Sunday Within the Octave of Christmas — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Vittore Carpaccio, 1510
Translation of the Gospel According to Luke (2:33-40)
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 […]
Christmas Day — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder, cir. 1520
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord (Hebrews 1:1-12)
God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all in these […]
Fourth Sunday of Advent — A Message from St. Pope John Paul II
Antoine de Favray, 1759
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (3:1-6)
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 […]
Gaudéte Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Fernando Gallego, ca. 1500
Epistle for the Third Sunday in Advent (Phi 4:4-7)
Brethren: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety, but in every prayer and […]
Third Sunday of Advent — Gaudéte Sunday — A Message from St. John Paul II
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1732-3
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John (1:19-28)
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 thou Elias? And he […]
Second Sunday of Advent – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Second Sunday in Advent (Rom 15:4-13)
Brethren: Whatever things have been written have been written for our instruction, that through the patience and the consolation afforded by the Scriptures we may have […]
Second Sunday of Advent — A Message from St. Jerome
after Albert Robida (engraving), 1873
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (11:2-10)
At that time, when John had heard in prison the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples, he said to Him: Art thou He that art to come, or look we for another? And Jesus, […]
First Sunday of Advent — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the First Sunday of Advent (Rom 13:11-14)
Fra Angelico, 1435-40
Brethren, knowing the time, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. […]
First Sunday of Advent — A Message from St. Pope John Paul II
(Digital Remaster)
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 reason of the confusion of the roaring of the […]
24th and Last Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the 24th and Last Sunday After Pentecost (Col 1:9-14)
Brethren: We have been praying for you unceasingly, asking that you may be filled with knowledge […]