Septuagesima Sunday — Homily By Fr. Ermatinger
The Martyrdom of St. Paul, Jacopo Tintoretto, ca. 1556 Translation of the Epistle to the Corinthians Brethren: Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may obtain. And everyone that striveth for the mastery refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible one. I therefore so run, not as at [...]
Septuagesima Sunday — A Message From Saint Pope John Paul II
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, Salomon Koninck, 1647-49 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew At that time Jesus spoke to his disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And having agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour, he [...]