Sixth Sunday After Pentecost – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Luigi Bisi, 1857
Translation of the Epistle for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Rom 6:3-11)
Brethren: All we who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death. For we were buried with Him by means of Baptism into death, in […]
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. Pope John XXIII
Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot, 1773-92
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Mark (8:1-9)
At that time, when there was a great multitude with Jesus, and they had nothing to eat, calling His disciples together, He saith to them: I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been […]
FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – A Message From St. John Chrysostom
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (Matt 5:20-24)
Friedrich Ludy (etching), 1843
At that time Jesus said to His disciples: Except your justice abound more than that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven. You have heard that it was said to […]
Fourth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Antony of Padua
Byzantine Style, Modern
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (Luke 5:1-11)
At that time, when the multitude pressed upon Jesus to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Genesareth. And He saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen were gone out […]
Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Lesson from the Acts of the Apostles for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Acts 12:1-11)
In those days, Herod the king set hands on certain members of the Church to persecute them. He killed James the brother of John with […]
External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — A Message From St. Mary Margaret Alacoque
James Tissot, 1886-1894
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John (John 19:31-37)
At that time: The Jews (because it was the Parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day (for that was a great Sabbath day) besought Pilate that their legs might be […]
Sermon for a Nuptial Mass — Fr. Ermatinger
Pietro Longhi, cir. 1755
Translation of the Letter of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians (Eph 5:22-33)
Brethren: Let women be subject to their husbands as to the Lord; for the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the […]
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
(Musea Brugge collection), cir. 1501-5
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Ephesians 3:8-19)
Brethren, To me, the least of all the Saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ: […]
Second Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Second Sunday After Pentecost (1 John 3:13-18)
Dearly beloved, wonder not if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love […]
External Solemnity of Corpus Christi — A Message From St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Ercole de’ Roberti, cir. 1490
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John (John 6:55-58)
At that time Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and […]