Fourth Sunday in Lent / Lætáre Sunday — A Message From St. Augustine
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John (6:1-15) Jesus on the Sea of Tiberias,Antonio Muñoz Degrain, 1909 At that time, Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee which is that of Tiberias; and a great multitude followed Him, because they saw the miracles which He did on them that were diseased. Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there He sat with His disciples. Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, [...]
Third Sunday in Lent — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Shepherd at Tivoli,Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven, 1846 Translation of the Epistle for the Third Sunday of Lent (Ephesians 5:1-9) Brethren: Be followers of God, as most dear children: and walk in love, as Christ also had loved us, and had delivered Himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweetness. But fornication, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints: [...]
Third Sunday in Lent — A Message From St. John Chrysostom
Interior with Painter, Woman Reading and Maid Sweeping, Pieter Janssens Elinga, 1665 – 1670 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (11:14-28) At that time Jesus was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb. And when He had cast out the devil, the dumb spoke, and the multitudes were in admiration at it. But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils. And others, tempting, asked of Him [...]
Second Sunday of Lent — A Message From St. John of the Cross
The Transfiguration (after Perugino), William Shakespeare Burton, 1882 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (17:1-9) 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 [...]
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, [...]