Pentecost — A Message From St. Catherine of Siena
The Descent of the Holy Spirit,Domenico Campagnola, 1518 Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to John (14:23-31) At that time Jesus said to His disciples, If any one love Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and will make Our abode in him: he that loveth Me not, keepeth not My words. And the word which you have heard is not Mine: but the [...]
Sunday After the Ascension — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Ascension of Christ Icon,Byzantine - Southern Italian School, 19th c. Translation of the Epistle for the Sunday within the Octave of Ascension (1 Peter 4:7-11) Beloved: Be prudent and watchful in prayers. But above all things have a constant mutual charity among yourselves: for charity covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without murmuring. According to the gift that each has received, minister it to one another as good stewards of the [...]
SUNDAY AFTER THE ASCENSION – A Message From St. Thomas Aquinas
Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to John (15:26-27; 16:1-4) The Ascension of Christ (AI Reproduction),Anton Raphael Mengs, 1755-66 At that time Jesus said to His disciples: When the Paraclete cometh, Whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, Who proceedeth from the Father, He shall give testimony of Me: and you shall give testimony, because you are with Me from the beginning. These things have I spoken to you, that [...]
Fifth Sunday After Easter – Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Fifth Sunday After Easter (Jas 1: 22-27) The Last Supper, Plautilla Nelli, cir. 1550s Dearly beloved, be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves, For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass: for he beheld himself and went his way, and presently forgot [...]
Fifth Sunday After Easter –A Message from Pope Benedict XVI
The Last Supper,Heinrich Hofmann, 19th c. Translation of the Gospel According to John (16:23-30) At that time Jesus saith to His disciples: Amen, amen, I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in My name, He will give it to you. Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name: Ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full. These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The [...]
Fourth Sunday After Easter — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
The Descent of the Holy Spirit Upon the Apostles Icon,Russian, 19th c. Translation of the Epistle for the Fourth Sunday After Easter (James 1:17-2) Beloved: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration. Of His own will He has begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be, as it were, the first fruits [...]