Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost – A Message From St. Augustine
Woman with the Issue of Blood with Iverskaya Mother of God Icon, Russian Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (9:18-26) At that time, as Jesus was speaking to the multitudes, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored Him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come lay Thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus, rising up, followed him, with His disciples. And behold a woman, who was [...]
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica — An Early Syrian Christian Poem
Jesus and Zacchaeus Icon (Italo-Byzantine) Translation of the Holy Gospel According to St. Luke (19:1-10) At that time, Jesus entering in, walked through Jericho. And behold there was a man named Zachæus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich; and he sought to see Jesus Who He was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was of low stature. And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore-tree that [...]
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Funeral Holy Card, cir 20th c. Translation of the Epistle for the 21st Sunday After Pentecost (Eph 6:10-17) Brethren: Be strengthened in the Lord and in the might of His power. Put on the armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the Principalities and the Powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the [...]
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — A Message from St. John Paul II
Unforgiving Servant and his Debtor,Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, cir. 1554-1612 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew (18:23-35) At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants. And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought to him that owed him ten thousand talents: and as he had not wherewith to pay it, [...]
Feast of Christ the King — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Christ the King,C.B. Chambers, cir. 1920-50 Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of Christ the King (Col 1:12-20) Brethren: We give thanks to God the Father Who has made us worthy to share the lot of the saints in light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in Whom we have our redemption through His blood, the remission of sins. He is [...]