Homilies — Traditional Latin Mass

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 from a servant, though he be lord of all: but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father: so we also, […]

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 days has spoken to us by His Son, Whom He appointed heir of all things, by Whom also He made the world; Who, being the […]

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 supplication with thanksgiving let your petitions be made known to God. And may the peace of God which surpasses all understanding guard your hearts and […]

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 hope. May then the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind towards one another according to Jesus Christ; that, […]

Translation of the Epistle for the First Sunday of Advent (Rom 13:11-14)

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. The night is past, and the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armor of […]

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 of God’s will, in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. May you walk worthily of God and please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every […]

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 and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the Cross of Christ. Their end is ruin, their god is the belly, their […]

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 wiles of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the Principalities and the Powers, against the world rulers of […]

Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of Christ the King (Col 1:12-20)

Brethren: We give thanks to God the Father Who has made us worthy to share the lot of the saints in light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in Whom we have our redemption through His blood, the remission […]