Daily Mass: Primary School: Sermon for the Feast of St. Phillip Neri

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John:

Peter’s Restoration, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfel, 1890

After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” Simon Peter answered him, […]

Daily Mass: Sermon Feast of St. Margaret Mary de Pazzi – Fr. Ermatinger


A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Mark:

Christus Remunerator, Ary Scheffer, 1847-1858

The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to him and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you.” But he said to them in reply, “Who are my mother […]

Venerable Louis of Granada On Overcoming Sin

 

Note: It seems that this saying is a commonplace that dates back to antiquity.  A close variant can be found in Cicero’s De Or. 2.52.209 “Men envy chiefly their equals or inferiors when they perceive themselves left behind, and are mortified that the others have outstripped them; but there is often a strong unfavourable feeling towards superiors, which is the stronger if they are intolerably arrogant, and […]
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