Feast of Christ the King – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Jean Bourdichon,
The Great Hours of Anne of Brittany,
1503-8
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of Christ the King
Brethren, giving 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 […]
Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
James Tissot, 1886-94
Translation of the Epistle for the 22nd Sunday After Pentecost
Brethren, I am convinced in the Lord Jesus, that he, who has begun a good work in you, will bring it to perfection until the day of Christ Jesus; and I have the right so to feel about you all because I have you in my heart, all of you alike in my chains, and in […]
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
(after Hebrews 4:12), Modern
Translation of the Epistle for the 21st Sunday After Pentecost
Brethren, be strengthened in the Lord, and in the might of His power. Put you on the armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the […]
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
William Brassey Hole, 1913
Translation of the Epistle for the 20th Sunday After Pentecost
Brethren: Keep careful watch over your conduct. Do not act like fools, but like wise men make the most of every opportunity, for these are evil days. Therefore do not be thoughtless; but know how to discern the will of the Lord. Do not get drunk on wine, for that leads to debauchery. […]
Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel on the 19th Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Dedication of St. Michael
In those days God made known the things which must shortly come to pass: and signified, sending by his angel to his servant John, Who hath given testimony to the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, what things soever he hath seen. Blessed is he that readeth and heareth […]
Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Icon, Modern
Translation of the Epistle for the 18th Sunday After Pentecost
Brethren: I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, because in everything you have been enriched in Him, in all utterance and in all knowledge; even as the witness to the Christ has been made so firm in you that you lack […]
Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Johann Zick, c. 1752
Brethren: If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us walk. Let us not become desirous of vainglory, provoking one another, envying one another. Brethren, even if a person is caught doing something wrong, you who are spiritual instruct such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself, […]
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the 14th Sunday After Pentecost
Russian, 18th century
Brethren, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh: for the flesh lusts against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary one to another; so that you do not the things that you would. But if you are led by the spirit, you […]
Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Flemish Master, cir. 17th c.
Translation of the Epistle for the 13th Sunday After Pentecost
Brethren, To Abraham were the promises made, and to his seed. He saith not: And to his seeds, as of many; but as of one: And to thy seed, which is Christ. Now this I say, that the testament which was confirmed by God, the law which was made after four hundred […]
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Gospel According to St. Luke
(mosaic in the apse of Santa Maria Maggiore),
Jacopo Torriti, 1296
At that time: Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. And she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to […]