First Sunday of Advent — A Message from St. Augustine
The Pilgrim of the World at the End of His Journey,Thomas Cole, ca. 1847 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 [...]
24th and Last Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
The Last Judgment, Jean Cousin, 1560 Translation of the Epistle for the 24th and Last Sunday After Pentecost 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 knowledge of God. May you be completely strengthened through His [...]
Last Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Gregory the Great
Translation of the Gospel According to St. Deësis Mosaic (Detail),Hagia Sophia, c. 1261 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 down to take anything [...]
Sixth Sunday After Epiphany Resumed — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Parable of the Mustard Seed Icon Translation of the Epistle for the Sixth Sunday After Epiphany Resumed Brethren: We give thanks to God always for you all, making a remembrance of you in our prayers without ceasing, being mindful of the work of your faith and labor and charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father: knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election: for our [...]
Resumed 6th Sunday After Epiphany — A Message From St. Pope Pius X
Parable of the Mustard Seed (etching, Bowyer Bible),Jan Luyken, 1650 Translation of the Gospel According to St. Matthew At that time Jesus spoke to the multitudes this parable: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field: which is the least indeed of all seeds: but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs and becomes a tree, so that [...]
Fifth Sunday After Epiphany Resumed — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
The Harvesters, Pieter Bruegel the Younger, 1623 Translation for the Epistle for the Fifth Sunday After Epiphany resumed. Brethren: Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience: bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if any have a complaint against another: even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also. But above all these things have charity, which is the [...]