Fourth Sunday in Lent / Lætáre Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael,Jan Victors, 1650 Translation of the Epistle for the Fourth Sunday in Lent (Galatians 4:22-31) Brethren: It is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a slave-girl and the other by a free woman. And the son of the slave-girl was born according to the flesh, but the son of the free woman in virtue of the promise. This is said by way of allegory. For these are [...]
Fourth Sunday in Lent / Lætáre Sunday — A Message From St. Augustine
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John (6:1-15) Jesus on the Sea of Tiberias,Antonio Muñoz Degrain, 1909 At that time, Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee which is that of Tiberias; and a great multitude followed Him, because they saw the miracles which He did on them that were diseased. Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there He sat with His disciples. Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, [...]
Third Sunday in Lent — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Shepherd at Tivoli,Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven, 1846 Translation of the Epistle for the Third Sunday of Lent (Ephesians 5:1-9) Brethren: Be followers of God, as most dear children: and walk in love, as Christ also had loved us, and had delivered Himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweetness. But fornication, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints: [...]
Third Sunday in Lent — A Message From St. John Chrysostom
Interior with Painter, Woman Reading and Maid Sweeping, Pieter Janssens Elinga, 1665 – 1670 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (11:14-28) At that time Jesus was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb. And when He had cast out the devil, the dumb spoke, and the multitudes were in admiration at it. But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils. And others, tempting, asked of Him [...]
Second Sunday of Lent — A Message From St. John of the Cross
The Transfiguration (after Perugino), William Shakespeare Burton, 1882 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (17:1-9) At that time Jesus took Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: and He was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and His garments became white as snow. And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with Him. And Peter answering, said [...]