Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Memorial · White · 14 December
In December
About this day
John of the Cross, a Spanish Carmelite priest, joined Saint Teresa of Jesus in reforming the Carmelite Order and suffered months of imprisonment for it. His poems and commentaries, among them The Dark Night and The Spiritual Canticle, made him a master of the spiritual life. He died in 1591.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Mon 14 Dec 2026 — Year B · I
- Mon 14 Dec 2026
Music
Mass
- Saints of Thanksgiving Day to Dec 14 – St John of the Cross – Propers (English & Latin) [Propers. III. SANC full. 06.04.20] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
From the Missal
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “May I never boast, except in…” Gal 6: 14
- Communion — Roman Missal “Whoever wishes to come after me…” Cf. Mt 16: 24