Second Sunday of Lent — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
The Transfiguration of Jesus, Carl Heinrich Bloch, 1872 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew At that time Jesus took Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: and He was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and His garments became white as snow. And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with Him. And Peter answering, said to [...]
The First Sunday of Lent — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Temptation of Christ, Philips Immenraet, 1663 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew 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, Not [...]
Quinquagesima Sunday — A Message From St. Thomas Aquinas
'Jesus-Accosted', The Calvary Mount of Banská Štiavnica, workshop of Dionys Stanetti, mid. 18th c. Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke 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: [...]
Sexagesima Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Parable of the Sower Icon Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to Saint Luke 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 rock: [...]
Sexagesima Sunday — A Message From St. Pope John Paul II
The Sower II, Vincent van Gogh, cir. 1880-90 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke 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 [...]
Septuagesima Sunday — A Message From Saint Pope Gregory the Great
The Red Vineyard, Vincent van Gogh, 1888 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew 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 others standing [...]