First Sunday of Advent — A Message from St. Pope John Paul II
Apocalypse, Gebhard Fugel, 1933(Digital Remaster) Translation of the Gospel According to St. Luke (21:25-33) At that time Jesus said to His disciples: There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves: men withering away for fear and expectations of what shall come upon the whole world. For [...]
24th and Last Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
The Last Judgement, Church of the Most Holy Mother of God of Kazan, 2001 Translation of the Epistle for the 24th and Last Sunday After Pentecost (Col 1:9-14) Brethren: We have been praying for you unceasingly, asking that you may be filled with knowledge of God’s will, in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. May you walk worthily of God and please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the [...]
Last Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Paul VI
Christ Preaching, called La Petite Tombe,Rembrant, ca. 1657 Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (24:15-35) At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When you shall see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (he that reads, let him understand:) then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains and he that is on the housetop, let him not come [...]
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
The Raising of Jairus' Daughter, Gabriel Max, 1887 Translation of the Epistle for the Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost (Phl 3:17-21; 4:1-3) Brethren: Be imitators of me, and mark those who walk after the pattern you have in us. For many walk, of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the Cross of Christ. Their end is ruin, their god is the belly, their glory is [...]
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 [...]