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:
Throughout the Month of August,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join in Saying:
Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Misa Diaria – Sermón del Viernes de la Quinta Semana de Pascua
Sermón del Viernes de la Quinta Semana de Pascua
Sin Transcripción
This is My Body (detail), James Seward, 2005
— Padre Ermatinger
Daily Mass – Sermon for Friday of the 5th Week of Easter
Christ, the True Vine Icon
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John.
Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that […]
Daily Mass – Homily for Thursday of the 5th Week of Easter
Sermon on the Mount (detail), Henrik Olrik, ca. 1860
Transcription of Homily
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John.
Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
“I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete.”
In the Name of the Father, and the Son, the Holy Ghost, Amen.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Today we have for our meditation this very central theme of […]
