Gaudéte Sunday — A Message from St. John Chrysostom
St. John the Baptist Preaching, Mattia Preti, ca. 1665 Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John At that time the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and levites to John, to ask him: Who art thou? And he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No. They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, [...]
Second Sunday of Advent – Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
A Jesse Tree, by Girolamo Genga, c. 1535 Translation of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans for the Second Sunday of Advent Brethren, What things soever were written, were written for our learning: that, through patience and the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope. Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind according to Jesus Christ, that with one mind and one mouth you [...]
Second Sunday of Advent — A Message From St. Augustine
St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Philippe de Champaigne, 17th c Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew At that time, when John had heard in prison the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples, he said to Him: Art thou He that art to come, or look we for another? And Jesus, making answer, said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen. The blind see, [...]
First Sunday of Advent – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Agnus Dei, Jose Campeche, 1806-9 Translation of the Gospel for the First Sunday of Advent At that time Jesus said to his disciples, "There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars and upon the earth distress of nations bewildered by the roaring of sea and waves, men fainting for fear and for expectation of the things that are coming on the world. For then they will see the Son of Man coming [...]
First Sunday of Advent — A Message From Saint Gregory the Great
The Great Day of His Wrath, John Martin, 1851–1853 Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Luke At that time Jesus said to His disciples: There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves: men withering away for fear and expectations of what shall come upon the [...]
24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost – Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
The False Mirror, Rene Magritte, 1928 Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew At that time, Jesus said to his disciples, "When you see the abominable and destructive thing which the prophet Daniel foretold standing upon holy ground,” (the reader will take note) "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. If a man is on the roof of the terrace, he must not go down to get anything out of his house. [...]