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 […]
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost (Phl 3:17-21; 4:1-3)
Brethren: Be imitators of me, and mark those who walk after the pattern you have in us. For many walk, of whom I have told you often […]
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost – A Message From St. Augustine
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (9:18-26)
At that time, as Jesus was speaking to the multitudes, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored Him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come lay Thy hand […]
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the 21st Sunday After Pentecost (Eph 6:10-17)
Brethren: Be strengthened in the Lord and in the might of His power. Put on the armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the […]
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — A Message from St. John Paul II
Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, cir. 1554-1612
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew (18:23-35)
At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants. And when he had begun to take the […]