Christmas Day Mass – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Pinned Post Translation for the Epistle for Christmas Day Hetoimasia Mosaic, (plaster casting from mosaic in Santa Maria Maggiore), c. 432-440 God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets Whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the world: Who being the brightness of His glory and the figure of His substance, and upholding all things by the word [...]
Vigil of the Nativity — A Message from St. Pope Leo the Great
The Marriage of the Virgin, Pedro Ramirez, 1668 Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John Then Mary the Mother of Jesus was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately. But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared [...]