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The movement of the human soul, and human society in general, from its fallen chaotic state towards divine order is at the heart of the Blog of Padre Pio Press. Writings, ponderings, and reflections on this movement of the soul are authored by Fr. Cliff Ermatinger and by the occasional Guest Contributor. The articles and recordings are relegated to the following areas:

Western
Culture

Order with Chaos

Spiritual
Growth

Chaos Seeking Order

Traditional
Liturgy

Divine Order Offered
to Restore Order

Spiritual
Combat

Resisting Absolute Chaos

Throughout the Month of April,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:

Litany of the Most Blessed Sacrament


Daily Mass: Sermon for the Feast of St. Norbert — Fr. Ermatinger

A Reading From the Holy Gospel According to Luke

The (Great) Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1563

Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if […]

By |June 6th, 2023|Categories: Homilies and Sermons, Novus Ordo|

Sermon for the Solemnity of The Most Holy Trinity — Fr. Ermatinger

The Holy Trinity, Artus Wolffort, 1st half of 17th c.

A Reading From the Gospel According to John

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of […]

By |June 5th, 2023|Categories: Homilies, Spiritual Growth|

Trinity Sunday — A Message From St. Hilary of Poitiers

The Great Commission Icon

Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, All power is given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore, teach ye all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.


A Message […]

By |June 4th, 2023|Categories: Spiritual Growth, Traditional Liturgy|

Sermón Solemnidad de la Santísima Trinidad — Padre Ermatinger

Lectura del Santo Evangelio Según San Juan

“Tanto amó Dios al mundo, que le entregó a su Hijo único, para que todo el que crea en él no perezca, sino que tenga la vida eterna. Porque Dios no envió a su Hijo para condenar al mundo, sino para que el mundo se salvara por él. El que cree en él no será condenado; pero el que no cree ya está condenado, por no haber creído en el Hijo único de Dios”.

The Holy Trinity, Peter Paul Rubens, 1620
By |June 3rd, 2023|Categories: Homilies and Sermons, Novus Ordo, Spanish Language|

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