Second Sunday of Lent — A Message From St. John of the Cross
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (17:1-9)
At that time Jesus took Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: and He was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: […]
First Sunday of Lent — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
(AI reproduction), Ary Scheffer, 1854
Translation of the Epistle for the first Sunday of Lent (2 Corinthians 6:1-10)
Brethren: We exhort you that you receive not the grace of God in vain. For He saith: In an accepted time have I heard thee, […]
The First Sunday of Lent — A Message from St. Pope Leo the Great
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (4:1-11)
At that time Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. And the tempter coming said to him: […]
Quinquagesima Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
James Tissot, 1886-94
Translation of the Epistle for Quincuagestimus Sunday (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
Brethren: If I should speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have charity, I have […]
Quinquagesima Sunday — Messages from the Fathers of the Church
James Tissot, 1886-94
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (18:31-43)
At that time Jesus took unto Him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the Prophets concerning the […]
Sexagesima Sunday — A Message From St. Augustine
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (8:4-15)
At that time, when a very great multitude was gathered together and hastened out of the cities unto Jesus, He spoke by a similitude: The sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by […]
Septuagesima Sunday – A Message From St. John Chrysostom
Vita Christi, ca. 1487-1490
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (Matt 20:1-16)
At that time Jesus spoke to his disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And having agreed with the […]
Third Sunday After Epiphany — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Arabic Gospels, 1684
Translation of the Epistle for the Third Sunday after Epiphany (Romans 12:16-21)
Brethren: Be not wise in your own conceits. To no man rendering evil for evil: providing good things not only in the sight of God, but also in […]