Resumed Fifth Sunday After Epiphany — A Message From St. Pope John Paul II
Haymaking, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565 Translation of the Gospel According to St. Matthew At that time Jesus spoke this parable to the multitudes: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat, and went his way. And when the blade was sprung up and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle. [...]
Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost (4th Sunday After Epiphany Resumned) — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation for the Epistle of the 24th Sunday after Pentecost / Fourth Sunday After Epiphany Resumed Jesus Sleeping During the Storm (illustration),John Lawson, cir. 1890 Brethren: Owe no man anything except to love one another; for you who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. For thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness. Thou shalt not covet; and if there is any other [...]
Resumed 4th Sunday After Epiphany — A Message From St. Augustine
Christ Asleep in His Boat,Jules Joseph Meynier, 19th c. Translation of the Gospel According to Matthew At that time, when Jesus entered into the boat, His disciples followed Him: and behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but He was asleep. And His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish. And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O [...]
Feast of Christ the King – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Christ the King (illumination),Jean Bourdichon,The Great Hours of Anne of Brittany, 1503-8 Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of Christ the King Brethren, giving thanks to God the Father, Who hath made us worthy to be partakers of the lot of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. In Whom we have redemption through His [...]
Feast of Christ the King – A Message from Pope Benedict XVI
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John At that time: Pilate said to Jesus: Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of Me? Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, and the chief priests, have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done? Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of [...]
Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
The Tribute Money,James Tissot, 1886-94 Translation of the Epistle for the 22nd Sunday After Pentecost Brethren, I am convinced in the Lord Jesus, that he, who has begun a good work in you, will bring it to perfection until the day of Christ Jesus; and I have the right so to feel about you all because I have you in my heart, all of you alike in my chains, and in the defense and confirmation [...]