The Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel on the 19th Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. John Chrysostom
Suffer the Children, Carl Bloch, 19th c. Translation of the Gospel According to St. Matthew At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who, thinkest Thou, is the greater in the kingdom of Heaven? And Jesus calling unto Him a little child, set him in the midst of them, and said, Amen, I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven. [...]
Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Jesus Heals the Paralyzed Man,Icon, Modern Translation of the Epistle for the 18th Sunday After Pentecost Brethren: I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, because in everything you have been enriched in Him, in all utterance and in all knowledge; even as the witness to the Christ has been made so firm in you that you lack no grace, while awaiting [...]
Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. John Chrysostom
The Healing of the Paralytic,Dura-Europos Baptistry, Syria, ca 232 Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew At that time, Jesus entering into a boat, passed over the water and came into His own city. And behold they brought Him one sick of the palsy lying on a bed and Jesus seeing their faith, said to the sick man of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee. And behold some [...]
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Christ Among the Pharisees,Jacob Jordaens, cir. 1660 Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew At that time the Pharisees came to Jesus, and one of them, a doctor of the law, asked Him, tempting Him: Master, which is the great commandment of the law? Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and [...]
Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Thomas Aquinas
Boy Pulling a Mule,Charles Grant Beauregard,cir. late 19th early 20th c. Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Luke At that time, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chiefs of the Pharisees on the sabbath day to eat bread, they watched Him. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had the dropsy: and Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and the Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal [...]
Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Jesus Raises the Widow's Son at Nain,Johann Zick, c. 1752 Brethren: If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us walk. Let us not become desirous of vainglory, provoking one another, envying one another. Brethren, even if a person is caught doing something wrong, you who are spiritual instruct such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be [...]