FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – A Message From St. Augustine
Léonard Gaultier, cir. 1576-80
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (5:20-24)
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 […]
Fourth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. Pope John Paul II
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to 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 of […]
External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — A Message From St. Ambrose
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to 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 […]
External Solemnity of Corpus Christi — A Message from the Council of Trent
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to 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 I in him. As the living Father […]
Trinity Sunday — A Message From Dominus Iesus
James Tissot, 1886-96
Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (28:18-20)
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, All power is given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore, teach ye all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and […]
Pentecost — A Message From St. Catherine of Siena
Domenico Campagnola, 1518
Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to John (14:23-31)
At that time Jesus said to His disciples, If any one love Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and will make Our abode in […]
Sunday After the Ascension — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Byzantine – Southern Italian School, 19th c.
Translation of the Epistle for the Sunday within the Octave of Ascension (1 Peter 4:7-11)
Beloved: Be prudent and watchful in prayers. But above all things have a constant mutual charity among yourselves: for charity covers […]
SUNDAY AFTER THE ASCENSION – A Message From St. Thomas Aquinas
Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to John (15:26-27; 16:1-4)
Anton Raphael Mengs, 1755-66
At that time Jesus said to His disciples: When the Paraclete cometh, Whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, Who proceedeth from the Father, He shall give testimony of Me: […]
Fifth Sunday After Easter – Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
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 the word and not […]
Fifth Sunday After Easter –A Message from Pope Benedict XVI
Heinrich Hofmann, 19th c.
Translation of the Gospel According to John (16:23-30)
At that time Jesus saith to His disciples: Amen, amen, I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in My name, He will give it to you. Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name: […]