Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost – A Message From St. Augustine
Woman with the Issue of Blood with Iverskaya Mother of God Icon, Russian Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (9:18-26) At that time, as Jesus was speaking to the multitudes, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored Him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come lay Thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus, rising up, followed him, with His disciples. And behold a woman, who was [...]
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Funeral Holy Card, cir 20th c. Translation of the Epistle for the 21st Sunday After Pentecost (Eph 6:10-17) Brethren: Be strengthened in the Lord and in the might of His power. Put on the armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the Principalities and the Powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the [...]
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — A Message from St. John Paul II
Unforgiving Servant and his Debtor,Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, cir. 1554-1612 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew (18:23-35) At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants. And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought to him that owed him ten thousand talents: and as he had not wherewith to pay it, [...]
Feast of Christ the King — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Christ the King,C.B. Chambers, cir. 1920-50 Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of Christ the King (Col 1:12-20) Brethren: We give thanks to God the Father Who has made us worthy to share the lot of the saints in light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in Whom we have our redemption through His blood, the remission of sins. He is [...]
Feast of Christ the King – A Message from Pope Benedict XV
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John (18:33-37) Christ the King of Kings,Michael of Crete, 1813 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 [...]