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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. Justin Martyr

Simeon in the Temple, Rembrandt, c. 1669

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Matthew

Jesus said to His Disciples: You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where […]

By |June 1st, 2023|Categories: Homilies and Sermons, Novus Ordo|

Feast of the Visitation: Homily For High School Graduation — Fr. Ermatinger

A Reading From the Gospel of Luke

The Visitation, Jacob and/or Hans Strueb, cir. 1505

Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of […]

By |May 31st, 2023|Categories: Homilies and Sermons, Novus Ordo, Spiritual Growth|

Daily Mass: Sermon for the Feast of St. Joan of Arc

The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew (detail), Master of Gerona, late 1200s

A Reading From the Gospel of Mark

Peter began to say to Jesus, ‘We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers […]

By |May 30th, 2023|Categories: Homilies and Sermons, Novus Ordo, Western Culture|

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