St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor

St. Ambrose

• Feast Day: December 7
• Patron Saint of …
• Mass Readings

Related Resources

• Pray the Night Prayer from Liturgy of the Hours
• More about this saint

About St. Ambrose

Feast Day: December 7

St. Ambrose was a 4th century bishop. He refuted Arianism, which proposed that Jesus Christ was not co-eternal with God the Father, and therefore was subject to the Father. He is also credited with antiphonal chant, in which one side of a congregation chants one part of a song or psalm, and then the other side responds. This is sometimes done in Liturgy of the Hours, where the psalms are chanted or recited in this manner.

Patron Saint of …

St. Ambrose is the patron saint of bee keepers, bishops, domestic animals, police, and students.

Mass Readings for the Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

• First Reading – Ephesians 3:8-12: “To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for all what is the plan of the mystery hidden from ages past in God who created all things, so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the Church to the principalities and authorities in the heavens.”
• Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 89: “For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.”
• Gospel – John 10:11-16: “I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.”

Pray the Night Prayer from Liturgy of the Hours

The Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours  is a really peaceful way to end my day. Some people feel like the Liturgy of the Hours is too “old fashioned” to use with teens and children, but I feel they can appreciate it.

More about this saint

Did you know that he was a catechumen when he was selected to become bishop?