Fourth Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Wunderbarer Fischzug, Workshop of Jacob Jordaens, 1640 Translation of the Epistle for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Brethren: I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come that will be revealed in us. For the eager longing of creation awaits the revelation of the sons of God. For creation was made subject to vanity – not by its own will but by reason of [...]
Fourth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (woodcut),Ugo da Carpi after Raphael, cir. 1523-27 At that time, when the multitude pressed upon Jesus to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Genesareth. And He saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And going up into one of the ships that was Simon's, [...]
Third Sunday after Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Third Sunday after Pentecost Saturn Devouring His Children, Francisco Goya, cir. 1820 Dearly Beloved, Be you humbled under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in the time of visitation; casting all your care upon Him, for He hath care of you. Be sober and watch, because your adversary, the devil, as, a roaring lion, goeth about seekinq whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong [...]
External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — A Message From St. Catherine of Siena
The Crucifixion from Korzenna, Anonymous, cir. 1440 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John At that time: The Jews (because it was the Parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day (for that was a great Sabbath day) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The soldiers therefore came: and they broke the legs of the first, and of the [...]
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Sacred Heart of Jesus,Unknown, cir. 18th c. Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Brethren, To me, the least of all the Saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ: and to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things: that the manifold wisdom [...]
External Solemnity of Corpus Christi — A Message From The Baltimore Catechism
Feeding of the Five Thousand, Hendrik de Clerck, cir. 1590 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John At that time Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, the [...]