Feast of the Holy Family – A Message From St. Augustine
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Luke (2:42-52)
When Jesus was twelve years old, they going up into Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast, and having fulfilled the days, when they returned, the Child Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and His parents knew it not. And thinking that […]
Sermon for Nuptial Mass in Christmastide — Fr. Ermatinger
Cristobal De Villalpando, cir. 1700-14
Translation of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians (5:22-33)
Brethren, let wives be subject to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the Church. He is […]
Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus — Messages From St. Anthony of Padua
Translation of the Gospel According to Luke (2:21)
At that time, after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised; His Name was called Jesus, which was called by the Angel before He was conceived in the womb.
Feast of the Circumcision — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Andrea Mantegna, c. 1455
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Circumcision (Titus 2:11-15)
Beloved: The grace of God our Savior has appeared to all men, instructing us, in […]
Sunday within the Octave of Christmas – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas (Galatians 4:1-7)
Brethren, As long as the heir is a child, he differs nothing […]
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 […]