Thursday Mass Edition - St. Stephen, Deacon & Protomartyr - Missa 'Sedérunt Príncipes' - Commemoration: Day in the Octave of Christmas - December 26th, 2024

†        St.   Stephen,  Deacon  and  Protomartyr,  S.   Stephani   Protomartyris,   Missa  'Sedérunt  Príncipes', Commemoration:  Day  in  the  Octave  of  Christmas - December 26th, 2024 - Propers

†        The Nativity of  Our  Lord  (Midnight  Mass,  Mass  at  Dawn  &  Mass During  the  Day), In   Nativitate  Domini,  At  the  Dawn  Mass: Commemoration:  St.  Anastasia,  Martyr - December 25th, 2024 - Propers

†        Traditional Latin Mass Calendar With Hyperlinks - December 23rd, 2024 to December 29th, 2024 - Propers for the  Week | The Nativity of Our Lord | Sunday in the Octave of Christmas

†        The National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori (F.S.S.P.), Christmas Week, 114 Saratoga Street, Baltimore Maryland

• LITURGICAL
• Sermonry >>  Saint Stephen
• Per Ipsum (TLM Gospel of the Day) >>  St Stephen, Protomartyr
• The +Ecu-Men+ >> December 26 – St Stephen, The First Martyr
• Lives of the Saints >> December 26  Saint Stephen, Protomartyr  († 35)
• CatholicSaints.Info: Saints of the Day:  26 December
• Boston Catholic Journal, Roman Martyrology >> December 26th
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• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 26 DECEMBER – SAINT STEPHEN (Proto-Martyr)
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