FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – A Message From St. Augustine
Christ Rebukes the Scribes and Pharisees,Léonard Gaultier, cir. 1576-80 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (5:20-24) At that time Jesus said to His disciples: Except your justice abound more than that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven. You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill and whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment. But I [...]
Fourth Sunday After Pentecost — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Christ Preaching from the Boat,Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1606 Translation of the Epistle for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Brethren: I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come that will be revealed in us. For the eager longing of creation awaits the revelation of the sons of God. For creation was made subject to vanity – not by its own will but by [...]
Fourth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. Pope John Paul II
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (5:1-11) The Miraculous Draft of Fishes, Raphael, 1515 At that time, when the multitude pressed upon Jesus to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Genesareth. And He saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And going up into one of the ships that was Simon's, He desired him to [...]
External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — A Message From St. Ambrose
Descent from the Cross, Granada Diptych, Hans Memling, cir. 1475 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John (19:31-37) At that time: The Jews (because it was the Parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day (for that was a great Sabbath day) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The soldiers therefore came: and they broke the legs of the [...]
External Solemnity of Corpus Christi — A Message from the Council of Trent
Real Presence Icon Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John (6:55-58) At that time Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, the same also shall live by Me. [...]
Trinity Sunday — A Message From Dominus Iesus
Jesus Discourses with His Disciples,James Tissot, 1886-96 Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (28:18-20) At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, All power is given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore, teach ye all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you [...]