First Sunday of Lent — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
The Temptation of Christ(AI reproduction), Ary Scheffer, 1854 Translation of the Epistle for the first Sunday of Lent (2 Corinthians 6:1-10) Brethren: We exhort you that you receive not the grace of God in vain. For He saith: In an accepted time have I heard thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time, behold now is the day of salvation. Giving no offense to any man, [...]
The First Sunday of Lent — A Message from St. Pope Leo the Great
Temptation of Christ, Vasili Surikov, 1872 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (4:1-11) At that time Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. And the tempter coming said to him: 'If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.' Who answered and said: 'It is written, [...]
Quinquagesima Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Jerusalem and Siloam, South Side,James Tissot, 1886-94 Translation of the Epistle for Quincuagestimus Sunday (1 Corinthians 13:1-13) Brethren: If I should speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have charity, I have become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, yet do not have charity, I am [...]
Quinquagesima Sunday — Messages from the Fathers of the Church
He Went Through the Villages on the Way to Jerusalem,James Tissot, 1886-94 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (18:31-43) At that time Jesus took unto Him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the Prophets concerning the Son of Man. For He shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked and scourged and spit upon: and [...]
Sexagesima Sunday — A Message From St. Augustine
The Sower, Jean-Francois Millet, 19th c. Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (8:4-15) At that time, when a very great multitude was gathered together and hastened out of the cities unto Jesus, He spoke by a similitude: The sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And other some fell upon a [...]
Septuagesima Sunday – A Message From St. John Chrysostom
"Laborers in Vineyard (illustration),"Vita Christi, ca. 1487-1490 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (Matt 20:1-16) At that time Jesus spoke to his disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And having agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour, he saw [...]