Passion Sunday (5th Sunday in Lent) — A Message From St. Antony of Padua
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John
Jesus Stoned by the Crowd, in an initial I, Illuminated by Master B. F., ca. 1500
At that time, Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: Which of you shall convince Me of sin? If I say the truth to you, why do you not believe Me? He that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore […]
Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: A Message from St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, Johannes Vermeer, 1657-8.
At that time: And in the sixth month, 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 angel being […]
Lætáre Sunday (4th Sunday in Lent) — Sermon By Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle to the Galatians
Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael, Guercino, 1657
Brethren: it is written that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond-woman, and the other by a free-woman. But he who was of the bond- woman was born according to the flesh; but he of the free-woman was by promise. Which things are said by an allegory. […]
Lætáre Sunday (4th Sunday in Lent) — A Message From St. Augustine
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John
Abraham Bloemaert, 1593
At that time, Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee which is that of Tiberias; and a great multitude followed Him, because they saw the miracles which He did on them that were diseased. Jesus therefore went up into a […]
Third Sunday in Lent — A Message From St. Pope John Paul II
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
Anthony with Monsters, Attrib. Hieronymus Bosch, cir. 1450-1516.jpg
At that time Jesus was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb. And when He had cast out the devil, the dumb spoke, and the multitudes were in admiration at it. But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils. And others, tempting, asked […]
Second Sunday of Lent — A Message From St. Pope Leo the Great
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew
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 white as […]
First Sunday in Lent — Sermon By Fr. Ermatinger
The Threefold Temptation of Christ, St. Wolfgang Altarpiece, 1471–79
Translation of the Epistle to the Corinthians
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, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time, behold now is the day of salvation. Giving no offense […]
The First Sunday of Lent — A Message From St. Pope Leo the Great
James Tissot, 1886-1894
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew
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: ‘If […]
Quinquagesima Sunday — A Message From St. Pope Gregory the Great
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
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. […]
Sexagesima Sunday — A Message From Saint Pope John Paul II
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
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 the wayside, and it was […]