External Solemnity of Corpus Christi — A Message From St. Thérèse of Lisieux
The Institution of the Eucharist,Ercole de' Roberti, cir. 1490 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John (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, [...]
Trinity Sunday — A Message From St. John Chrysostom
Holy Trinity (detail), Pierre Mignard, 1663-65 Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (Matt 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 [...]
Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Pentecost, Jean II Restout, 1732 Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of Pentecost When the days of Pentecost were drawing to a close, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as of fire, which settled upon each of them. And they were all [...]
Pentecost — A Message From St. John Damascus
Descent of the Holy Spirit,Jacques Blanchard, 1634 Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to John (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 — A Message from St. Augustine
Icono de Ascensión Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to John (John 15:26-27; 16:1-4) 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 you may not be scandalized. [...]
Fifth Sunday after Easter – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Master, It is I ?, (after) Adolph Schmitz, 19th c., Translation of the Epistle for the Fifth Sunday After Easter (Jas 1:22-27) 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 [...]