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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 September,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:

Litany of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows


Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger

Fruit of the Holy Spirit (Stained Glass),
Hardman & Co., cir 1870s

Translation of the Epistle for the Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Gal. 5:16-24)

Brethren: Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you would. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are immorality, uncleanness, licentiousness, […]

By |August 31st, 2026|Categories: Audio, Homilies, TLM, Traditional Liturgy|

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — A Message From St. John Chrysostom

Mammon, W.T. Horton, 1898

Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (6:24-33)

At that time Jesus said to His disciples: No man can serve two masters; for he will hate the one and love the other, or he will sustain the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat, and the body more than the raiment? Behold the birds of the air; for they neither […]

By |August 30th, 2026|Categories: Spiritual Growth, Traditional Liturgy|

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