Second Sunday of Lent — A Message From St. Augustine
Byzantine, cir. 1200
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: and His garments became […]
The First Sunday of Lent — A Message from St. Pope John Paul II
George Cornicelius, 1888
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 — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Italian School, 17th c.
Translation of the Epistle for Quinquagesima Sunday
Brethren: If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And if I […]
Quinquagesima Sunday — A Message From St. Anthony of Padua
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 Son of Man. For He shall […]
Sexagesima Sunday — A Message From St. Pope John Paul II
Vincent van Gogh, 1888
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 — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
David Teniers the Younger, 17th c.
Translation of the Epistle for Septuagessima Sunday
Brethren: Do you not know that those who run in a race, all indeed run, but one receives the prize? So run as to obtain it. […]
SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY — A Message From Saint Catherine of Siena
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich,
cir. 1750s.
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 […]
FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY — A Message From St. Pope Gregory the Great
Vincent van Gogh, 1888
Translation of the Gospel According to Matthew (13:24-30)
At that time Jesus spoke this parable to the multitudes: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the […]
Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Reading for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I send My Angel, and he shall prepare the way before My face; and presently […]
Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary — A Message from St. Thomas Aquinas
Girolamo Romanino, 1529
Translation of the Gospel of Luke (2:22-32)
At that time, after the days of Mary’s purification according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried Jesus to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord; as it is written in the law of the Lord: […]