Fr. Cliff Ermatinger

Translation of the Epistle for the Tenth Sunday After Pentecost (1 Cor 12:2-11)

Brethren, You know that, when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led, Wherefore I give you to […]

Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Assumption

The Lord hath blessed thee by His power, because by thee He hath brought our enemies to nought. Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, […]

Translation of the Epistle for the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost (1 Cor 10:6-13)

Brethren: These things came to pass as examples to us, that we should not lust after evil things, even as they lusted. And do not become […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 the brethren. He that […]

Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of Pentecost

When the days of Pentecost were drawing to a close, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind coming, and […]

Translation of the Epistle for the Fifth Sunday After Easter (Jas 1:22-27)

Dearly beloved, be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves, For if a man be a hearer of […]