Feast of Christ the King – A Message from St. John Chrysostom
William Shakespeare Burton, 1896-7
Translation from the Holy Gospel According to John (18:33-37)
At that time: Pilate said to Jesus: Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of Me? Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, […]
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the 21st Sunday After Pentecost (Eph 6:10-17)
Brethren: Be strengthened in the Lord and in the might of His power. Put on the armor of God, that you […]
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Athanasius
after Sir John Everett Millais, 1864
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew (18:23-35)
At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants. And when he had begun to take the […]
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Thomas Aquinas
Anton Wierix II, after Bernardino Passeri, 1593
Translation from the Holy Gospel According to John (4:46-53)
At that time, there was a certain ruler whose son was sick at Capharnaum. He, having heard that Jesus was come from Judæa into Galilee, went to Him, and prayed Him to come […]
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Pieter Aertsen. mid 16th c.
Translation of the Epistle for the Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Ephesians 4:23-28)
Brethren: Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, which has been created according to God in […]
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. John Chrysostom
Frans Francken the Younger, early 17th c.
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (22:1-14)
At that time, Jesus spoke to the chief priests and the Pharisees in parables, saying: The kingdom of Heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son; and he […]
Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. Pope Leo the Great
Willem Isaacszson van Swanenburg,1624–39
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (9:1-8)
At that time, Jesus entering into a boat, passed over the water and came into His own city. And behold they brought Him one sick of the palsy lying on a bed and Jesus seeing […]
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Eph 4:1-6)
Brethren: I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all […]
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. Catherine of Siena
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (22:34-46)
At that time the Pharisees came to Jesus, and one of them, a doctor of the law, asked Him, tempting Him: Master, which is the great commandment of the law? Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God […]