Tenth Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
The Parable of the Publicanand 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 Holy Ghost. Now there [...]
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. John Chrysostom
The Tax Collector and the Pharisee,Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin, 1865 Translation of the Gospel According to Luke (18:9-14) At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others. Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one was a pharisee, and the other a publican. The pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give Thee thanks that I am not as the rest of [...]
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Assumption of Mary,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 of the prince of [...]
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
If Thou Had'st Known,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 let us commit fornication, even [...]
Ninth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. Anthony of Padua
Christ Cleansing the Temple,Luca Giordano, cir. 2nd half of 17th c. Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (19:41-47) At that time, when Jesus drew near to Jerusalem, seeing the city, He wept over it, saying: If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast [...]
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. John Chrysostom
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (16:1-9) The Parable of the Unjust Steward,The Little Ones OwnColoured Picture Paper, cir. 1890 At that time, Jesus said to His disciples this parable: There was a certain man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods; and he called him, and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of [...]