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:
Throughout the Month of April,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:
Litany of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Sermón Para Viernes de la Sexta Semana Después de Pascua — Padre Ermatinger
Sermón Para Viernes
de la Sexta Semana Después de Pascua
Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, Lorenzo Lotto, 1521
Sin Transcripción
— Padre Ermatinger
Daily Mass – Sermon for Friday of the 6th Week of Easter — Fr. Ermatinger
Christ Taking Leave from His Mother, Albrecht Dürer, c. 1504-1505
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John.
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. So you also are now in anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take […]
Daily Mass – Sermon for Friday of the 6th Week of Easter — Fr. Ermatinger
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John.
Christ’s Farewell to Mary, Piotr Stachiewicz, 1900
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. So you also are now in anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy […]
Daily Mass – Sermon for Thursday of the 6th Week of Easter — Fr. Ermatinger
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John.
Ivory Diptych with the Ascension and Pentecost, 1370-1380
Jesus said to his disciples: “A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will see me.” So some of his disciples said to one another, “What does this mean that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” So they said, “What is this ‘little while’ of which he speaks? We do not know what he means.” Jesus knew that they wanted to […]
