Feast of the Circumcision — A Message From St. Anthony of Padua
The Circumcision, Studio of Giovanni Bellini, c. 1500.png
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
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.
From St. Anthony of Padua’s The Festival Sermons: The Circumcision of the Lord
1. At that time: After eight days were completed, […]
Nativity of Our Lord – Christmas Day — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for Christmas Day:
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 hath spoken to us by His Son, Whom He hath appointed heir of all […]
Nativity of Our Lord, Midnight Mass — A Message From Pope Saint Leo The Great
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
At that time there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that the whole world should be enrolled. This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled, everyone into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the […]
Fourth Sunday of Advent — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Tiberius Julius Caesar, Marble Bust.
Translation of the Epistle for the Fourth Sunday of Advent:
Brethren, Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and the dispensers of the mysteries of God. Here now it is required among the dispensers that a man be found faithful. But to me it is a very small thing to be judged by you […]
Fourth Sunday in Advent — A Message From Pope Saint Leo The Great
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
Annibale Carracci, Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness, ca. 1600
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, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina, under the high-priests Annas and Caiphas: the word of the […]
Third Sunday of Advent – Gaudete Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Saviour, Pere Teixidor, ca. 1420-30
Translation of the Epistle for Gaudete Sunday:
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, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, keep your hearts and […]
Third Sunday in Advent — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
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 thou Elias? And […]
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Transcription of Audio
Translation for the Epistle for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
From the Book of Proverbs
The LORD begot me, the first-born of his ways, the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago; From of old I was poured forth, at the first, before the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no fountains or springs of water; […]
Second Sunday in Advent — A Message from St. John Chrysostom
Andrea Pisano, Disciples Visit St John the Baptist, Baptistery of San Giavanni (detail), ca. 1330-36
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew
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 […]