as the other poor pilgrims do, i.e. Barefoot And On My Knees!” [Pope Leo XIII] “With…

(“Mary In Her Scapular Promise”, 1940) It is eight hundred and sixty years before Christ. A striking scene is being enacted in Palestine. The entire Jewish nation is assembled there on the summit of the Scripturally famous Mount Carmel. Within a circle formed by the thousands of Israelites, eight hundred and fifty pagan priests…

(Excerpts from the writings of Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort) Ever since Saint Dominic established the devotion to the Holy Rosary (given to him by Our Lady in 1214) up until the time when Blessed Alan de la Roche re-established it in 1460, the Holy Rosary has always been called the Psalter of Jesus…

(Sermon of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church) We celebrate today the Feast of the Divine Presence and the greatest of all gifts, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, Who was sent from the Father and the Son, under the form and figure of tongues of fire, upon the Apostles and…

Traditional Catholic Feast Days

Upcoming Feasts

Saint Patrick

Feast of Saint Joseph

Palm Sunday

Easter Sunday

Feast of Good Friday

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (March 25)

Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ (40 Days After Easter)

Ash Wednesday

Easter Sunday

Feast Of All Saints Day (Nov. 1)

Feast Of Corpus Christi

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)

Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel (July 16)

Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (October 7)

Feast of Pentecost Sunday (50 Days After Easter)