Monday Mass Edition - 5th Day in the Octave of Christmas - Missa 'Puer Natus Est' - Commemoration: St. Thomas Becket, Martyr - December 29th, 2025

†          5th Day in the Octave of Christmas, Die Quinta post Nativitatem,  Missa 'Puer Natus Est',  Commemoration: St. Thomas Becket, Martyr - December 29th, 2025 - Propers
      
†          Traditional Latin Mass Calendar With Hyperlinks - December 22nd, 2025 to December 28th, 2025 - Propers for the Week | The Nativity of the Lord | Sunday in the Octave of Christmas

• LITURGICAL
• Franciscan Media >> Saint Thomas Becket,  December 29
• Per Ipsum (TLM Gospel of the Day) >>  Feria (within the Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord)
• The +Ecu-Men+ >> December 29 – St Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury & Martyr
• Lives of the Saints >> December 29 - Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr  (1117-1170)
• CatholicSaints.Info: Saints of the Day: December 29
• Boston Catholic Journal, Roman Martyrology >> December 29th
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• BLOGS, NEWS, OPINION AND COMMENTARY
• Aleteia (Philip Kosloski) >> Where did the Holy Family live in Egypt?
• Aleteia (Kathleen N. Hattrup) >> Respect, serve, cherish, and live: 4 Family resolutions
• American Thinker (Charles J. Russo) >> A Christmas Win for Parental Rights
• American Thinker (Clarice Feldman; "Clarice's  Pieces") >> Christmas Ends the Right’s Messy Week
• American Thinker (Jack Kerwick) >> ‘Mental Health’ or ‘Evil’?
• AnaStpaul.com >> One Minute Reflection – 28 December – ‘… They could not yet speak but already, they are confessing Christ. …’
• A Pilgrim's Journey (Fr. Christopher George Phillips) >> The Holy Family
• A Priest Life (Fr. Kevin Cusick) >> Scripture for today: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
• A Priest Life (Fr. Kevin Cusick) >> Slavery is not a uniquely American phenomenon.
• Catholic Conclave >> German Television shocks with Baby Jesus covered in slime
• Catholic Daily Reflections >> Thy Kingdom Come!
• Catholic Insight (John Paul Meenan, Editor) >> The Hope of the Holy Innocents
• Catholic Insight (John Paul Meenan, Editor) >> In the Bleak Midwinter, Gaudete Christus Natus Est
• Catholic Stand (Dan Fitzpatrick) >> Dads and Husbands should Emulate St. Joseph
• Community in Mission (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> A Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family
• Excerpta Catechismi >> The Holy Innocents — The First Martyrs of Christmas
• Fr. Kevin Estabrook >> Holy Family 2025 - Example and Virtues of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 29 DECEMBER – SAINT THOMAS BECKET (Bishop and Martyr)
• InPrincipio Podcast >> The Holy Innocents (December 28th) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year
• LifeSiteNews (Dom Prosper Guéranger) >> The Holy Innocents gave their lives for Christ, and God honors them with eternal glory
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy (Fr. Kevin Cusick) >> Ss. Innocentium ~ Duplex II. classis
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >>  Liturgical Notes on the Feast of the Holy Innocents
• OnePeterFive (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> In Illo Tempore: Sunday in the Octave of Christmas
• Padre Peregrino (Fr. David Nix) >> Holy Innocents Sermon 2025
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> Predictions for 2026
• The Catholic Thing (Fr. Paul D. Scalia) >> Imitating the Holy Family