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 November,
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A Month with Our Friends,
the Souls in Purgatory
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
K. Lebedev, Modern
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 humility and meekness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, careful to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace: one body and one Spirit, even as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one Baptism, one God […]
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. Catherine of Siena
James Tissot, 1886-94
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 with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments depends the whole […]
