Sunday Within the Octave of Christmas — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1672
Translation of the Gospel According to Luke
At that time Joseph and Mary, the mother of Jesus, were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning Him, And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His Mother: Behold this child is set for the fall and […]
Christmas Day Mass — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord
God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all in these days has spoken to us by […]
Fourth Sunday of Advent — A Message From St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Bartolome Esteban Murillo, cir. 1655
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Trachonitis, […]
Gaudéte Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
José Leonardo,1635
Translation of the Epistle for the Third Sunday in Advent
Brethren, Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, rejoice. Let your modesty be known to all men: The Lord is nigh. Be nothing solicitous: but in everything, […]
Third Sunday of Advent — Gaudéte Sunday — A Message from St. Augustine
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John
At that time the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to John, to ask him: Who art thou? And he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: What then? Art […]
Feast of the Immaculate Conception — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His ways, before He made anything, from the beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was […]
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary — A Message From Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange
Translation of the Gospel According to St. Luke
At that time: the Angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David: and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the […]
First Sunday of Advent — A Message from St. Augustine
Thomas Cole, ca. 1847
Translation of the Gospel According to St. Luke (21:25-33)
At that time Jesus said to His disciples: There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by […]
24th and Last Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the 24th and Last Sunday After Pentecost
Brethren: We have been praying for you unceasingly, asking that you may be filled with knowledge of God’s will, in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. May you walk […]