Sacred Calendar
The Roman year ordered for memory, penance, feasts, saints, and the daily pilgrimage of the faithful.
Calendar standard
Pre-1955 Roman usage
The calendar follows the universal Roman year under the rubrics of Pope St. Pius X, with the Roman Martyrology preserved as a distinct daily witness.
The day is presented for prayer, recollection, study, and perseverance in the City.
Daily observance
Today in the City of God
The Church keeps this day in holy time. The Pilgrim's Companion gathers the feast, daily quote, Martyrology, meditation, prayer, and related chapters into one daily path through the City.
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Daily observance
St. Titus, Bishop and Confessor
Friday, February 6, 2026
Season: Septuagesima
The day is set within the Roman year so its feast, Martyrology, daily quote, prayer, and reading path may be received together without blurring their proper sources.
Today's pilgrimage
St. Titus, Bishop and Confessor
Rank: Double
Color: white
Commemoration: St. Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr.
Quote for the day
The Didache
“Bless those who curse you, and pray for your enemies, and fast for those who persecute you.”
Roman Martyrology
Roman Martyrology - February 6
Festival of St. Titus, bishop and confessor. — At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the birthday of St. Dorothy, virgin and martyr, who was stretched on the rack, then a long time scourged with boughs of the palm-tree, and finally condemned to capital punishment, under Sapricius, governor of that province. Her noble confession of Christ converted a lawyer named Theophilus, who was also tortured in a barbarous manner, and finally put to death by the sword. — The same day, the holy martyrs Saturninus, Theophilus, and Revocata. — At Emesa, in Phrenicia, in the time of the emperor Maximian, St. Silvanus, bishop, who, after having governed that church forty years, was delivered to the beasts with two other Christians, and having his limbs all mangled, received the palm of martyrdom. — At Clermont, in Auvergne, St. Antholiau, martyr. — The same day, the holy bishops Vedastus and Amandus, who were illustrious by many miracles, both in life and death. The former governed the church of Arras, the latter that of Maestricht. — At Bologna, St. Guarinus, bishop of Palestrina and Cardinal, renowned for holiness of life.
Highlighted saint
St. Titus
Apostolic bishop entrusted with order.
St. Titus, disciple and companion of St. Paul, was entrusted with the care of Crete and with establishing ecclesiastical order among the faithful.
His witness teaches that apostolic mission includes doctrine, discipline, appointment of worthy ministers, and the correction of disordered communities.
Virtue to practice
Apostolic order and pastoral steadiness.
Error to resist
The disorder that wants Christian language without discipline, doctrine, or governed life.
For the pilgrim in exile
Ask St. Titus for ordered fidelity. The Church is not strengthened by vagueness, but by doctrine received and life set in order.
Imitate today
- Love apostolic order as a gift.
- Receive correction without resentment.
- Pray for bishops who must strengthen weak communities.
Sources
- St. Andrew Daily Missal, February 6.
- Roman Martyrology, 1916 Baltimore edition, February 6.
Breviary Witness
The apostolic order entrusted to Titus.
Matins - St. Titus, Bishop and Confessor
Breviary witness
- The Breviary honors St. Titus as disciple of St. Paul and bishop entrusted with governing and ordering the Church in Crete.
- His witness teaches that apostolic charity includes doctrine, discipline, worthy ministers, and correction of disorder.
For the pilgrim in exile
Love order because souls need it. The apostolic Church is not built by vague goodwill, but by truth set into governed life.
Sources
- Roman Breviary, Matins lessons for February 6, St. Titus.
- St. Andrew Daily Missal, February 6.
Gospel of the day
Feed my lambs.
St. Titus, Bishop and Confessor - John 21:15-17
“Feed my lambs.”
What Our Lord teaches
- Apostolic office exists to feed and govern Christ's flock.
- St. Titus shows that the care of souls includes doctrine, discipline, order, and the strengthening of weak communities.
Virtue to practice
Love apostolic order and receive correction humbly.
Error to resist
The disorder that calls itself freedom while leaving souls unfed.
For the pilgrim in exile
Ask St. Titus for ordered charity. The flock is fed by truth, not by vagueness.
Sources
- John 21:15-17, Douay-Rheims.
- Traditional Roman Gospel from the common of bishops.
Meditation
Today in the City of God
The Church does not leave the faithful to pass through time as though days were neutral. This observance teaches the soul to receive the day under grace, to remember what God has done, and to let sacred time order study, prayer, and perseverance.
Related paths
Walk the day through the City.
Today's chapters
Read with the feast.
Prayer
The day should become prayer.
O Lord, keep the faithful in the Church's holy memory, and let this day's feast, feria, or witness draw my soul nearer to Thee.
Thought for the pilgrim
The Church's memory teaches the soul how to live in time.
Practice
The day should become obedience.
Read the day's observance slowly, then ask what virtue it requires of you.
Source notes
Universal Roman Calendar under the rubrics of Pope St. Pius X
Fasting and abstinence according to the laws observed in 1952
Daily quotations and pilgrimage excerpts should come from Scripture, Fathers, Doctors, saints, traditional popes before 1958, traditional catechisms, approved devotional works, or received liturgical texts.
The Roman Martyrology, Baltimore, 1916, published by John Murphy Company; the local 1916 text is displayed and traceable to its source lines.
- St. Andrew Daily Missal, Liturgical Calendar, pp. xvii–xxviii.