Homilies — Traditional Latin Mass

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 minds in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Translation of the Holy Gospel According to St. John:

At that time the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and levites to […]

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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; Before the mountains were settled into place, before the hills, I was brought forth; While as yet the earth and the fields were not made, […]

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The Annunciation, Niccolo Bambini

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Reading from the Epistle of blessed Paul, the Apostle to the Romans:

Brethren, it is now the hour for you to wake up from sleep because our salvation is closer than when we first accepted the Faith. The night is far gone, the day drawing near. Let us cast aside deeds of darkness, and put on the armor of light. Let us live honorably, as in daylight: not in carousing […]

Render unto Caesar, Maerten de Vos, 1602

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A Reading From the Epistle to the Philippians:

Brethren, We are confident in the Lord Jesus, that He who hath begun a good work in you, will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus. As it is meet for me to think this for you all, for that I have you in my heart, and that in my bands, and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, you are all partakers of my joy. For God is my witness, how […]

Homily for a Nuptial Mass

October 2022

by Fr. Ermatinger

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Michael and Joanna asked to have this Gospel in which Our Lady has a prominent role, for their Nuptial Mass. Out of the various options that they had, they wanted this Marian theme, which is more than appropriate, for sure.

We see this rather strange exchange between our Lord and His Blessed Mother, in which she alerts Him to this difficult situation and she doesn’t make a petition. She doesn’t plead. She simply […]

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Translation of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians for the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Brethren, we give thanks to God the Father, Who hath made us worthy to be partakers of the lot of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. In Whom we have redemption through His blood, the remission of sins; Who is the image […]

Healing the Royal Official’s Son, Joseph-Marie Vien, 1752

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Translation of the Epistle for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Brethren: See how you walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise; redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore, become not unwise, but understanding what is the will of God. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord: […]

Jesus Healing the Paralytic in Cafarnaum, Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy, 5-6th century

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Translation of the Epistle for the 18th Sunday After Pentecost

Brethren, I give thanks to my God always for you, for the grace of God that is given you in Jesus Christ, that in all things you are made rich in Him in all utterance and in all knowledge, as the testimony of Christ was confirmed to you […]

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Miracle at Nain, Mario Minniti, c 1620