Tenth Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
and the Pharisee,
Rembrandt, c. 1650 1655
Translation of the Epistle for the Tenth Sunday After Pentecost (1 Cor 12:2-11)
Brethren, You know that, when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led, Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, saith Anathema to Jesus and no man can say, The Lord Jesus, but by the […]
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Paolo Veronese, between 1585-1587
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Assumption
The Lord hath blessed thee by His power, because by thee He hath brought our enemies to nought. Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth. Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting off the head […]
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
William Hole, 1885
Translation of the Epistle for the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost (1 Cor 10:6-13)
Brethren: These things came to pass as examples to us, that we should not lust after evil things, even as they lusted. And do not become idolators, even as some of them were, as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” Neither […]
Our Lady of the Snows — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Gustave Brion, 1863
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (14:22-36)
Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side while he would send the crowds away. After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, while the boat, by now far out on the lake, […]
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Luigi Bisi, 1857
Translation of the Epistle for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Rom 6:3-11)
Brethren: All we who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death. For we were buried with Him by means of Baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ has arisen from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life. […]
Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Lesson from the Acts of the Apostles for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Acts 12:1-11)
In those days, Herod the king set hands on certain members of the Church to persecute them. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also, during the days of the Unleavened Bread. After arresting him […]
Sermon for a Nuptial Mass — Fr. Ermatinger
Pietro Longhi, cir. 1755
Translation of the Letter of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians (Eph 5:22-33)
Brethren: Let women 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 the savior of his body. Therefore, as the Church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands […]
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
(Musea Brugge collection), cir. 1501-5
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Ephesians 3:8-19)
Brethren, To me, the least of all the Saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ: and to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who […]
Second Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Second Sunday After Pentecost (1 John 3:13-18)
Dearly beloved, wonder not if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer hath eternal life […]
Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of Pentecost
When the days of Pentecost were drawing to a close, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as of fire, which settled upon each of them. […]