Quinquagesima Sunday — Messages from the Fathers of the Church
He Went Through the Villages on the Way to Jerusalem,James Tissot, 1886-94 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (18:31-43) At that time Jesus took unto Him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the Prophets concerning the Son of Man. For He shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked and scourged and spit upon: and [...]
Sexagesima Sunday — A Message From St. Augustine
The Sower, Jean-Francois Millet, 19th c. Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (8:4-15) At that time, when a very great multitude was gathered together and hastened out of the cities unto Jesus, He spoke by a similitude: The sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And other some fell upon a [...]